Goshen College Top Questions

Don't fret too much about the future and making decisions. Keep following your passions, but begin to narrow down the choices by listening to the advice of older people. Don't over-extend yourself, and make taking care of yourself a priority! College is a time to grow and explore academically, but the social, emotional, and spiritual growth process is equally important. Be sure to search for outside scholarships and financial aid each year. Check in with your academic advisers often and early, to make sure you aren't missing any requirements! Learn from experience, but pause before trying everything. Become friends with the international students. Start acting like the person you want to become in the future, now.

Goshen College is a strange place. Before moving in this small, Mennonite-affiliated instituion in August, I had never been to a place more focused on helping others. I had lived in a world of jumbled priorities and had grown to accept that in almost all occasions, the self must come before the other. Of course, it had always seemed easier and everyone else in the world seemed to function that way (or at least, that is what the evening news told me). Yet, I questioned the justice of self-focused living. My inner need to serve others was intensfied by a newly grounded faith. I began to realize that if I was going to become independent, I would have to choose a college that would fuel that need. After my first completed semester, I know it was the right choice. Goshen and all of its different facets (professors, students, classes, activities) gives a voice to the voiceless of the world. It has tought me, after only four months, to care for the world. We canoe race to remember the earth, have earnest conversations to remember eachother, and sing to remember God. Goshen College is reprioritizing my life.

What I have gotten out of my college experience is knowledge of multitudes of subjects and knowledge of the field I am going after. I have managed to have hands on experience with what I am trying to accomplish; Health Information Technology. Without college, I feel as if I wouldn't have known different aspects of the subjects being lectured to me. When I am in classes, I feel as if I have the experience and comfortability of talking with my teacher to get a better understanding of what is expected and the importance of the learning strategy. The reason why it has been valuable to attend is because i receive a learning experience that I have never received before. The college I attend has the exact program that I am striving for and touches all the basis of the field required. What also makes it valuable is that you can basically make your own schedule to make it more flexible for your convenience.

In the few months that I've been a college student, I have become a completely new person. I have this new-found confidence that allows me to be a leader for the first time in my life. I have the ability to say, yes, I can accomplish this. And above all, I know that I want to do something with my life. It doesn't matter what happened in your past, in high school or otherwise. Once you're on your own, it's all about you. The decisions you make are your own and you can't blame them on anyone else. The money you put into school is yours. If you decide to fail a class, that's money from your pocket. Having the responsibilty of being an actual adult completely changed me. And I love it.

It's taken nearly five years and three schools to teach me the value of an education. After a couple of poorly researched loans, six years in the customer service industry, and trying to find work in our current economy, education has never seemed more valuable and necessary. My college experience has taught me so much about who I am as a person, and how important it is to listen to yourself and how horribly awful it is to be a full time waitress. I'm excited to see what the future holds, because I know it'll be more than $7.25 an hour.

My world view has expanded. I've gotten a large variety of classes because of the liberal arts piece, which I've greatly appreciated. I've gotten many opportunities for refinement and leadership because it is a small school. But most of all, I've gained relationships with professors.

During my college experience, I have learned the value of musical education. I have studied as a music performance major with an emphasis in vocal performance. If I had not studied music thorughout my college career, I would not have learned to become disciplined, as many musicians have to be. This dicipline has helped me perform well in my non-music courses and I feel it wil help me in the future with my career.

MY VALUES ARE HIGH, I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THEREFORE GOING BACK TO COLLEGE TO SUPPORT MY CHILDREN MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME. MY COLLEGE EXPERIENCE SO FAR IS GREAT. IT IS UPLIFTING MY SELF-ESTEEM AND MOTIVATING ME TO BE MYSELF AGAIN. I THINK THAT IS A STRONG WORD "MYSELF". THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO ME TO BE ABLE TO HAVE STABILITY IN MY LIFE AGAIN. MY PLANS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD WILL HELP ME AND OTHERS AND I KNOW THAT THE MEDICAL FIELD WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR ME ESPECIALLY IN THIS ECONOMIC WORLD. EVERYONE AT THE COLLEGE IS VERY ENCOURAGING AND THAT MEANS ALOT TOO, IT HELPS YOU NOT TO GET DOWN OR THINK YOU CAN'T DO THIS. IT ACTUALLY MAKES YOU REALIZE HOW BAD YOU REALLY WANT THIS. AS I SAID MY VALUES ARE HIGH ALOT HIGHER I AM SURE THAN OTHERS. I WANT TO BE INDEPENDENT AGAIN AND AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY HAS GIVEN ME THAT OPPORTUNITY AND I WOULD'NT TAKE ANYTHING FOR IT. GIVEN THIS SCHOLARSHIP WOULD MEAN SO MUCH TO ME AND MY FAMILY. I COULDN'T EVEN EXPRESS THE APPRECIATION. I AM ON MY WAY TO THE TOP.

Over the last two months I've spent at Goshen College I have academically matured at an incredible rate. College has really challenged me to control my random urges and manage my time. It's strange looking back at high school study habits and comparing them to the way I now study. In high school I would spend every free study minute enjoying myself, casually bumming my way through my day. I now operate my studies on a full time work schedule, clocking in at eight and finishing up at four. Approaching my studies as if it were my job really helped me buckle down and clinch onto my priorities. I'm afraid that if I had not moved on to college studies I would be living my life in a high school attitude. College has galvanized my purpose and excited me for the future.

Young Adults in the twenty-first century are constantly comparing themselves to others and competing with each other to see who is the most powerful and popular of them all, how they come to these conclusions comes from the media, that everyone is exposed to on a daily bases. The advice that would have made my high school senior experience more enjoyable would be Self-confidents. Being a High School senior, a self-identity has been all ready established because of the phases and peer pressure teens go through trying to figure out the difference between right or wrong. Knowing yourself is important when establishing relationships with others because there is always somebody else that is going to try to bring you down, while others look up to you as inspirational. Setting goals and having priorities is fundamental when trying to know where your time would be most wisely spent. Knowing what you want to be in life and how to accomplish it will set you up for the rest of your life. Meanwhile having a social life where you can have fun with people that accept you for who you are and who you except for who they are.