University of Missouri-St Louis Top Questions

Don't quit trying hard and being a well rounded student. Join clubs and meet friends. Get involved in the community. Find out your true passion and duty in life. Keep school your top priority, and the rest will follow!

If i could go back in time to "warn" myself, I would have a lot to say. First off, do not start getting lazy, you will need to keep up your good work habits. College seems easy at first, but then the reality of it all sets in. Do not worry about keeping your high school friends close, you will make more and you need to focus on your studies. Continue to be in the habit of doing all of your home work and studying really hard. If you are still going to continue working, make sure you have an equal balance between school, and work. It is way harder than it seems to continue working while being a full time college student. While in high school you want to have these sudden urges to go out and spend time with your friends, but in college you do not want to do that. You want to stay focused on school only. Of course you want to enjoy your last year of high school, and your college years, but your really do not want to mess up the rest of your life with you silly choices, so just listen to mom!

Taquera, Since I get to come back and talk to me, there's a few things you should do and know before you leave for college. First apply as many places as you can, open up your choices so you can really find somewhere you love to be. Save your moeny, I know you have senior dues, but college is expensive and your going to need moeny for things you need and things that you want. Improve your study tips, even though you'll have a lot more free time in college, you have harder classes and studying can slip your mind sometimes. Also apply for a lot of scholarships, even though you may not win them all, the more you try the better. Finally, go somewhere for you and what's best for your future, not what anyone else wants you to do. Take your time in choosing, you might get stressed, but you'll make it through. Love, yourself.

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I have acquired many skill-sets throughout my college experience. Not only skill-sets that will prepare me for a career after school, but also ones that help shape me as a better and more well-rounded person. With the high-demand of jobs in the world today, college is very important and I feel my school has given me the confidence in myself to excel in the work force. It has been valuable to attend because I know in the end it will pay off, literally and figuratively. Since attending school, I have become more independent and realized the real values in life. In the world today, one in which money conquers, I have come to realize it is more about doing something you love rather than making that extra buck. I am thankful to have found the school I did, it made me want to do more for other while still retaining self-happiness.

SO FAR MY COLLEGE EXPERIENCE HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE. I HAVE LEARNED TO MANAGE MY MONEY AND MY TIME. I WORK TO PAY FOR SCHOOL SO WORKING AND ATTENDING COLLEGE HELPS ME MANAGE MY TIME. PAYING FOR SCHOOL IS DIFFICULT IF I DON'T MANAGE MY MONEY WELL SO I AM GETTING BETTER AT THAT. THERE WERE TIMES LAST SEMESTER WHERE I HAD TO MISS CLASS DUE TO MY GRANDMOTHERS DEATH AND I REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO BE AT SCHOOL BECAUSE AFTER I CAME BACK TO CLASS THE NEXT DAY TO SEE WHAT I MISSED I SAW THAT I HAD MISSED A LOT. COLLEGE IS A BIG STEP IN LIFE AND IT PREPARES YOU FOR THE REAL WORLD AND YOU CAN WALK AWAY WITH MANY LIFE LESSONS. IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU STILL HAVE TEACHERS LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER BUT IN COLLEGE YOU DO THINGS ON YOUR OWN. THIS WILL TEACH YOU RESPONSIBILITY WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU WILL CARRY WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

There hasnt been only one thing i have gotten out of college. There are actually quite a few things. A since of independence, resposibility and the ability to see the world in a new perspective. A new light towards education, its importance and its benifits. What it takes to succeed, sacrifice, time management and determination. The question is more like "What haven't i gotten out of my college experience." I have learned and discovered a great many things and seen the world from more than just my own eyes. So I guess the thing that is most valued about attending college, besides the education and the change of perspective...is the adventure.

I have gotten many valuable learning experiences that wil help me as a further progress in my major and can take with me when I join the work force. I was able to practice critical skills at the labs and I got first hand knowledge from people in my profession. I am so glad that I chose to further my education because there is a lot more opportunities out there for me and I can't wait to reach them!

My educational experience at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis has helped me prepare to be a successful teacher. I have learned a lot throughout the field experiences. I spent one semester observing a teacher, while I spent another semester doing Junior Achievement where I taught small lessons to students about our community. The experiences I have received in a classroom setting have helped me prepare to be a successful teacher. Throughout these experiences, I have learned how rewarding it is to help young people succeed. I want to teach others to be lifelong learners as I model it in myself. My mother always taught me to choose a profession that you will enjoy; otherwise, it ends up being a job. She always enjoyed going to work and never felt it was a job as it was her passion. I have passion inside myself to be a teacher as it is not an easy profession. This scholarship would help me continue my education here at the University of Missouri- Saint Louis, the next step into becoming a successful teacher.

I have only been at UMSL for a semester, so I have not had a lot of experiences yet, but I have had enough to know that this is the right school for me. I have met people from all over the world. I have also had the opportunity to attend class, participate in extra-curriculars, and have an on-campus job. I have learned leadership, responsibility, and time management attending UMSL. I have learned how to manage classes, work, and homework to keep me grades up. Attending UMSL has been really valuable. I have grown up. I now know that I can suceed on my own without my parents' help.

