California State University-San Bernardino Top Questions

All the things you hear about going to college are true. No one cares if you are in class or not, if you've studied or done your homework. However if you don't it is not your instructor who suffers it is YOU! So are you truly serious about your education? Because you have to have more than just an idea that you want to go to college. You have to have a plan to get past the obstacles you will run into. You also have to realize what kind of person you are. Do you sometimes get in your own way? Are you the kind of students who puts things off and waits until the last minute? Bad habits will sabotage your efforts. Realize all of these things and think about them, plan for them, deal with them. The best way to get through college and meet your goal is to realize how you are going to get there. Take each class seriously, take your education seriously and you will succeed.

Plane for the future, take the necessary steps in preparing your financial needs for college, research in what you would love to do, and never give up on your goals or dreams.

If I could back in time I would tell myself to take school much more seriously and learn everything that I can. Also to research careers more so that I would have known what i wanted to do sooner and than I did. Also that high school is the easiest schooling ever and that if you don't learn the fundamentals you will always be behind.

What I got out of the college experience so far has been great. I live on campus and I am learning about taking responsibility for what I do and how to live on my own. I have had good instructors so far and they all taught me a little something about life. I learned that if I do not do my homework I would not be able to make it up like high school. Also, I learned that if I miss a class, I have to face the consequences of my actions and catch up to the class on my own. The most important thing i learn is that I must work hard to get what I want in life and college is a test to see if you are strong enough to push yourself to get what you want.

The cost is excellent and the education is good. The job afterward is awesome.

College does not make you a better person than someone who has not attended, but it does make you a better-rounded person. College exposes you to new ideas, other people’s viewpoints, engaging debates, and challenges your ignorance. I believe that the time I have spend in school has let me be more willing to empathize, understand, and accept other people and their ideas. I have learned that I will never stop learning.

I got a lot from my college experience. I had the opportunity to learn and develop skills in my area of study. Including my academic achievements, I also learnt resilience, endurance, hard work and the joy of success. I learnt about trial and error. The value in me attending college is that I can rise above the $2000 a month wage, I have skills and even passions I never knew I had. Now I am ready and equip to compete in my industry of interest. In all, my college experience has been the most fulfilled part of my life. It is an experience that I can say brought the real me out. I was able to prove to myself my inherent abilities.

At 14, I was diagnosed with a terminal illness. High school was difficult. I was hardly there and my friends had a hard time dealing with the reality of my illness. I became extremely isolated. My mom told my that college would be so much better. When I got to college, I had a hard time connecting with people because I was scared. I was convinced to join a sorority and it changed my life. I found people who could separate me from my illness. College has been the best experience I have ever had. I am maintaining a 3.2 GPA and have found a group of friends who feel like the sisters I had never had. I was able to find myself and able to handle the reality of my illness better. I am now the healthiest I have been. I am able to make it to every class and have a group of friends that have kept me from ever falling back into depression. If it were not for college I am not sure I would still be around.

Going into college, I was excited to be buckled down with work and to work so hard that I would drive myself crazy. I just finished my first quarter and found a situation that was entirely different than what I had imagined. I have learned so more about the world, not just in biology, but about different cultures that I see every single day. I have become so much more aware of injustices that happen every day, but not in a way that makes me despair. I have learned that I am able to combat stereotypes and injustices if I keep an open mind and stand up for causes that require me to stand; I've found my own human weaknesses; I have learned that I have become a more passionate person. College has never been about ladeling me with work, but it has been about giving me insight into the world of men and my everyday culture and seeding me with all of the steps that I need to be a functioning person capable of using my intellect to foster tolerance and activism. It has been ten weeks and my life has already been changed, my mind reawakened.

College has been a great experience overall. I have furthered my education, been involved in several extra-curricular activities and have met some of the most extraordinary people. One program has led to another and now I am working on my doctorate in an area I am passionate about. The world continues to change and the job market has become more competitive than ever. Through college, I have found jobs that pay well in areas that I enjoy and feel rewarded by going to. College has led me to more than just a paycheck, it has helped me to become who I was meant to be.