Miami University-Oxford Top Questions

What I got out of my college experience was more knowledge about me and how I treat others and how I react to other situations. I learned that I could be resposible and set my own rules without everday guidance from my parents. I was able to learn about different subjects not just my major w hich was nice. Before going to college I was a somewhat shy introverted personality, at college I was able to come out of my shell so to speak and that has added greatly in my career and life after school. I am a better person all around because of going to college and it has enabled me to obtain a job of higher pay than I would have without the degree.

I have gotten many things out of my college experience. Being in college forces you to become very responsible. It is up to you to make sure that all of your work gets done. There are no parents around telling you to do your work. You also have a lot of free time in college. Which means there is plenty of time to get work done, but also plenty of time to get distracted. I knew a few people who got too distracted and ended up failing some classes. I knew one person who even dropped out of school. I also learned a lot about what kind of person I am. Going away from your home makes you grow up and figure out who you are.

My college experience has been great! I Attend a community collge that is pretty large so i still have a big campus feel. I am doing radiology technologist degree and could not be happier with my decision. College has really taught me about myself and has developed me as an adult. I have to work alot and take full time classes so I am very busy. I am involed in scholars bowl with my class and also am the vice president. i love my class and all the teachers at my school and i fell that it is very important for every one to go to college and better themselves for a better life. It has been very hard but i would do it all over agian!

I have gotten a significant amount of life experiences out of college. I have gotten to work with the Ethics Office when they questioned the actions of one of my managers at work. I have participated in research and spent all of last summer gathering data from human subjects. I have taken classes from every college offered at my university for a wider perspective on education and looking at themes from an interdisciplinary point of view. I have been offered and I have accepted the opportunities to go to professional meetings for my research. I have worked in retail, customer service, and as an intramural official for hockey. I still work all of those jobs. My least favorite is the intramural official because I have to make decisions that are subjective and not objective. I like my other jobs because I embrace interactions with other people. I also like to look out for research opportunities to be a participant in. I am active with one of the best coed service fraternities nationwide. Needless to say, I enjoy community service as well as coaching hockey. It has been valuable to attend because I make the most out of my opportunities.

I have learned so much. I a highly driven by my daughter who is my inspriation for going back to school. I want to give her the life that I never had and nothing is going to stand in my way of graduating college in two years or less. I will succeed because failure is not an option in my eyes.

I think the most important thing that I have got from college was maturity and knowlege. In the time that it has taken me to go through the semesters I have gained some life lessons. From living on my own to raising a family. Learning to budget money so I could live on my own with out help from my parents. I have learned how to deal with deadlines which is a part of the working man. I know how to retain information through the process of prepareing for tests. I do have to say the knowledge came in a little later. I stuggled with college early on, and in a psychology class I learned that our brains do not fully develope until about the age of 25. I think that was about the time the information really stuck in my head that I was learning in my classes. Something just clicked inside me, that made school live easier. Before I never seen anything wrong with being a cashier, but know because of school I know that I have the knowlege to be more and not be happy with anything less.

With any college experience, no matter the institution, I strongly believe that one ultimately receives what they want out of the institution. Whether it is through extracurricular activities, academics, or even social events, one can make the best out of their college experience through exploring all possibilities and finding their niche within the university. For me, being at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, I have attributed my positive experience to the accumulation of the extracurricular, academic, and social into making me a well-rounded and productive member of society. As a liberal institution, Miami has enforced in me the values of critical thinking and personal interaction along with simple academic success and hard work. It is these values that I believe, more importantly, will be of significance when I continue on to graduate school and, eventually, into the work force. Making me a more confident, assertive, and knowledgeable individual, Miami has instilled in me not only the academic information to make me successful in the future, but those personal qualities and experiences that will make me successful in life.

I think the biggest thing I have learned in my college experience is time management. You should always make time to enjoy the little things. More often than not college students become too engrossed in their work or social life to revel in the simple pleasures of life. I tend to do better academically when I am able to not hit the panick buttons and just cruise along at my own pace. You don't want to get behind but you don't want to burn yourself out trying to do too much at once. The key to a successful college experience is being able to balance your social life with your acadamic studies. I think I have learned to mainting that balance and still be able to save some time for myself. Why is college valuable? College nurters the seeds of knowledge that were planted in highschool, allowing them to fully blossom before a person prepares for the real world. The friendships and connections you make in college will last a lifetime, making an enjoyable college experience ideal for any student. I think I have recieved that level of satisfaction at Miami Ohio.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would have a lot to say. I would tell myself to enjoy every lecture, every laugh, and every afternoon cheerleading practice. I spent high school dreaming of going to college so much, in fact, that I might have forgotten to cherish every moment of my adolescence.

Alana 2006, Be yourself. It's clich?, I know, but it's the most important thing I can tell you. During high school you were the butterfly afraid to fly and lately you've started fluffing your wings but in college you'll be granted so much space to spread your wings and fly; if you don't take those opportunities then they'll be flying by you. Don't let it happen, be beautiful, be you. You're going to make everything else happen, you're committed and there's nothing going to stop you, so let your inner light shine and if you are as "you" as you can be then everything else will fall into place and college will live up to every expectation you've ever had because YOU will live up to every expectation, too. There's always room to grow, so get to it. Love, Alana 2010