Bridgewater State University Top Questions

At the college i am attending now i think that i have made a few good friends and had a good start to where i want to go. It made me realize what i need to do in order to be happy and has given me a push in order to do it. It wasnt my top choice, or my favorite place to go but it did help me leanr a few things about myself that i didnt know before.

After marrying at an early age and starting a family, attending college was not possible. After a divorce and remarriage I took some certificate courses and evetually enrollled on a full time basis in a bachelors degree program. This was the best decision I ever made (apart from marrying my husband!). After completing the BSc program (working full time and raising a family) I enrolled in the Masters level program in psychology. From there I became certified in mental health counseling and substance abuse specialties. My lifelong dream, however, is to pursue the doctorate in psychology where I can use my knowledge and experience to research addictions and mental health at a deeper level and make some significant contributions to those populations who are suffering from these conditions.

During high school, I attended a parochial school which put heavy emphasis on the importance of going to college. I had other plans. I napped in class, avoided studying, and rarely ever handed in homework assignments. My main goals in life became socializing and partying. Thus, at the end of high school, I was left high and dry with nothing to show for it except for my 2.1 GPA. I am not an unintelligent person; I had simply lost my way. Bridgewater State became my only option and I reluctantly applied. During my college career, I have grown up significantly. I have found my passion in life (art history), applied myself, and am now the proud owner of a 3.4 GPA. I enjoyed attending school for the first time in a long time. I have enjoyed my time so much, in fact, that I intend to go on to recieve my master's degree, and eventually my doctorate. What I got out of my college experience was integrity, responsibility, and passion. Although I am not always happy in my choice (or lack thereof) of colleges, nothing can replace the personal growth I have experienced in my time there.

What I have gotten out of the colleage experience so far is that, u have to balance your time for personal time, school and work. When u have a job and you are in school full time it takes up alot of your time you have to find time to juggle with school work getting to work on time and study time. Its not a easy task but if you stay focus and try to balance your time everything will work out the best it can. Going back to school is the next best step you can make in your life have a high school education is not going to get you very far in these day and times jobs want you to have more than that, that why I have gotten inspired to go back to school because education is a great thing and you have a better opportunity when you have some time of degree.

My college experience is and have been very vauable to me. I have gotten alot of valuable experience of life and how to live, cut back my expences and focus more on the basic necessities. I have met many different people from all walks of life that have definitly enrich my life in one way or another. My reading and writing skills have improved tremendously, as well as speech, spelling, communication skills, and my confidence have improved beyond measures.

Bridgewater State College is a great school to attend. The environment is fantastic. Everyone is really friendly and welcoming, and the professors are extremely helpful. If you need their help, they are always willing to put in some of their time to help you out. You are probably thinking, "What do you know, you're only a freshman? You probably just haven't met any of the mean ones yet." Well, one of the things that got me interested in Bridgewater State was the fact that everyone I talked to, freshman, sophomores, and juniors, all said the same thing. They all told me that the professors at Bridgewater were really nice and were extremely willing to help you when you need it. I found this to be very true. I didn't think I would make any friends at school because I'm shy. A lot of the students are really friendly and greet you like they've known you for years. This has helped me gain quite a few friendships. Well, as you can see, Bridgewater State College is really a great school to attend!

I have gotten so much out of my college experience thus far. I have gone to the Museum of Science, seen the Lion King on Broadway, participated in community service to get the pre-school ready for children, and so much more. I have also received a unique academic experience where I'm able to use both in-class, in-person learning as well as on-line enrichment. I've engaged with students outside my age group, and am now friends with people who are parents themselves and are approaching college in an entirely different way than myself. It has been so valuable to attend Bridgewater State College because I have branched out, academically and socially. Also importantly, I am having a lot of fun.

While it is commonly said that one can reinvent themselves and be whoever they want in college, my best advice to any incoming freshman would be to simply be true to themselves when trying to make friends. When I entered college I struggled with the decision as to whether or not come out as a lesbian right away. Even though I was ready to come out I decided making friends would be difficult enough without the added pressure of confronting homophobia. However, finding "my place" so to speak and meeting people I clicked with proved to be much more difficult while pretending to be someone I thought people would like. As a result, I had a lot of difficulty making friends and adjusting to the social life of college in my first few months of college. But once I embraced the real me, making friends almost instantly became easy. If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself that the confidence needed to make compatible friends and form real connections with people can only come from a sense of confidence in your real inner self.

Advice that I know now but would give myself when I was a senior in high school would be instead of focusing on the negatives and making everything seem negative look up to what I was pursuing with more passion and possitive. As if they were the challenges to be where I want to be, because that is really what school is all about, the steps to success.

I would tell myself as a high school senior that I should never be intimidated by the college process and to only pursue the things I feel passionately about. I think too often students pursue degrees based on monetary or family values. I feel that with the current economic environment there is an enormous amount of pressure on my generation to provide for themselves, their families and the failing baby-boomer generation. This pressure forces a lot of talented and innovative minds into fields that produce wages and lack stimulation for growth. I want for myself in high school what I want for myself and my generation now and that is to never be influenced and always be inspired.