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I have found in my time in college that learning and growth are inexorably linked. The accumulation of knowledge, while sometimes seeming tedious and inapplicable, is perhaps the greatest method of self-improvement. Like Petrarch and the first humanists, I find that learning leads to a desire to make use of your newfound knowledge to better the world around you in ways formerly unimaginable. College is not simply vocational training or a specialized job readiness but a source of exponential betterment for oneself and one?s world. With this new realization in mind, the value of attendance cannot be overstated. What is a more worthy goal than learning, in light of the obligation it comes with to better the world? What possible cost would be too high for leading to the possibility of a better tomorrow, on both the micro and the macro scale? Nothing, I submit, could contain higher innate promise than an institution of higher learning and the students who attend it. So aside from an excess of information, I have gained (and will continue to gain) perhaps the most important thing possible from my studies: purpose.

I have recieved a great education for the cost it is to attend this university. The only reason I would of rather attended another college is because this one is local to me. It is a great school that has tons of activities and really promotes getting the best education possible. Both the students and the professors come from all different backgrounds which really makes the students look at situations and history from another perspective.

Making the choice on which college to attend was a very tough decision for me, just like it is for most students. I had to decide between going to Wright State, a place that was close to home where I would be able to save a lot of money and still get a great education, or go to Mount Union, where my best friend attends and rack up a huge amount of student fees. In the end I chose Wright State and I was a little reluctant in going because most of the kids that I went to High School with go to Wright and I wanted to be different. However, as I finish my second quarter I realize that I have made a great decision. Wright State is a great place to come to earn your degree because of the great professors and the huge library. The facilities are very nice and well kept and there is plenty to do both in and around Wright State. It gives you a lot for the little that you have to pay.

I have really enjoyed learning about new subjects beyond high school courses. I have learned so much about life, and how to survive in such a diverse world. I have gotten so much life experience out of going to college. It is extremely valuable to go to college not only to earn a degree and get a job, but learn about things that your parents did not teach you. Life lessons that most grown-ups know, but never share with kids. The new generation is at college, and you have to go to find out what it is all about. I have learned so much about the diversity of religion, sexuality, and race. If you do not know really what these things are about, then you cannot form an opinion about them, but people do every day and they vote on it. So it is important to go to college to earn a degree and get a job, and to learn about our completely diverse world.

From my college experience, I have learned what I want out of my life. Attending college has given me more focus and determination to better my life. It has also helped me to see that I want to help people and save lives. I love the gratification of working hands on with people, and being able to assist in the process of getting them better.

My experience of attending college has taught me lessons I had not thought I would have learned prior tending. Being there for my first semester I had thought it was all about getting the "college experience" and meeting new people and self discovery. After my first week attending class and meeting my new professors, I had realized college was not just going to be about having a good time. It was at that moment when my English professor assigned our class a ten page paper each month that I had realized I was here for a reason. Not only did I begin to make school my first priority,I also devoted myself to studying more each night than I did throughout my entire highschool career. College began to become my main focus as everything else fell by the wayside. I had a self realization that my education iwas not only important for the present but for the future as well. I had set goals for myself in my life very high and I would not be obtaining those goals if it wasn't for my college education.

I've gotten a lot of experience and knowlendge out of college. But the most important thing I've got would have to be meeting new people and getting to know a little about everyone from different religions and races. Meeting new people is the greatest feeling, to be able to say that We live in America and everyone can be free to be whom ever they wish to be. college has definently given me a different way to view things.

Although I feel that attending Wright State University was the wrong choice for me, it has offered me more life experience than if I weren't attending college. College has taught me to take even more inaitive in my life than I already had. I have to motivate myself to get out of bed and go to class, get enough studying done to be prepared for exams. Motivating and studying also go hand in hand with organizing, which I've sharpened my skills since being at Wright State. This experience has also taught me that I'm a young adult and that my mother and father are not there to hold my hand through this. If something needs to be done, I am the only one to get it done. This experience is what I make it and how seriously I take it.

I'm from a small town maybe an hour or so away from WSU and over the course of these 2 years I have been able to experience a sense of freedom and independence. I have not only learned new things in class but I have also learned how to handle life situations outside of the classroom. This experience so far has been valuable to me because it has allowed me to grow as a person. When I do graduate from here I will be able to handle just about anything life throws at me. I am a person who tends to try and do everything on my own without any help even when I know it's needed. Last year my Grandmother was in an accident and I had to miss a lot of class work, thankfully WSU was able to help me get back on track and this showed me that I need to be more open-minded and realize that there are people in the world who will help me when I need it the most only if I allow them to. Over-all I've enjoyed my experience so far and look forward to the future.

The biggest piece of advice that I would give myself is to not freak out, and just be myself. I worried too much about the changes that I was about to have to endure, like the class sizes (since the number of people in the class I graduated with is the size of some college lecture halls), and living in the dorms. I would also tell myself that I need to be more open to meeting and talking to new people, because I feel like I talk to my same friends all the time. The last piece of advice I would give myself is to not procrastinate on my homework and papers, because I had a tendency of procrastinating in high school. One other thing I would tell myself is to have fun and enjoy life as it goes on. I would tell myself to live life to the fullest, and leave after with no regrets. God has a plan for all of us and He will give us nothing more than we can handle.