Brigham Young University-Provo Top Questions

Grossmont is excellent in that it has outstanding professors and prepares the students. My professors required weekly papers or oral presentations, and studying was necessary to pass the tests. Because of this I believe I have developed a good work ethic and am better prepared for transfer into a four-year college and entry into the work world. Also, through Grossmont I have improved as a fencer and as a speaker due to the superb professors there. Grossmont has an impressive reputation in the community and whenever I tell someone I attend there, he or she exclaims how wonderful the college and teachers are.

So far out of my college experience I have developed a love of learning and a deeper appreciation for education in general. This is important to me for several reasons. First, I am the first in my family to attend a 4 year private institution and plan on graduating. This has been very influential to my siblings and close friends and has given them more motivation to continue their education as well. Secondly, I know that without a solid education it is almost impossible to advance and survive comfortably in the professional world. A reliable education will only become more impotant as time goes and the economy and society changes. I also know that the more education I and my future spouse are able to obtain, the better we will be able to prepare our future children.

I got my first degree and enhanced my perspective on the world. That is the goal of education, to help a person learn how to think and to see beyond the environment in which they grew up. I grew up more during my cumulative years in college than simply by attending classes. Although expanding my mind was important, I learned how other people do or do not act, questioning versus accepting things at face value, and met interesting and intelligent individuals who kept me alert. they were and are part of the general college community, and not simply a part of my actual college. Life experience alone did not get me here. Going to college and leaving behind my primary neighborhood while keeping my values taught me life lessons about commonality and that there can be good in most people. I would not trade my time at BYU for another experience. This place has helped me to understand myself better and helped me to learn to focus outside my self while becoming centered.

I have attended this college as an 18 year old, right out of high school, and also as an adult with a family and a full time job. Both experiences have been phenomenal. The professors are tough, but fair, and the campus atmosphere is inviting to traditional and non-traditional students alike.

My college experience has been a growing experience. It has not only increased my knowledge about science, cultures, and languages, but it has also helped me build my character. Learning has become an important part of my life. I really enjoy learning new things, especially about the human body. I marvel seeing how all the sciences combine to give life and to let us live. I have learned that knowledge is power. Knowledge gives you the power to heal, it gives you the power to protect people from injustice, it gives you the power to build the economy. This experience has also helped me build my character as I had to make important decisions, live within a budget, and work. I am grateful for the opportunity that I have to attend college and obtain the most knowledge that I can. Even though sometimes college life is hard, I know it is worth it. All the skills, knowledge and experience gained will be the foundation for my future career and the rest of my life. I know this is a true statement and that is the reason why I want to keep learning and make the most of my college experience.

My college experience has given me an opportunity to develop essential life skills, such as time and money management. I have gained an education that will enable to me go out into the world and serve other people. I have learned to delay temporary gratification to ensure I will acquire long term satisfaction. And probably the most significant thing I have gained is that I have learned how to learn. I have learned to love to learn and I am motivated to be a life-long learner. For these reasons, it has been invaluable to attend college. I am a better person and I can help other people in better ways.

I love it that there is an emphasis on the application of knowledge in addition to just acquiring it. That was one of the biggest problems I’ve had with high school is that we have so much useless knowledge since we haven't been shown where it applies. It's a wonderful feeling to understand how something works in Biology: why people get sick, why this chemical does this to a person, why some traits show up in some generations but not in others. I've had similar experiences in physics and computational classes as well. My mind is consistently expanded to places i didn't think i could go. It's taught me to work more as a team. It's taught me to be my best self. I'm aiming to go to a medical school after my tenure at BYU and these qualities I’m obtaining will be an invaluable asset, but the principles of service to my fellow men and my ability to encourage and uplift will others will be the far more precious fruits embedded in my character.

Making lasting friendships is what makes the college expierience so magical. The life long skills you aquire while in school is essential for your well being after you leave college.

That I need to make myself focus all the more than I needed to in high school. College has shown me that to get what I want out of this school, I need to have make myself better than what I was before I came to BYU. I need to change my bad habits and make myself actually do work. And I don't think that if I had gone to any other school that I would have learned this. I woundn't have known that I need to actually work to get what I want out of this school. I learned many things coming to BYU but this has been the most helpful to me.

Recently, i just finished my first semester of college, and I must say i've gotten more out of the one semester than 4 years of high school combined. Through that one semester, College has shown me that if i want anything out of life I must truly work my hardest to accomplish it. I need to work my hardest to achieve my goals and dreams and if i push hard enough i can overcome my obstacles in life and accomplish my goals. Along with that however, College has shown me the value of friendship and releations with other people. The people that i meet now will most likely be the ones that i keep as friends later in life, and that if i build on strong friendships right now it could lead to strong connections with many people in various career fields. College is currently and will forever change how i view life.