University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Top Questions

Hi Me, Be good to yourself. You are going to make it and do just fine. Don't think you have to take on the world. Realize that your mistakes are not the end of the world. Life does go on; time really does heal all wounds. Spend as much time as you can with Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Grandma. They are not going to be around forever. Take pictures of everything. Grab a tape recorder and interview everyone. Now for college, pick the brains of your professors. Ask questions. Pay attention in class. You are paying good money for this education, so wring out every bit of knowledge you can. This is the last time in your life where your occupation is to learn, with minimal outside obiligations. Appreciate that. On the otherside is adulthood, REAL adulthood, with responsibilities you can't even fathom. You will look back on these years as your halcyon days. Be happy. Don't drink, your friends need a designated driver anyway. You were smart never to do any drugs. I'm proud of you. You turned out okay. I hope this advice just makes it a little easier. Love, Me

I have gotten a lot out of my college experience so far. I realized that school doesn't have to be all work and no play. It is very important for a student to balance school work with fun. It is this very reason that our school offers the activities that it does. One weekend during fall semester we were able to go to Six Flags which my friends and I gladly attended. At the end of the day I realized that this was the break I needed and it acted as a refresher for me. I was able to get back into my school work and succeed. College has definitely been valuable to attend. For me, I see my future. I see a great career and myself with a smiling face. I realize that no matter how difficult things are in school it will always lead to something better. This is what keeps me going in school, driving to succeed. I have learned much in my first semester and I can only hope to keep expanding on what I have learned so far. That is what I have gotten from my college experience.

After feeling like an outcast all through highschool, I finally felt like I belonged when I began college. The most valuable aspect to my experience has been the ability to make my own decisions. In highschool, being forced into a set schedule was a huge turn off, and I either blew off classes or day dreamed until the final bell rang. I never truly enjoyed recieving an education until college. Being given the choice of when to schedule classes, and having to be responsible enough on my own to attend them, has allowed me to grow so much as a person. It's up to me to be in class, up to me to finish my homework and up to me how much or how little I want to participate. No one is holding my hand. In addition to feeling like I finally belong, I'm finally loving to learn, and that's the greatest gift of all.

College has helped me understand where I'm at in my education from the results of my accuplacer test. I am able to learn in my own time. I've become more mature by attending college due to the responsibility I have to live up to and the goals I try to achieve in such as turning in home work on time or working on projects. It has been a great experience going to college. It's completely different from high school because of the different age range in the students. The age range in students isn't the only difference, there's also the instructors and class time. Instructors are more strict so oneself feel more preassured to get their work turned in. Class time aren't arranged into a daily seven hour schedule like high school, so oneself will have to figure out a schedule for college. Over all, I enjoyed going to college, even though I did struggled I was able to get help from counselors, instructors, friends, and family to keep pushing on and gettin through the tough times.

What I have gotten out of my college experience are: the value of money and how little I actually have without my parents, starting fresh/having a clean slate, making new friends, learning things that I am really interested in, how much family means to me, having to depend on myself for certain things and just becoming more independent, becoming more cautious of what I buy, and the best part is having freedom to make my own desicions and take on responsibility which helps me become a better person, a stronger woman. It has been valuable to attend this school because I learn so much about myself and other people. Being away at college helps me prepare for living on my own while having a job and having to take care of bills. College has been the greatest experience of my life so far because of all the knowlege I have attained about different subjects of school. Being a communications major helps me work with and understand people in the real world. ISchool is like a big stepping stone because school gives me that push I need to get started when I get out on my own.

I have learned many things while attending college. But something that I have learned that is required for life is time managment. While I was in high school I had my parents telling me what to do and a certain time. But in college this isn't the case. I have to mange my time from school, to hanging out with friends, having a job, and just living a college life. It is important to attend college because most people will not aquire such skills if they do not attend college and learn how to do things by themselves.

Although moving into college is seen as a normal experience, it has shown me my true potential. I was never in choir in high school but it had always been something I had longed to try. I dug up the nerve to audition, and now I am in the Women’s Choir and voice lessons—bringing the amount of credits I am enrolled in to 18. The ability to strum my guitar and sing along has always been a fantasy. The reality that I took the initiative to audition and made my dreams become a real possibility brings true bliss. At first, my intense schedule, including calculus, chemistry, and both advanced English and Spanish, really freaked me out. Nonetheless, I have made it past my first tests with respectable grades thus proving I can overcome any challenge with determination. Furthermore, I won majority vote for the President of Club de Español. I have transformed tremendously and have really made myself proud. When I moved into college, it began a formation of the true me and what I really strive to be. The most important feature of my college experience has been discovering who I am.

I have a new hopefullness in my life since I began attending The University of Aurora in Aurora, IL. in the graduate program. I have been downsized from a 25-year career in digital imaging/high end electronic retouching for advertising studios.I am retraining myself in Graduate School to attain a Masters in Social Work with a Type 73 certification to work in schools. I will also be studying to attain a CADC (certified alcohol and drug counselor) as well. All this is being funded with personal loans and part-time work. I am working part-time as a substitute teacher with children with cognitive issues such as downs syndrome, autism, and various conditions that prevent them from learning efficiently. I am working part-time as a bartender. I also just finished the first half of a 500-hour internship at a residential treatment center in the adolescent unit working with 35 male clients, many of whom are gang affiliated, and all of whom have substance abuse/dependence issues. Attending college holds the promise of a new life for me and the community I will be serving in a way that my former career could not begin to satisfy!

I have gotten he chance to learn a lot of new ideas as well as give me a wider perspective on important issues from political to social issues that affect this country. I also got to experience and chance to volunteer, learn more about my field of interests and do something good for the community. I also participated in sports in my college experience and got to travel to nationals for Rugby something I'll never forget. I wouldn't trade anything for the college experience I have gotten thus far. It has taught me to be strong in difficult times, that I will persevere, and to truly invest in my education to further my educational goals as well as to work at a career I love.

My college experience is so valuable because the fundamental skills I can only get here that allow me to grow as an individual and as part of the work force, so that I may better my community.