Virginia Wesleyan College Top Questions

Besides the great education, I've made friendships with people who I don't believe I could've made friendships with at any other college. The size of a campus was my biggest concern. It was important for me that I didn't feel like just another number on campus. I wanted to be able to know my professor one-on-one and Virginia Wesleyan has done a superb job with student to teacher ratios. I wasn't very active in high school so I knew that when I attended college I wanted to be more involved. Virginia Wesleyan offers a great deal of activities. From more traditional activities like sports and greek life to the more unsual activities like the zombie club. At Virginia Wesleyan one can honestly live up to the Marlin slogan "Bring a Spark, Light a Fire."

I came to Virginia Wesleyan to run cross country and track, but found so much more. I have had great professors, who I now consider to be friends. This small school has allowed me to fit in two majors in a matter of three and a half years; an opportunity I would not have had at a small school. The Honors program here has given me chances to go on cool trips for free to things like Lion King on Broadway and an Admirals Hockey Game. My friends here are great and I love seeing someone whenever I walk accross campus. Although the food here is horrible, I am glad I am at VWC. Not to mention the beach is really close to school and I found an awesome church in the area.

Though I have only been attending Virginia Wesleyan College for one semester now I have learned and experienced more than I would have imagined, and I also discovered I can do anything I put my mind to. Academically I have learned and developed more than I did in one year of high school. I've really found out how to manage my time and different classes. I found that whenever I have free time I should use it for studying. I have also discovered not what to do at college by observing my colleagues who have made rather wrong decisions. While college is a time to have fun it is also a time to prepare for the future which is something I value. When it comes to balancing fun and work at college I will always put preparing for my future first. I know anything I put my mind to I will accomplish and I intend to graduate with a B.S. in biology 2014.

College has opened many doors for me over the past year. I have gained several valuable experiences, which will allow me to gain knowledge and the necessary skills that are needed to inhance my career path. Also, my education has developed a great deal. I have become a more organized student, which has helped me apply myself to various campus organizations. My college experience is extremely important for my education and my personal development. When I began college, I expected to become home-sick. Instead I gained new friendships and learned more about my inner self. The college atomsphere has allowed me to become an independent individual, and has exposed me to diversity. Overall, college has allowed myself to grow as an individual by giving me the essential tools that are necessary for advancement in my future.

Three weeks before the start of my freshman year at James Madison University, I received a notification from Coach Renn, the tennis coach at Virginia Wesleyan College. I was being given an opportunity to play tennis and volleyball at a D3 school, the only price I would have to pay would be giving up the school that I had always claimed as the college I was attending. But was James Madison really the right fit for me? Something in my gut told me to give Virginia Wesleyan a chance, and I have never regretted the decision since. So far in my freshman year of college I have been given opportunities that I would not be able to receive at James Madison. VWC has given me the chance to stick out as an individual through my academics and athletics. At VWC I’m not just another number, I’m a contributing student that attends various programs offered through the school, contributes to the surrounding community, and supports my school by attending various sporting events. Deciding to come to Virginia Wesleyan was the best decison that I have made so far. I really feel that VWC is the right fit for me.

At first I did not give college a chance. I went to a college close to my home town. Many people told me repeatedly what a mistake it would be. They told me "you'll never get the true college experience being so close to home." You know something they were right. I couldn't stand being away from my parents, which is the opposite of most people. I had that urge of coming home. I didn't even want to spend a night when I first moved on campus. I wanted to live at home. I hear the naggingof "I told you" and "You're going to miss out on so much." If it weren't for tennis I would still probably go home every night right after my classes end. Today I still live at home, but it's different. I want to be at Virginia Wesleyan all the time. I stay on campus as much as I possibly can. I plan on living with one of my friends next year in a nicer dorm. Even though I commute I have made so many friends. I feel like the college experience is defined differently for everyone.

