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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.