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When I first entered my college, I thought it was a place I didn't want to be. My family couldn't afford to put me in college so I appllied for scholarships and that's the only way I was able to attend this college. I ran into a few challenges while attending this college. One was that my dad lost his job last year, and another is that I will be a father this year and have no idea how I will stay in school or support my child. How does this tie into my experince at this school and why was it valuable to attend? This ties into my experience here at the University of Kansas because I realized that no matter what challenge I face, I have someone there to help me through my challenge. The faculty and staff are very caring and are the best experience anyone could ask for, and they make it valuable to me to attend, because I have someone who not only cares about my academic life, but also help me through my social life so that I can excell in my academic life.

One of the most in important things that I have gotten out of my college experience is a sense of great respect. Throughout high school, I was able to really rely on my parents for everything, but now at college, I am on my own, which has forced me to grow up and become independent. As a walk on football player, I learned how difficult it can be to manage being a college athlete and still maintain a high G.P.A and do well in my classes, as well as a great respect for authority. My time management skills have increased, and I have come to truly appreciate all the hard work and long hours that my dad has put in throughout his life for our family. My father has become a true hero in my life, and is someone that I look to model my life after for my kids whenever that time may be for me. Before college, I took his hard work for granted, but not I respect him greatly and enjoy every moment I am able to spend with him.

The most important thing I have done in college is better my character. I learned how to be more responsible, independent, and to live with integrity. I learned real quickly that in college if I want to succeed it’s up to me. Integrity in college is sometimes forgotten because a lot of people just try to get by with the least amount of work. Doing what’s right is hard and doing what’s right when no one's looking is extremely hard. This has helped me out a lot dealing with my school work and always giving it my best all the time. I have also learned to appreciate others. In college you are able to learn from people, whether if its school related or just culturally. One of my best friends is an Asian American, and I would not have gotten the chance to meet him if it weren’t for college. I have learned so much from him in both school and in his culture. For me if I wasn’t attending college I would not be as responsible or independent as I am now, that is why it’s been so valuable to attend

While attending the University of Kansas it has been a great time because of all the traditions kept in the schools history. The university provides a large variety of classes to take and it's always fun to take a class that is not apart of your major, like something interesting as in "Russian Slavic Folklore ". For the majority of the courses I have enrolled in or had taken, the professors have been very educating and interesting. The professors at the university lecture in order to help the students understand and achieve a desiring grade for their course. My social life here at the University of Kansas has been fun just because I've met many great people from my freshman orientation to start my first year of college in the fall of 2009. The school admits great students and care for their students.

My college experience provides me the opportunity to extend my knowledge to guarantee my success in life. College has enabled me to broaden my mind to think more out of the box. I have been able to apply it to my everyday life. Before I make a decision, instead of thinking in the moment I now think whether this choice will be of any help to me in the future. Since I have been thinking that way my choice have only brought me closer to my dreams. When I go to college and I see people studying in the library or in the park and I know those people will be guaranteed a good job and a successful future. It might take time out of your day but in the long run it will all pay off. I will thrive to be one of those people because I have to motive and drive to be successful. The college life is for me, the people I meet, the relationships I build with my professor and fellow classmates that have the same goals I do. My dreams have been lived when I can call myself an, “Graduate of FAU Master in Biology”

My college experience so far has been invaluable. These experiences have helped me figured out my true passion in life: teaching. To do this I began college with a different major, but advisors, professors, and friends were all so helpful with great advice. I saw my advisor so many times to discuss changing my major. Every time she gave me new ideas to research, more information to help, and more contacts to talk with. These contacts led me to the College of Education and everyone I met with there was able to answer my questions without trying to influence my decision. I also met with professors I had already had, and other professors in my first field. They also provided helpful advice without trying to infulence my decision. All these people helped me to make my decision without making it for me, and I am truly grateful for that. I have also made so many lifelong friends here that helped me through that decision, and will simply watch a movie with me. Having all these resources at my fingertips at my university is the most valuable aspect of my college experience so far.