My college experience at Virginia Wesleyan College has been really interesting and enjoyable. I am a junior at VWC majoring in Recreation and Leisure Studies with a concentration in Management. When I was a senior in high school I had many options for schools which were a very difficult decision. As I began to narrow the schools down, I was unsure of Virginia Wesleyan because of the cost, but because of scholarships like the Campus Discovery Survey, I am able to continue my educational process. I have received many things so far on my educational track. Going to a private college the classes are a lot smaller than other schools that I was interested in. The one-on-one availability with your professors is something that I love and enjoy. My college emphasizes helping others and engaging in community service. This month we had a homeless shelter at our school which I volunteered at; the experience was so humbling and I was so thankful that I was able to give back and make a difference in the lives of others. I feel that VWC has been very valuable to attend because of the numerous resources and opportunities that it offers.

I've grown alot since I was a freshman, I learn alot about myself as a person and feel like I can learn more. I made great new friends and even though I stopped playing basketball, it help me realize a athlete isn't all I am. I'm way more than that which made me more confident as a person. I'm enjoying my college experience and is very valuable to me.

Even though I have only been in college for a couple of months, I feel as though I have gained plenty of experience. Living on my own has been one of those valuable experiences that have taught me many lessons about growing up. It teaches me to be self-motivated about many aspects of my life including school work and social life. Also, living in a community has been crucial to my learning experiences. This aspect has taught me to make friendships with those people that I can relate to. These relationships will prove to be beneficial as I mature through the rest of my life. My college experience has been nothing but, another step in understanding the world around me.

In the Fall 2010 Semester and the 2011 Winter Semester that I am currently attending, I have found a place that allows diversity and creativity to work together to create a better environment not only for the college campus but for the community. I have broken through stereotypes of others as well as my own. My experience at Virginia Wesleyan as let me know that I do have a chance to not only make a difference in this country but also overseas with all of their opportunities that they have available to the students here.

I have gotten from my collegeg experience the gift of knowledge. I have learned while attended college, the necessity of what it takes for me to achieve my goals. I have gained the experience of obtaining new friends. I have had the experience of having some of the best teachers. Teachers that will do what it takes to make sure you understand what you are doing. I also understand how very different college is from the high school life. I would never change any of the experience that i have had at college. Although not every one of those experiences were great, i would not change what happened, they shaped me to who i am becoming. College to me is very valuable, I am learning new ideas every day i attend. Another reason college is valuable to me is that it is helping me further my education in life. I feel as though if i did not attend college, I would be going down a terrible path in life. I am just so happy that i chose to attend college.

I transferred to Virginia Wesleyan in the Spring of my sophomore year. Transferring to this school was the best thing I could have done. I am happier, more actively involved in campus life, and have had an overall enjoyable college experience here thus far. I play for the women's soccer team and I am involved in FCA (fellowship Christian athletes club). I have earned an average 3.789 GPA in my three years of college, majoring in Political Science/Government and minoring in Psychology. I believe the classes I have been immersed in have successfully exposed me to the kinds of ideas, concepts, and ideologies I hope to one day face in law school; at least, which is my plan once I graduate. My academic advisors have been extremely helpful in suggesting interesting and engaging courses I need to graduate and they have given me the tools and extra motivation to acheive my academic goals. I have been able to do so well at this college, in my opinion, not only because of my ambitious attitude and committment to my studies, but also because the people at this school have really helped foster my continual academic growth.

As a transfer student to Virginia Wesleyan I quickly made friends and developed strong working relationships with students and faculty. I have learned about the importance of being environmentally responsible and how to be an environmental steward. I have rediscovered who I am and who I can yet become. I have enriched my life through the volunteering opportunities that I have participated in at Virginia Wesleyan. I have learned the importance of building personal relationships with people outside of my own age group especially with my advisors and professors. I feel that it has been valuable to attend because I was not lost in the crowd; I was an individual, an individual whom professors knew and were interested and showed concern about both my academic performance and personal life goals. I know that the friends and relationships that I have made here will last for many years yet to come.