My college experience has opened my eyes to the many oppournities that are out there. I have made new friends and met very intresting people. I think my professors are awsome because they know how to make the class's intresting to be in.

I am attending the University of Missouri-St.Louis in the fall as a freshman and I really look forward to it! It is a great school, close to home and has wonderful professors. It will be valuable to attend because they have a great biology program that will help move onto medical school when I graduate to become a doctor!

The most valuable part of my college experience was the education and preparation to work in a very demanding health care field. I feel that my education gave me the foundation I needed to be very versitle in my role as a nurse. My college experience also taught me responsibility, self accountability, time management skills, etc that have been invaluable in my role as a nurse.

To this date my college experience has opened my eyes and broadened my horizons beyond the classroom. I have grown spiritually, intellectually, physically and emotionally. Spiritually I have been introduced to other religions. Intellectually I have expanded my mind in regards to the planet we live on, knowledge of the human body, various literature and mathematics etc. Physically I have been able to stay in shape through the use of the college gym. Finally, emotionally I learned how to improve my relationships and grew in my independence. Attending college quenches my thirst for knowledge while fueling it at the same time. I enjoy and appreciate the option to get to know my professors on a human level, when I choose to. By discussing subject matter with professors and other students it creates a more intimate environment. This, in turn, creates an atmosphere that welcomes all types of opinions to be shared openly. Attending college has been so valuable it makes it difficult to express in words the wonderful feeling experienced in a learning environment.

Today, I feel like a million bucks-- because this morning, I found out that I was admitted to the incoming class at the UMKC school of dentistry. This was a goal that I had set for myself since middle school. To be quite honest, my experience at UMSL has helped to shape me into the ideal professional school applicant. UMSL's class offering is accomodating to both daytime and nighttime students. I am a single mother who juggled full time student status with part time work, and once I graduated, juggled fulltime work with part time school. I was able to attend school fulltime in the mornings and work the rest of the day to support my child. Now that I am working full time, I attend classes after 5 pm to fulfill my dental school prereqs. While at UMSL, I have mastered time management. In the middle of work and school, I was presented with a research opportunity as well. This definitely helped my dental school application. Point blank, UMSL's flexibility makes it appealing to any type of student. You receive a quality education for a reasonable price. The opportunities there are endless.

The thing i received out of my college experience is how important it is for me to attend. I am receiving a great education an is still getting good knowledge that i can take and use in my everyday discussion. UMSL has been valuable for me attend because it gives a great college experience it helps me a lot of people just like me.

What I have gotten out of my college experience is that time management and having great study skills play a major role everyday.For every class that you take in college the professors are always going to give you alot of work to do.So much work that you would think that the class was the only class your taking. With time management and great study skills, everything is what you make it to be.When you manage your time you work out your short term and long term goals, and what needs to be done and when. Having great study skills you wouldn't have to stress out about test, exams and even finals as much. It has been valuable to attend this college becuase first of all, it's close to my permanet home so I'm not so far away from the family, and secondly and I can say the most imporantly, it has greatly influenced me as a young adult and as a student. Being taught these skills have positively motivated me to continue in college and do my best at all times becuase it will be well worth it in the future.

I would tell myself that I should focus more on developing my writing skills. Do all that I can to learn more about proper writing techniques, practice more, and try harder despite the fact that english is not one of my favorite subjects. In fact, I would tell myself to focus more so on english because it is not something that just comes naturally to me. One thing that I learned that will sustain a college student throughout school is good writing. I have always struggled with writing papers ever since high school. Therefore, during my high school days I did just enough on my papers in order to get by with a decent grade. I am not saying that grades in high school are not important but rather, that the foundation you establish in high school is the most important for future development in college, graduate school, and in a career. Now that I am almost finished with school, I am trying to improve my writing skills. I would tell myself that it is never to late to learn something but, the older you get the more responsibilities and the harder it gets to make this type of development.

Nowing what I know now that I am in college I will say let myself know that college is nothing like high school. You have to study and work for you grade more than you did in any other grade. If you miss class you will not always get a review of what was mentioned in class the day you missed it. You are responsible for your own work. The scheduleing in also completly diffrent, you may have late classes on some days and then you may have early classes on another day. Also there is class Monday through Thursday, some casses will have Friday classes. In order for you to successfully achieve your goal in college is to work your way through. It will change your thought from high school, do not completely prepare you for college. You will need the actual experience you know how the college life is.

If I could go back in time I'd tell myself to get started on scholarships and college visits sooner. It is not easy to get everything together if you're not prepared. Also, I'd have made sure I tried to do a few hours of work to save up sooner. I think I underestimated how much college was going to cost. I'd have asked a lot more questions. Most importantly when you start, join clubs, and get involved. Not getting any social life can make college be a lot more stressful, because you need that kind of interaction. I had actually transferred, so I'd also try and make myself look at more colleges. I had believed that's what I wanted and then classes were too easy. I'd make sure to look for a college that was up to my level.