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I attendend college in 2005 for a couple months then had to leave due to a family emergency. I have not been able to go back to school until now and I'm married with a daughter. I am trying to get back into college so I can support my family and give my daughter a good life and the ability to go to college when she is old enough.

i wont start my first year untill Aug. 30 2010, but i can already tell that the experience will me help to become a more idependent, strong individual. everything about it is valuable, if you plan on expanding your knowledge and career opportunies throughout your life.

My time in college has taught me that I can push myself to do better. I can do better academically. I can do better financially. I can do better personally. Earlier in my life I doubted my abilities but now I know I can do anything I put my mind to. Beyond the coursework and professor, this is the most valuable lesson I have learned in my years at college. With this new found perspective who knows what I will accomplish.

Throughout my first year of college, I have experienced an exceptional learning program, diversity of cultures, new friendships, old friendships, and definitely realized the responsibilities of living on your own. My high school years were very tough, to say the least. I was diagnosed with a chronic kidney disease my sophmore year and enrolled in a homebound program. From then on I had to teach myself at home because I was always either at the doctor or in the hospital. I can tell you this was very difficult for me because I was a very social and energetic girl. Having to be seperated from my classmates and my sports saddend me, but I achieved my goals and graduated in four years, Suma cum laude. Going to college is another valuable goal I am determined to achieve. I recieved a kidney trasplant in March of 2009, but they discovered my disease was returning in my new kidney. I would love to finish my education in four years before anything tragic happens again. Learning new things help keep my mind off my dilema. I am looking forward to attending my university in the fall, with high hopes of achieving academic excellence.

A magnificent awakening of the splendid diversity of the human race is the primary influence I have gained from my college experience. Not only has my knowledge base in all general areas been beautifully expanded, but I have also begun acquiring the skills I need to obtain a career where I can make my education count out in the world. I have also developed a more proficient leadership base, which has taught me how to more positively and effectively influence others. Gratitude is the overwhelming emotion I have when thinking of the value of my college education. I realize the opportunity I have had and want to be diligent in using and maximizing the tools I have learned and earned. I consider my college education to be so much more than a degree or a level of prestige, but more so an intriguing experience that could not be duplicated through any other means. The college experience I have had thus far has equipped me with the confidence and competence I feel will motivate me sustain and further obtain satisfaction and success.

Going to a community college before transferring to a four year school has taught me better organization skills as well as better study techniques. In highschool, i hated to study. Once I started college, it was a shock to me how much studying I need to do. Getting a college degree is the most important thing I can do for my future and it's great for me to be a good role model for my younger sister. Being a role model to my sister and teaching her how to be organized and how to study will go with her through her up-coming highschool years and it will also show her that going to college is also very important.

When i first started school i was very unsure of myself! I was nervous i would fail all my classes or that people wouldnt like me. . . however it has been quite the opposite! I have done well in all of my classes so far, i have a 4.0 GPA and everyone at my school is super friendly! I wish i could tell all the people my age not to be afraid to go back to school like i was, so far it has been very rewarding and i enjoy the time that i spend there! Being in school has taught me that i can be more than just a waitress, and that i can still me a great mom and wife even if Im not home as much! I think there is no price on a good education, its one of the most valuable things you can have!

I have gotten new friends, new identity aka the true identity of myself, a soulmate, great advisors, ambition, ideas, and a positive outlook on life after college. The college experience has helped me to become and independent individual with the ability to take on the responsibillities of life as they are added to my life. High school has nothing on college. College is this wonderful "limbo" for one to figure out things in their life such as, where one might want to live, to study, to make a career out of, and how to network. The college experience means so much to me. Without this experience I do not believe that I would get to where I want be without it. I would have never have left the broken down town I call home. And I certainly would have never found the path I'm supposed to take or the love of my life. The college experience is the gateway to starting my life.

I have not yet attended college.

In 2007, my husband left me with two children to raise alone. I had no money, and nothing but a high-school diploma. I worked a few jobs here and there to get by, and then one day I had an epiphany?this wasn't what I wanted for myself, or my children. So I gave up everything and started college. I was scared, and didn't know what to expect, but now it?s 2010, and I have 59 hours under my belt and a 3.5 GPA. From the two years I've spent in college, I've learned there is nothing more valuable than an education. I?ve faced reality, it?s not pretty and in today?s times without a college education, you'll go nowhere. College has given me a second chance to start my life over?for myself, and my children. This opportunity has given me so much to hope for, and look forward to. It has inspired me in ways I never thought possible, and has made me so appreciative of this opportunity I?ve been given to start my life over?with a college education.