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Keene State College has offered me priceless experiences. From each course I have taken over the past year and a half, I have gained something I will use for the rest of my life. I have had many professors who I consider my mentors, and they have helped me shape the path to my future. My advisors helped me create independent studies that allowed me to spend six weeks in another country, which was a life-changing experience. My professors of Education have been passing onto me their years of knowledge and are equipping me with skills for my career ahead. The small size of the classes at Keene State allows for personal, one-on-one learning experiences that enrich the classes here. My college experience at Keene State is one that I would do all over again, if given the choice.

College is certainly more than just an academic experience. College gives you an opportunity to broaden your horizons, branch out from your comfort zone, and seek independence. College has not only given me the confidence to succeed academically, but socially as well. I came from a town of students very much like myself, and left college feeling like someone so much more. I was able to meet new people, try new things, and ultimately learn more about myself than I ever had before. I've grown from a sheltered, timid, self-conscious girl, to an open-minded, out-going, unique individual, and for that I couldn't be grateful enough.

The most important thing I have gotten out of my college experience is the knowledge that I am not to stupid to go to college and get good grades as my ex-husband had me believing for over 20 years! I believe it is valuable to attend college so I can receive a degree and help my fellow man in the health care field.

I have only started my first year as a freshman and things are already looking better. Its nice to have the freedom that you get here, but still feel like you can go home when you need, or want to. Weekends, just like any other college, are full of parties, but you dont feel like you have to go to make friends. the people i have met so far dont party at all and i enjoy their company

Not only has Keene State College taught me to be an active member in society and to set goals to work at for my future, but my experiences here will be the ones that really shaped me as a person. I've learned to be independent, to form my own opinions and beliefs. I've made friends and sorority sisters who will be at my wedding fifteen years from now. I have met professors who I can honestly say I look at as role models and can call for help if needed. If not for my attendance at this school, I would not be proud of who I am today. They say college is the best four years of your life, and I for one, agree completely.

Before I had applied to any colleges, I was so unmotivated and my reason for applying to my current college was that I fell in love with the campus right away, and I loved that it was far enough from home, but still so close. When I arrived at school, it was hard for me to adjust at first, but then I started to get along really well with my two roomates and that made it so much easier. My college expieriece has been so rewarding. During the first semester of college I didn't get the grades that I wanted to recieve and I realized that I really had to step up and get motivated. I did this and got my grades way up during the second semester and I can't even describe how this felt to me. College has been most valuable to me because it has really helped me to mature and to take care of myself without having to rely on my parents, and to make decisions and learn from my mistakes.

Leave time to finish your homework.. It's easier to do it right after a class than right before the homework is due. Make sure you live close to campus if you move to an off-campus apartment, its hard to drive to classes in the winter and traffic always gets in the way. If you can walk to class, you actually save time and get exercise into your day! MAKE FRIENDS! Do not allow yourself to be a hermit, you'll regret it. Actually hang out with people outside of class, they become a valuable tool when you need to have a study group that's not awkward because you haven't hung out beforehand. Life your life! College is the chance to change who you are and figure out who you want to be. Leave all your parents wishes behind (don't completely ignore them, make sure you call them once or twice a week and leave them in the loop. Theyre still a valuable tool to you) Figure out what you want to get out of life... So what if you like to party? Just make sure you leave time to become successful too!

The transition from High School to College is an incredible adventure. It's a time in your life where you first experience a sense of responsiblilty. College is the moment at which being an individual gains a new meaning. Independence is a big step in our lives where we hope to carry on the little things we've learned into the vast world of humanity. If I could go back in time and talk to myself, I'd give myself the advice to live. College is a crazy experience and without living it to it's fullest time will slip out from under you. Sure it's a place to learn, study, work hard, and have fun. But college is a place where you finnaly become who you are. Without living it sometimes you can get lost in the translation.

The bell rings, she packs up her books and heads upstairs to the career center, where she seems to spend most of her time these days. She sits there filling out applications for college's and university's all around the country, wondering which one is going to determine her future. She worries that she will make the wrong decision about the school that she chooses to attend and about the overall transition of going from a high school of sixteen-hundred students to five thousand students. "Will I fit in?" or "Will I know how to live on my own?" These thoughts run through her mind constantly as her senior year is coming to an end and she decides on a college to attend. This girl is now at college and absolutely loving every minute of it! I would tell that "old me" in high school that if you work hard, focus, get involved, branch out, and motivate yourself to be the best you can be, you will not only survive college, but you will love it so much more than high school. Stop worrying, let your life unroll, and have the mind set to accomplish your goals!

First and foremost, I would make it known that education is priceless. Not all education has to do with one's academic curriculum, however. Equally as important as education itself are the friendships and connections that one can make both in his college and professional careers. Learn to be with others; learn to be happy. Cherish the opportunity to become even more knowledgeable than you already are and use as many resources as you can to become so. To me, college was not all about going to class, taking notes, and scoring well on exams. Certainly this is an important part of college, but it is still only, well, a small part of your experience. If you are to always continue your quest to become more knowledgeable each and every day throughout your life, then you can say you have led a full and satisfying one. So go ahead - join a fraternity, attend student council meetings, and get to know the vice president of student affairs on a first-name basis. Because I believe that we are not measured by the scores of our tests, but by the friends and family who can see them.