I am a 54 year old single unemployed female, who has discovered that I have the ability to overcome fear of an education. I have decided to advance in my profession of bookkeeping by going to college for the first time in my life and earn an associated degree in accounting. With the unemployment at 9.8{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} and showing signs of a very slow recovery, in order for myself to have any chance back into the workforce, an education only seemed the intelligent answer. College has been a huge challenge and I have to work very hard, but the rewards are immensely gratifying. It goes to show that in this life you can accomplish any tasks as long as you but your mind to it.

I have gotten a life, ambition, and so much more.

Standing at the rainy Seattle Airport, my father scratched his peppered-gray beard and sent me off to college saying, "These are going to be some of the best days of your life." As I flew across the Pacific Ocean to the University of Hawaii, I hoped his insight was true. I landed in an unfamiliar place where evergreens were replaced by palm trees and boots by flip flops. Three weeks went by and I began to question his insight. Being a blue-eyed blonde, I was a minority on an island filled with people, food, smells and ideologies that I had never experienced before. How could these strange, lonely days become the best years of my life? Three years later, I turned the tassel on my graduation cap as I looked at my father with a smile. My college experience taught me more than communication theories and vocational skills. It taught me perspective. I learned that although we may eat, worship, dress and speak differently, we seek to be understood and loved. I can now say that college has, in fact, been some of the best days of my life. For these reasons, my college experience has been valuable.

The most valuable thing I learned in college is something I learned half way through my undergraduate career. It is it is not always about earning the A; it is about learning and retaining information from classes, internships, and extracurricular activities, in hopes that you can use it in your desired field. The grade is simply a reflection on how well you followed a syllabus. Students feel the need to get the 4.0 at any cost. This can include utilizing old test files, pulling all-nighters, or even cheating. Students may attend class, turn in homework, and do well on tests, but not actually learn anything. In my 100 (introductory) level BIOL and CHEM classes, I would study how to do well on tests. If the professor told the class the test was similar to online quizzes, I would study the online quizzes rather than the textbook. Therefore I did well, but if I was asked a year later, I could not explain basic chemistry such as entropy or Boyle’s Law. I was challenged when I took upper level BIOL classes. You have to understand the fundamentals, because specified biology (microbiology/neurobiology) builds of general chemistry and biology.

The biggest part of the college experience that I have found benefitial has been the way that coursework has improved my resourcefulness, efficiency, and responsibility. I think that attending college instills an invaluable work ethic within you that is guaranteed to be needed once you enter the workforce and into society. For whatever career you choose, you must know how to produce quality work within a given timeframe. College trains you, through repetition, how to complete things on a schedule, how to prioritize your tasks, and how to communicate your ideas with others. I then learned how to network with others and to allocate time for group and individual study. Certainly a university education exposes and elevates you to a professional level that you would not have very well developed otherwise.

I have grown more from attending this school than I could ever have imagined. Coming from out-of-state I have learned so much about living on my own, starting a new life, and becoming an independent adult. And this school provides all the tools to help me with that. There is the perfect balance in the education between offering students the support and help they needs as well as pushing them to their highest potential and allowing them to succeed through their own hard work and passions. The school spirit, community, and alumni are unbelievably amazing and supportive. When at this school, you feel you are a part of a giant family. Everyone is there for everyone. I feel safe at all times. The city itself is the most unique place I've experienced. It's very oriented around the school but also provides so much culture and local emphasis. I am becoming the person I want to be because of this college and I couldn't be more thankful for the education, teachers, people, and university in general for giving me the opportunities to do so.

