University of Denver Top Questions

After having attended the University of Denver for nearly two years, I feel that I have gained much more than a fantastic education. I quickly found that I would get exactly what I put in to my college experience, so I immediately began taking advantage of every opportunity that came my way. After going through rush very early in my freshman year, I joined the house of my choice and began developing many deep friendships. I also fully immersed myself in my studies and have earned a spot on the Dean's List each quarter since I first began at the university. Furthermore, after dealing with many hardships during my freshman year, including swine flu and a damaging flood in my dorm room, I quickly learned how to be much more self sufficient than I ever had throughout high school. Being so far away from my family and friends in St. Louis greatly deepend my appreciation of time at home, as well as my independence. I have also recently begun a research opportunity with a professor where I am studying neurodegenerative diseases, which has tremedously supplemented my breadth of knowledge from classes. Overall, my experience at DU has been invaluable.

I have matured a lot during my time in college. I have been able to take advantage of all that the school has to offer, from small class sizes, to extracurricular activities and more. I feel like I have learned more in the past few months than I had in four years of high school. As I want to have a great job and career after college, my time spent in college is very important to me. In college, I have strived in academics, but I have also learned many other valuable life skills: time management, social and business environment interactions, as well as living on my own. Everything you do in college shapes who you are, and taking the time to learn all there is to learn is invaluable to your future.

The University of Denver has instilled in me the ability to recognize and better yet, appreciate all aspects of life. Observing situations in through a critical and philosophical perspective taught to me by the astounding professors at DU has allowed me to understand that life is about maintainging a balance and following your passions. Fortunately, the University of Denver has the resources and focus that make it possible for me to pursue these passions, whether it is hearing a speaker discuss the current economic trends, or listen to a night of orchestra, or actively engage in starting a new business venture. All along the way, I've been met by those who share a common appreciation for education as a process towards both a more fulfilling life and as a tool to help change the world for the better. It is my belief that most students at DU share in this experience and come away from the school a more complete and engaging individual. I can tell you this, this is a special place and I am a better person for being here.

I hope to go back tyo school to learn to be an ultrasound tech.

College has prepared me to use all my potential. When I'm attending class I feel as if nothing can hold me back. My goal is to walk across that stage and be proud of what I have accomplished. School has given me the freedom to do whatever I choose to do. School has given me the freedom to be WHO I AM. School has enriched my life in more than one way. I met lifelong friends and I now have a future to better myself and others around me. I am forever greatful for my college experiences. Attending college has allowed me to maximize my potential and use it to better myself. School is valuable to all because it allows you to better yourself. It allows you to take control of your future. That piece of paper you are working towards those 4 to 5 years is your key to a whole new world. A world of success.

I had my daughter when I was 19 and dropped out of college at that point to take care of her. A decade long string of menial jobs, abusive relationships and a seemingly endless stack of bills left me with no hope for the future. My father's dying wish for me was that I finish college and get a degree, or "ANY degree" as he put it. After he passed, I had no choice but to make his dream a reality. I chose St Phillip's because of my major, and now that my first semester is over, I couldn't be happier with my choice of schools. The campus is beautiful, the staff are amazingly supportive, and there are tons of extra-curricular groups not usually found at community colleges. I can proudly say that I have a 3.6 GPA and am on my way to a career in radiology and a life that my daughter and I can be proud of. I no longer dread waking up in the morning, and have even stopped smoking and started working out! Going to St. Phillip's College has changed my entire outlook on life!

The time I spent in college was very important in the sense that it allowed me to be open minded and to think about broad subjects that I might not have been able to consider in a regular 9 to 5 job. College gave me an opportunity to meet exceptional people and learn and discuss wonderful subjects. College gave me an opportunity to grow in knowledge, understand the world and different cultures, and the kind of education that will make me be well-rounded and literate. I greatly value my time at the University of Denver because the more connections I collected during my college career, the more options I found when I began my job search. This School gave me the knowledge and experience I could not receive anywhere else.

I have learned that I can achieve any goal I want. I have not only learned so much form this past 1 1/2 of school, but my kids watch me study and they want to go to college just like mommy. I love the fact that I am setting a good example for my three children. I am also excited by the fact that I am so close to graduating and providing them with the best life I can possibly give them. My children are my inspiration for retuning to school and they are my inspiration to never give up. I found a school that I love attending and I look forward to each new term.

I have already learned through my limited amount of time at my educational facility, the value of claiming my education. I am an older student who has learned through experience and practical application of on the spot learning. I never valued higher education as a tool to expand the mind. I have relied on my extensive travels to provide me with my education and expansion of my mental capacity. What I have found in my brief attendance at the University of Denver is a new dimension in learning that I never thought was possible. I always felt that most people were educated beyond their intelligence, and that Universities were in the business of making money, not really providing the necessary learning for becoming and educated person. How limited my thinking was. I am being challenged on a daily basis to re-think my position on education and apply a mental ability that I did not know existed within me. I have titled my self Entreprenuer and Perpetual Student of Life, and for today, I am continuing my peldge of being a perpetual student by earning through a new avenue that I once thought was reserved for the elite.

Out of college i have gotten the ability to meet new people and expand my peopel person skills. Also I have learned that the classes is all on you. No more waiting for your parents to wake you up in the mornings. If you do not get up on your own then you are out of luck. College lets you really take on responsibilities and helps prepare you for the future. It has been valuable to attend college to expand my learning ability. So that i will be able to go out in this community and make a change. Give back and help those who has helped me make where I plan to go. Even help those who need help because we all need help sooner or later down the line we are going to need help. So overall attending college has opened my eyes to what the world is how the people in it act. It has we wanting to get out and make a change to better humanity as a whole so that we may be stronger as a nation.