Arizona State University-Tempe Top Questions

The most valuable part of my college experience has been meeting my best friend Drew. As freshman we met while volunteering off campus and realized we had the same major and were in some of the same classes. We've learned to work together and help each other out to reach our academic goals. Plus, on a campus that is so huge it can be hard to find someone that shares the same values and passion that you do. ASU students are stereotyped as promiscuous partiers, and it was nice to meet someone that wasn't interested in going out on a Friday night to get wasted. Meeting Drew has kept me grounded, and I feel like without him I may have lost myself by trying to be part of the social scene. Overall, the best part of my college experience hasn't been all of the friends that I've made, but the one friend that will love me not for how many shots I can do, but for my academic drive, career motivation, and passion for the environment.

ASU has been a positive influence on me because in high school I wasn't very involved and stayed in sort of a shell, shielded from others. But now that I came here I have learned that you must break that shell. I have made so many more friends through activities I'm involved in; Army ROTC, jiu jitsu, working out. It made me realize how much I missed out on in high school by being shy it makes me want to go back and change it.

I have gotten many things out of my college experience. Of the many, I have learned to be responsible. I have learned to be responsible for myself. I learned to be independent, take care of myself, motivate myself to study in school, and be the grown up that I should be. I have also learned to be accepting. There are many different people on campus from all walks of life, they all have something to share, and everyone, no matter how different they are to us, how unfamiliar they seem from the people I was exposed to at home, deserves to be accepted.

I have learned so much from college so far, not only from classes, but also from living away from home. In all honesty, I think I have learned more about being an adult than I have about becoming a teacher. That is not to say that I am not learning about my major, just that my educational experience has been outshined by college life. I have learned how to feed myself properly and how to manage my finances. I have also learned about managing my time, between work, school, family, friends, and fun/down time. I truly believe that I have become a very well rounded person becuase I came to college. Moving across the country on my own, has been a very eye-opening experience for me. Without school, I would still be in Ohio,living at home, working at a pizza hut, and doing nothing with my life. I would not have had the opportunity to become who I am now, a strong, independent, hardworking young woman.

My major has a great network of professional internships and connectings throughout Arizona. I've enjoyed my professors because many of them were award-winning journalists and highly acclaimed professionals in their area. The overall experience at ASU was great because I've made friends from all over the country and world.

The ability to handle my life filled up all kinds of differences and cultural shock. Being a transferred international student, I have to get use to the different way of teaching in class, the different environment, the different language along with the cultural difference. Being on my own, I am getting the ability to cope with all these problems while I have to achieve a outstanding academic height. Dealing with problems with the best way is always required in the society since we live in a world full of problems. Attending college is far more than acquiring basic profesional knowledge. It is the ability to learn and to solve problems that does matter. It is always better to learn how to fish rather than the fish itself.

So far out of my college experience I have gotten to know more about the world and have been able to find who I am. College is very valuable to attend because in the end you will be making a difference in the world and helping it to become a better place for America's future children.

My collage experience has taught me that success comes from faith, hard work, a positive heart, mind and attitude and the willingness to bless others. If I set out to be excellent in all that I do I will get excellent results. I have learned to make positive academic choices; thus becoming a well rounded student and individual. The most valuable aspect of attending college is that I have learned to be aware of the world around me and sensitive to the plight of others. Also I have learned so much about the human condition that I can take the knowledge and share it will my community. I have something to give back now.

As a current student of Community College of Aurora in Colorado I have deepen my personal and academic knowledge through successful full-time study. The college built a perfect foundation for learning with its science and computer laboratory, excellent teaching, and useful tutoring. Knowledge gained in subjects was easy and interesting to apply in real life. Here I have experienced a magnificent opportunity to accomplish academic projects that widen my knowledge and develop logical-thinking ability. Therefore, I had the pleasure of participating in the Global Climate Conference with presentation of a beneficial plan of using alternative and ecologically friendly sources of energy in the face of the global climate change. Moreover, in a Global Citizen Conference I presented a poster about a common disease in order to aware the audience about it. These projects built my self-confidence, develop creative problem-solving ability and expand my knowledge in the subject. This educational establishment is valuable to attend for ability to develop personal characteristics and gain professional skills that benefit our community. I am proud to be a student of this college, because every day here brings exiting experience and new skills.

Goingto the Community College of Allegheny County has helped me prove to different institutions, programs and especially 4-year colleges that I have the ability to do good college work if I get a chance. CCAC was the only institution where I could afford to go to but thanks to faculty members' care about student future well being, I have come to realize I have the potential to fulfill my dream of receiving a quality education and one day returning to my native country of Burkina Faso and apply my talents to improve the lives of my fellow countrymen.