Columbus State University Top Questions

I have gotten a lot of peace from my college experience and its valuable to attend because it shows a different side of how things run.

If I am completely honest in answering this question, I have gotten nothing out of this institution I am currently attending that I would rightly label as a college epxerience. The only thing I think that I might have as a college experience from this institution is the experience of being a college freshmen living in the dorms. It was rather interesting to meet all kinds of people like I did when I lived in the dorms. However, as far academics go, I am still yet to get my college experience. The institution I currently attend does not offer resources outside of the bare minimum to help students achieve their full potential. My first 2 years at this school were spent taking classes that are supposedly core classes but yet cannot be transferred to other colleges. By the time, I realized that I needed to make to leave if I truly intended to graduate college, I was well already into my junior year but i still followed through. I've visited a few other colleges where I've seen both school spirit/pride, as well resources such as 24-7 libraries that show the school wants their students to succeed.

I have learned a lot since High School . College has given me direction to know what career I desire to pursue. Without an education I won't go far in life. Some of my friends choose to go to work right out of High School and their working for minimun wage. I think college is going to give me a better start in life. My professors are knowledgable in the subjects their teaching and I'm learning lots of new things.

Although I only started my very first year here at Columbus State University in August, I have acquired and grown a considerable amount since then. With having to get up on my own and catching the early morning bus to making sure I do my homework on the weekends and not spend all of my time out and about with friends downtown, I always feel like I have made a home. The education that I have been given in my major has been exceptional and keeps me on my toes. Even when those stress moments sneak up on me, theres always the RiverWalk by the Chattahoochee river which is a few minutes walking distance from my apartment to calm me down as I watch the water flowing. Though it has only been two months, it feels like I have gained a years worth of experience to prepare for an even greater future.

Something that catches your eye, it excites you, it makes you want to learn more, a desire to do all you can do, is a passion. Life is full of passions, mine is cars. My name is Irma Garcia and I am 18 years old and currently attending Universal Technical Institute. I am taking an auto body collision and repair program. As I began my program I was face with a challenge; To compete with guys in their industry. I believe this is a very though industry for women because we get stereotyped as being unknowledgablein this trade. To this date I have been academically successful and I have put up a challenge against other students. This has been a life changing experience and in doing this I hope to change people’s perspective on women as auto body technicians into demonstrating how women can be intelligent in the automotive business. With the knowledge I gain from this profession I propose to assist people in properly repairing their vehicles. I believe my opportunities are endless with the vocation I am selecting. I am looking forward to my future and I am confident I will have security in this occupation.

College for me has been a learning expirience inside and outside of the classroom. You learn how to learn because you want to learn, as opposed to learning just for the sake of learning. The teachers give you as much help as you need, but let you be free enough to make you own decisions and learn from your mistakes. It has made me learn that I am in college not because I am expected to be or because I am supposed to be, but because I want to be and choose to be.

Out of my college experince so far I have learned so much about myself and I became a better person overall. I have learned better study habits and better spending habits. I have become a lot more responsible since I went to college. I went to college so I would change but in a good way. I am enjoying college so far; it has been a great thing for me. I know in the end, it will really pay off, and turn me into that someone that I have always wanted to be since the fifth grade, which is a pediatrican. To me, college has been valuable to attend , because it has made me more independent and has helped me learn what it is like to live in the real world without my mom. Attending college was the smartest thing I have ever done and I would never regret that decison.

To be completely honest, there is no perfect advise about college that can be given to a high school senior. Even knowing what I know now about college, nothing could've fully prepared me for the transition from home to on my own. If I could've told the high school senior version of myself anything about college life, I would've emphasized three things. 1. Apply for scholarships everyday. You don't fully understand the cost of college until you're flat broke and still have books to buy. 2. Choose your school early on and apply early on. Last-minute decisions mean missing out on scholarships and fun events for prospective students where you could get a jump start on making friends. 3. Don't be in a rush to graduate. Have a blast! Use senior year to truly appreciate the friends and teachers you know and love. After graduation, you won't see many of them again. We always wish we knew then what we know now. However, there will always be some things that I don't know. It's when things go wrong that we learn how to get it right the next time.

Don't give up. It is so much easier to push someone down then to help them up and I think that anyone who tried to help me took the easy way out. I'd say don't give up because the best is yet to come and you have to have paitience. When its hard, just pull through and you'll see he benefits of pulling someone up, its one thing to help someone else but it is something entirely different to feel self accomplishment when it has never been present in your life. College is a fresh start to show everyone including yourself that you can do it and if my old self had this gift of advice I think he'd be a great kid.

I would tell myself to relaxe and try not to get frustrated when I do not understand something the very first time. I would also tell myself that it would be best to not try to be a friend to everyone because not everyone will be a true friend to you. I would tell myself that college is a lot of hard work, but at the same time it is also a lot of fun. I would just need to be able to find the balance of work and fun. I would tell myself to not let anyone tell you what you are unable to do. The only person that can me back is myself. As long as I believe in myself and work hard, then I can achieve anything I put my mind to.