Failure, responsibility, commitment, friendship, accomplishments, achievements, tolerance, time management, goals, and, most of all, knowledge are some of the things I intake from attending college. I've learned a lot of what the adjective difficult really means, how to fail, to accept my mistakes, and grow from them, and that asking for help only benefits you and others. To give back is just as important as well. I'm building a tolerance for the arduous lifestyle, full of classes, studies, and part-time jobs, that's preparing me for my career. In my struggle to find time, I've adopted techniques to increase my time effectiveness and life management that have proved to enhance my daily performance and, overall, happiness. I've also observed, from myself and others, that goals can be set and, if given enough effort, can be achieved. Nothing is impossible. College has been one of the most valuable assets in my life. It has taught me to always stay on my toes and watch out for myself and that I can achieve what I imagined unreachable. Most importantly, my experiences at college have molded me into the makings of a man.

Every since I arrived on Virginia Wesleyan's campus I learned that it was just like a family away from home. From the moment I walked on campus it was all about the word "community," something that you can't get at many colleges. My school works like a community, whenever we need help with something or do not have the proper materials, my school works hard to make sure that it is provided. To sum it up, my school is like the saying, " It takes a village to raise a child." There is always someone willing to help out and guide us when help is needed.

The most valuable part of my college experience has been a second chance. In high school I was very quiet, did not have many friends, and was very depressed. At Virginia Wesleyan I have made many close friends, I am active in campus groups, and I am almost never sad. I think if I had gone anywhere but here I would've misssed the chance to meet my best friends. Campus is close enough to home, but not too close at 30 minutes away. Coming to school here has helped me become an independent, fun loving, happy person. I will never forget the times I have had here at Wesleyan.

From my college experience I have learned and am still learning to be a professional. During a meeting with my english professor we discussed why people attend college. He said, "people come to college to learn how to be a professional." Whether on the court or in the classroom being at college has changed the person I am. I now am a more confident, decisive, responsible and determined person. I wake up every morning, get breakfast and prepare for the day whether I have a morning class or not because that is what a professional does. Their day isn't wasted away sleeping and watching tv. I have learned that being a professional also means that you have to have a plan and manage time wisely. A professional also needs to know when to be a leader and when to be led and work as a member in a group. My college experience has definitely taught me that. On the court I am a leader, in the classroom I know I have to be able to be led. My college experience is valuable because it's taught me to be a professional which will help me succeed in life.

I have gotten alot more than I think I realize now about of my college expierence. Ive had interviews for internships, meet some great faculty members and alot of great people. Im not sure how or why companies "own the right" to my answers on this survey. I understand they maybe giving students 5,000 but for those who do not receive any money does that mean they start getting "junk" emails and those phone call everyone just loves to answer at 3 A.M in the morning ?

In my college experience, I have learned many things about myself. College allowed me to experiment with many different classes. At first, I thought about becoming a lawyer so I took a Business Law class and quickly concluded that this was not the route for me. I also experimented in Communications and thoroughly enjoyed it until the major began to get too media based for me. I finally was ablt to settle on Business Managment which I found both challenging and rewarding. Through these different experiences, I was able to define who I was and who I wanted to become. College allowed me to take risks in order to accomplish a goal. During college, I worked in 4 different internships which allowed for further experiences and knowledge. Education is one of those activities that a person can never have too much of, and should never end. Because of that recent discovery, I have switched gears and gone back to school to recieve my Elementary Teaching License. After working in accounting for 3 years, I realized it was not for me. I am so thankful for the opportunities that college has given me and I look forward to grad school!

So far I have gotten a lot out of my college experience here at Virginia Wesleyan College. So many people have not even heard of this school and I was happy when I got the privledge to attend somewhere different. It was been an interesting experience. I play softball here so I made friends very quickly. Also, since we have the "living communities" where people on your dorm hall all take one class together, we became really close with one another. It has been vaubable to me to attend such a diverse community. Overall my experience at Virginia Wesleyan has been amazing.