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College is a great experience that makes you grow and become a better person. Our Computer Drafting Program lets us experience hands-on training as if we had already graduated and were working for an engineer.

the most i gotten out of college was the education. im learning more matrial in the classes. i also get to know more people by going to workshops and makeing study groups.

Currently, I am attending Youngstown State University, but fall semester of 2009 I was enrolled at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Unfortunately, I had to leave due to financial difficulties, but I will write this essay based on experiences from Purdue. The cliche is to say that college is a time of self discovery, a time for independence and exposure to the real world and unlike high school, in college there is more freedom. Well, it's true. College is a massive melting pot of people who agree on one thing; that thing being that education is a driving force that propels human life forward. The beautiful of a college campus, however, is that what college students have in common is, for the most part, the only thing they have in common. Exposure to a diversity of people is the strongest undertone of the college experience. For me, it has been valuable because everyday, I meet someone new, with an entirely different story than mine and everyday I learn to appreciate and pull from the experiences of my peers and that's what life is all about.

I have truely gotten so much out of my college expirience so far. I am so happy that I finally decided to go to college, even though I had no money to put towards it. I would advise everyone to try college, even if someone sayd they hated high school. I hated high school, but I absolutely love college. College is an expirience that you can not get anywhere else, and it will take you such a long way in life.

College, so far, has afforded me innumerable opportunities. Every day, I work closer and closer to attaining my goal of becoming an RN. Without attending college, I would not be able to achieve my dreams of my future career.

The first thing I would ask the question: What profession would you do even if there was no pay? What is it that you love so much you could do freely? Next would be to create a journal, starting with senior graduation date, college of choice, intended major. What type of degree want to achieve and time span. Take advantage of any college tour dates, preferably with parents, gather all information pertaining to college and surrounding community. Read and study the information to prepare for demands and expectations of the school, financial aid, etc. Include a social life to balance academic schedule, connect with professors in major and help centers to build a good academic support team. Be focused, enthusiastic and excited about pursuing your degree and charge forward. Continue writing in your journal the type of life you want to create for yourself.

I have been out of school 24 years. I went for 6 years then got married and had children. Now I am divorced and finishing my college education. If I could go back in time and talk to myself, I would tell myself to get serious. I would tell myself to take life seriously, Get your education now and worry about boys and partying after you get the degree. Get a good paying job so you won't have to worry about if you will have enough money to pay the next bill or get groceries. You don't want to get married and think that your husband will support you. Life is no longer the same life your mom lived with your dad supporting the entire household. Don't think you will always have a spouse to take care of you and your job be the b ack- up. This isn't the 60's anymore. It's 1986-wake up. You have time to find a husband and have a family. You are an attractive, smart young woman. Use the scholarship and grant money and take advantage of it. It will pay off in the future.

Don't procrastinate about getting a higher education. Time is very precious, I am now 28 years old and just starting college. With the economy the way it is, a college degree is a must to make a living these days.

I would tell my self "Jessica, you are about to go on the adventure of a life time! There will be ups and downs. You are going to spend more money on books that could could possible imagine and you are going to grow to love the taste of noodles! Your going to stay up late some nights studying and other nights you will stay up late giggling with your girl friends you meet here. This is going to be the time of your life and through everything that you go through good or bad savor every last second of it. Thank God that he has made it possible for you to do what your parents could only have dreamed of doing. You are blessed. Know that and spread joy to all the people around you and everyone you meet at school. Never forget to smile! Even if you are having a terrible day you never know how you could help someone else. Most importantly of all things understand that you are about to embark on the oppertunity of a life time that some people only dream of. You have the world in the palm of your hand."

Its an easy idea to ponder, but an oppertunity that no one will ever have. If given the chance to go back in time and inform a younger me about what college would be like, it's doubtful he would even believe it. In high school I had little to no ambition or dreams of the future, and therefore put forth very little effort; wasting my potential. Only after graduation did I finally see how limited my options were without higher education. If given the oppertunity though I would inform him to work harder, so that i would have a chance scholarships, and wouldn' find myself burdened by crushing debt.