University of Kentucky Top Questions

For most students, the transition between high school and college is challenging. I was one of those students. However, as I am now a recent graduate looking back, I realize that I made the transition harder than it needed to be. In high school I was one of those students who got straight A's and freaked out if any other letter grade took it’s place. Entering college I realized that the material would be difficult. However, I still felt that I had to maintain a 4.0 if I was ever going to obtain my goal of being accepted into pharmacy school. After my first round of tests, my 4.0 already appeared to be shattered and it felt like my dream of pharmacy school was slipping away. However, I now realize that grades really don't mean much. Learning is what counts. Experiencing life and growing as a person is what counts. I wish I would have known to relax and enjoy that first year of college more. I know now that grades don't make you or break you. As long as that desire remains strong, you will succeed. My acceptance in pharmacy school proves that.

While in attendance at the University of Kentucky for my undergraduate education, I hesitated becomeing involved in any campus organizations, and wasn't quick to make friends in my dorm. I moved off campus my sophomore year, which led to me further isolating myself in the crowd of such a big school. Not until my Junior year was I fortunate enough to be invited to join the sisterhood of Alpha Omicron Pi, Kappa Omega Chapter. From the moment I stepped into the chapters’ house at 368 Rose Street, I felt that I had found my place on campus. My freshman and sophomore years were quite lonely, spending most of my weekends traveling back to my hometown outside of Louisville, Kentucky for companionship. Suddenly, I was spending every weekend with my sisters, immersed within collegiate life and making life long connections with ladies who would later become Bridesmaids in my wedding. If I could tell myself one thing as I entered college, it would be to not wait another moment before finding my place on campus to have 4 years of memories with my sisters rather than 2.

I would make sure to spend time in the University's career counseling center. There are so many career choices out there that I was, at the time, unfamiliar with. I would be much more conscientious and deliberate about picking a career. I would have also used my time to truly focus and student.

There are so many lessons I have learned and things that I have accomplished since arriving to the University of Kentucky, and one of my most memorable experience is the friends that I have made. I am from California and when coming here to Kentucky my worst fear was not making any friends, but since I have been here, I have made the best friends and they have allowed me to have some of the greatest experiences , like going to football games in the freezing cold or sitting in an arena filled with 20,000 fans rooting for one of the greatest teams ever. Another great experinece I have had is the relationships that I have made with some of my professor. My thought coming in to college was that professors dont care and they are all mean and old, well it turns out it is they are the complete opposite, they are nice, funny, and will do anything to help you pass their class.

These past three years in college have been engraved in my memory like a diamond blade to a stone tablet. I've learned plenty of facts and figures from my classes, that is true. What is equally important than going to class, is creating lasting relationships. I have met an array of persons from around the globe, building bridges with each individual, whether they are student, professor, faculty, or alumni. Getting to know people, I know, is opening doors to opportunities for the rest of my life.

I have grown much more independent. I can no longer depend on my parents, the choices I make in college will be reflected in my future. The grades I earn in college determines what career I will have and how much I will earn each year. I didn't do well my first semester in college I must admit, but now I have to try to bring up my GPA and work hard!

When most people attend college it is a time where they actually become who they really are, trying new things and hanging out with new people to see where they belong. When I went to college I already knew who I was; a diabetic male cheerleader who likes StarWars and paintball, and I wanted to experience all of that in college. For most people that is a lot to take in. As a male cheerleader most people have stereotypes about you, but I break most of them. When I go to cheer and discuss diabetes they think it’s interesting, when I go paintballing and talk about cheer they think it’s weird, and when I watch StarWars with friends, and chat about paintball they think it’s painful. I have a unique ability to be able to be who I am, and still submerge myself into so many different groups and be able to value everyone’s opinion from all the information I gain from these groups. In my experience that is what college is about; value other people’s opinions and being a part of something bigger than who you are.

Through my college experienced I have attained an adequate understanding of how the skills, that i am interested in learning, will be applied to my life. I have gained more of an understanding of how the world functions both in cultural and political instances. Through these learnings I have a better idea and feel for prepared for what life has in store for me.

I have just begun my college experience, so I know there is a lot to come, but I have already had such a valuable experience. Not only have gotten a great education, I have experienced so much more than I have before. The diversity is probably the most valuable thing I have experienced. I have met so many great people from so many different place and backgrounds. These people have become my friends and they are amazing. I have never been around so much diversity but because of my college experience, I have never valued anything more.

I have learned an abundance of valuable skills and knowledge that i would have never obtained if i had chosen not to attend the University of Kentucky. In the year and a half that i have attended this university i have experienced a variety of different events such as concerts, high-high! quality athletic events that i would have never encountered back home. So overall i have had an undescribable experiece that i would not have traded for the world. Thanks to the greatest university in the country, the university of Kentucky.