Allegheny College Top Questions

Graduation. Prom. Senior trip. There are so many exhilarating memories associated with my senior year. I can’t think of a single experience that I would have changed. Almost all of my classes were Advanced Placement classes and I worked hard to get good grades so that I would be able to get into the college of my choice. I also spent time with friends and loved ones and enjoyed my free time. If I had to go back into the past and help myself change an aspect of my senior year, I would tell myself to get more information about the financial aspects of college. I would have asked more questions and gathered more facts about all of the different loans and scholarships that were available. Working with numbers has never been a strong suit of mine, but I wish I could have worked harder to educate myself about finances that are associated with college.

I would tell myself that it's not as hard as I thought. I would also tell myself to look at a wider vartiety of schools and check out some urban setting schools.

I have learned that my success is umlimited and that if i want to achieve i must reach out and accomplish it. I has taught me to work hard and to understand that nothing is impossible. Seeing that there is always a way to be better and to help others in their lives inspires me to push forward. My expectations for myself has increased 10 fold. So I now see that even though nothing was ever handed to me, I can still make it in America and be a upstanding citizen. I have seen people who's education take them to new things and they come back to thier schools and inspire students to advance themselves. Coming to college has given me the motivation to face the world and be a better person. The college experience is very valuable because it showed me how to be diverse and understand the differences in being a child grown into an adult. Now I feel as if i have the tools i need to face the tribulations of life and always come out with my head held high and enough strength to face the next day. College has been a true great inspiration.

So far, my college experience has been an exciting, innovating, eye-opening, and suprising one. In my first semester here at Allegheny College, I have learned how to be on my own, set my own rules, take care of myself, and basically live my own life. It has taught me to manage my own time in both an academic and personal sense; something that I had a problem with in high school. However, college is not just about books and papers and studying. It is about living. Of course it is important to do your best in and out of class, after all, that is the whole reason that I came to college, to learn neuroscience / pre-med in order to prepare for medical school and my career as a neurologist. Still, that is not what it is all about. This is the reason that my undergraduate college experience has been so valuable, it has taught me to appreciate the little things in life; the things that I took for granted in high school. After all, it is the moments among friends and family that make life worth living. And, for this lesson, I am truly grateful.

Although I am only a single semester into my freshman year, I have gotten so much out of Allegheny College. I have taken advantage of many opportunities that the school offers and that is not even the half of it. My advisor, as well as other professors I have gtten to know, have taught me much more than the required course materials. They have taught me to get involved and do not be afraid to let my voice be heard. I have taken classes that I absolutely loved and that have swayed me towards various majrs and minors. There is an immense amount of opportunities that Allegheny College offers and I will continue to take advantage of them throughout the rest of my educational career.

What have I gotten from my college experience? An identity. Studying at Allegheny College has defined who I am as an individual, a scholar, and a global citizen of the world. Before attending college I thought I knew what I wanted from life –I had a career plan. Studying at Allegheny College, however, has taught me that having passion for what I do, not just a plan, will provide me with the life I want to live. I cannot even begin to describe the growth I have experienced at Allegheny. In my first year of college I successfully broke free of the chains that held me down during high school. I blossomed into a student leader, an advocate for social change, and a committed community member. I do not like to think about my life without Allegheny College. Doing so makes me think of the person I would have failed to become. So yes, I have gained an identity, a better understanding for who I am as a human being and what I want from life. Never before would I have imagined that I would be as prepared as I am to step into the “real world”.

The college experience has taught me about freedom to d what you want while keeping up with the bills and time managment. You do not have your parents reminding you about projects or appointments. It is all on your shoulders now and you need to work out a system that works for you so that you can stay organized and punctual. College is a great way to meet new people and of course follow your dreams of a higher education.

At Allegheny College, I have become part of a tolerant community which has allowed me to experiment socially with whom I want to be - I have been able to participate in student theatre groups, a sorority, and choral groups and have been able to maintain friendships with everyone - no one has judged me at all. I have found people who enjoy classes as much as I do - my best friends and I talk about Shakespeare and Jane Austen all the time, and we have Costume Drama Film parties every two weeks. I have learned to juggle academics and a social life by being vice president of my sorority while taking three upper division seminars, but all my professors were so supportive that the extra workload was not a stretch. Allegheny has been a place where I have been able to grow up and mature and I am so proud to be a student there.

I have gotten so much out of my college experience, even though a lot of it has been from bad experiences. I have learned that you really have to fight to get what you want, and to have people behind what you're fighting for no matter what. You always have to work really hard to get what you want, and that you have to learn to change yourself now to be prepared for the workplace before you graduate.

I only decided to attend college because it seemed as if I was expected to, like I would be a failure if I didn't. All of friends were going to college and I did not want to be left out, I guess you could say I was a follower. After starting and experiencing college, I realized just how important it was. I strive to achieve my best, and turned into a leader. I joined SGA and that organization made a impact on my outlook. Before, I had just been attending college. After I joined, I was attending college and being apart of the whole experience. I wish to graduate from Gadsden State, and then transfer to further my degree and follow my dreams of becoming a first grade teacher. Attending college is the only way I can reach that dream, so attending is very important.