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My transition from high school to college was not easy. As a low mid "A" student I went into College thinking it'll be just like high school. I'll pay attention to the instructor and then enjoy the rest of my day doing whatever. When college finally set in "boy was I in for a rude awakening"! As I learned how to study, bond with professors, and live life like it was my last day, I started to appreciate the small things. College has shown me that while some tasks are easier than others all are fundamentals in the process of one?s development mentally, socially, and physically. I have learned that while life, school, family, and work may seem very slow and exaggerated at times its key to cherish every single moment, because you'll only get one. College has brought me into the real world, where your wonderful life, could be turned upside down because one decides to make a careless decision. So prepare for the best, hope for the best and tomorrow will be a better day!! Thanks for Listening, Tonya

For me, it was all about making the best out of the experience as possible. I took what I could from every class, and I chased after the networks that I believe will help me after graduation. I'm involved with the Wexner Center for the Arts and the OSU Urban Arts Space, and I have pursued my dream of writing by completing several fiction writing workshops with renowned professors and an independent study in a novel I am writing. So for me, yes, it has been valuable to attend, but it really is only what you make it at OSU. There is a lot that goes on that people get lost in, and the faculty will not chase you down if you don't show up for class.

I have learned the importance of community and coming together to make a difference. I attended undergrad and now I am in graduate school here and there is a strong sense of pride both from myself and my fellow classmates for OSU. I have learned when you believe in something and have a personal vested interested a real difference can be made. I am getting my masters in social work and there is an overwhelming drive I see in everyone in the program to do good in the world and to advocate for the poor and underpriveldged. College has shown me that even a small group of five people can go to a homeless shelter and spend just a few hours there, but that a difference could be made, even if just in one person's life. College is about coming together with diverse people who share a common goal, it's a place to find out who you are and what you can do for society. Without the education, friends, and sense of belonging to the OSU community I do not know where I would be today. I hope to give back what they have given me.

In attending college one the most valuable lessons I've learned is management. Whether concerning time management or that of my finances, attending college has taught me to become independent and a manager of my life. This lesson will is the most important I've had so far, because it is one of the few that applies to every aspect of life and always will.

So far, the greatest gain I have gotten from my personal college expierence is the sense of maturity. I have grown to become a responsible person out of necessity. It is up to me and only me to make sure that I succeed, and think that kind of self sufficiency is the most important quality a person can have to succeed. Ohio State treats all of the students as the adults they need to be and the pay off is a group of bright and well prepared students graduating each year. The skills I have learned already will surely benefit me for the rest of my life.

I have gotten from my college experience a real sense of how insignificant I am in the grand scheme of things. Being selfish, being narrow-minded, being scared - those traits will not fare well in this new world where everything rapidly changes and everyone is so different. I valued attending college because I was able to see the world beyond my doorstep. Being first-generation, college can be scary. You are faced with people who don't look like you and people who come from different socioeconomic backgrounds. But my college experience showed me that we were all essentially the same - small fishes in a big pond, and that we needed to work together to ensure the success of one another. I was a singular person before college, and now I am part of something much larger, much more significant than anything I could have accomplished on my own. That is what college can do for everyone who allows the experience to move, inspire, and perhaps even change them.

As a student of The Ohio State University, I believe, without a doubt, that attending this university, college, and school is the best and most important decision I have made or will ever make in my life. I plan on striving every day to quite literally make the world a better place for us and our children to inhabit through natural resources remediation and rehabilitation. Without the opportunities and pathways presented by such an institution of higher learning, I would never be able to wholly fulfill my potential as a student. Even in the first few months on campus, you begin to feel fully enveloped in a realm of possibility unlike any other. Breeding not only independence and self reliance, but also the thirst for academia and drive towards bigger and better things.

I started college straight out of high school in 1989. A long time ago right? I was not a "serious" student at that time. I did not realize how important a college degree would be for me. I am at the point in my life where I can be the type of student I want to be. I firmly believe I will be a success this time. I am a full time Indian Education tutor at an elementary school. I love teaching kids. It is what I was made to do! I am going to finish this time and become a certified classroom teacher! Education is extremely important. I try to instill that in my students and other young people I know. I want to be an example for my own son and show him it is easier to do it the first time around, but never to late!

From my college experience, I had learnt in general to think positively. I grew up in Nigeria where I was one of the opportuned. Life in Lagos was a living disaster and I ever since I came to America, I realised that Education has a lot to offer than any other thing in life. I have learnt that all other things can be taken from you except for your knowledge gained. Attending college has made me a stronger person, it has opened so many doors for me in life which I thought I would never see. College has thought me that life is not a bed of roses that even if others are putting their heads in fire, I shouldn't do that because I am educated and very well aware of the consequences. I can say I have become a smater and very well intellectual person through my college experience. Knowing I was never born with a silver spoon makes me feel destined to have a silver spoon in future and I definately think for my goal to be achieved, I need education because it is the key to all doors of success.

I have learned a lot about myself in the journey toward education. Some of which I learned from classes, but mostly from the people I met along the way. The college experience takes you out of your comfort zone and allows you to see life from new perspectives. I made friends from many different backgrounds and the diversity of cultures has reshaped my view of the world. The overwhelming amount of information made availble in classes leave one with a lump of clay, in which you can then discover what role you play in the drama of life. Each choice we make defines us, little by little, and for me that started with the college I chose and the people I befriended.