The thing that stands out to me from my college experience so far is how a school with an exceptional national reputation for athletics and academics can create a surreal atmosphere on campus and around town. It's something I didn't know existed until I transferred to school at KU. With the history of the university, and it's current state of excellence, I feel proud to be a Jayhawk and lucky to have an opportunity of becoming another legend. It is not just the academic and athletic reputation that creates the atmosphere, it also stems from getting to experience it. Cheering on my beloved Jayhawks at football and basketball games until I have no voice is a nice way to experience it. So is being educated by professionally-experienced professors, as this better prepares me for my career. Something that stands out to me is the amount of knowledge the campus possesses. Almost unfathomable amounts of knowlege. Now I know what they mean when they say, "A place of higher learning." My professors, advisors, and even school athletics coaches are superb role models and I hope to be as successful as them one day. Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

What I have gotten out of my college experience is that it surely is no walk in the park. When I was in high school it seemed like they held your hand the whole way. College is definitely not that way. I almost gave up in my first semester because it was like I was the only one who didnt know how to go about getting into college and getting started. I was eventually able to find some students and make friends, who in return helped me figure out this whole college thing. Im certainly glad I didnt quit because after I got the hang of how things worked, I feel in love with college. I love everything about it from getting to chose what YOU want to study to being able to be treated like an individual. It is highly valuable to me in the aspect of if I dont further my education then Ill just be another nobody. I want to be able to earn a name for myself after I have completed college and i hope college whell help me in doing so.

Going back to school was a dream that I thought would go unrealized. My late teens and early twenties were fraught with self-imposed disaster; an agressive eating disorder and an addiction to heroin almost cost me my life several times over. I never thought I'd be able to piece my life back together, much less become a mother and then full time college student! It didn't happen all at once, that's for sure. Going to college, for me, was an opportunity to make up for lost time and to prove to myself that I had not only overcome my addictions, but could also overcome my dependance on the support of others in favor of becoming a self-sufficient woman and a mother who could comfortably provide for my children. This goal is still in progress, and I've had to ask for plenty of help along the way. But each time I walk into a classroom and open my notebook, I am one step closer to monetary success. More importantly, I become more well-rounded, more inspired, and more aware of the world around me and the positive effect that I can have on it.

My college experince at a local community college has been rewarding at times, but also depressing. There are so many requirements to transfer to a four year school and my problem has always been with the math requirement because I am not very good at math. The rewarding aspect of my college ecperience is that my community college provides some of the best tutoring services i have ever experienced. Before I knew about tutoing I struggled so much with logrithms and somple fraction problems and this saddened me so much because I knew that If I did not pass this math class that I would not be able to get into a four year school. The peer to peer tutoring worked wonders for me; It was great to have someone sit down one on one with me and explain the steps to any math formula. Of course I could always ask my professors, but not every teacher here is approachable. My college experience has been valuable because to me because of these turoring services and not to mention the amount of financial aid and money I am saving by attending a two year school.

Although I'm only a freshman at the University of Kansas, I have learned a lot through my classes. My perspective on college has been redefined and I've gained new knowledge with the different classes I have to take. There are many options and lots of help for students. This college does everything it can to help students succeed and so far I have been succeeding at KU.

When you finally get to college, you find out that you have become your own person. You also realize that you are the only thing that can stop you from doing what you really want. The feeling you get when you learn those things may scare you, but soon after that , you will begin to find out who you really are. That is what is great about college.

I've learned how to cook for myself, I've learned to do daily chores and I've learned a lot about responsibility. I've learned (by watching) that it may not be the best idea to start your weekend on Thursdays and that you should definitely go to class!!! I've learned that public speaking class WON'T actually kill you. I've learned you have a choice in almost everything you do. You have a choice to stay out til 4 in the morning, to go to sleep early or study until the wee hours of the morning. You can get up for that 8 am class during winter or sleep til your heart's content. And it's what you do with those choices that make or break you. It's been valuable to attend because it's important for everyone to get that "college experience." everyone needs to learn the responsibility, the independence and the courage that they will use for the rest of their lives and I think in college is where you learn all of those important life skills. You grow to become the person you want to be, or at least I have :)

Attending community college has been one of the best experience of my life; it has opened doors for me that I never thought would be possible. School and education has always been important to me, but because of financial reasons, I was always afraid that I would not be able to attend college. When I found out that not all hope was lost because of my local college, I was ecstatic. I love going to school because I have learned so much about myself and my interests. Sadly, community colleges are usually put down because of the student body that attends there; however, my being a student there helped me grow into a well-rounded and better educated person.