Oklahoma Christian University Top Questions

Theres a lot of wonderful experience i got while attending my college, the thought that i made the first step in pursuing my dream is an amazing feeling for i know that it will make me a better person for myself, my family and my community. There are times when the workload is too overwhelming and stressful but i know that i am surrounded with people who i can count on whenever i need help, my friends , classmates and as well as the school counselor are readily available to help me .It is also worth attending college here in the US because the fact that a lot of institutions are wiling to help financially unstable students to grab scholarships and grants to be of use for their school ,thus making the weight lighter as we go on the walk thru fulfilling our dreams..

Classes are fantastic, knowledge is amazing, but the best thing I have gotten out of college are friends. I have friends whom I can depend upon fully for anything. I have had friends in the past of course, but we all know how easily you grow apart from high school chums. Every year high school graduates say that their class is the best and that they will be friends forever, only to show up at a ten year reunion simply to see who made it and who didn't. The friends at college are lifetime friends. This has been confirmed by my experience, and is also enforced by my parents and elders alike. A man or woman can live without the perfect job and salary, as nice as they are, but companionship is something that no price tag can be put on.

I love the close knittness of the small campus.

College education has enabled me to achieve one of my greatest passions in life - helping people who are less priviledged than I am. When I graduated from college in 2007, I spent the next three years of my life as a High School Mathematics teacher. This was a very fruitful and fulfilling period in my life as it helped me to impart knowledge to people younger than myself. As a teacher, I found out that my work went beyond the fours walls of my classroom, in that I also had to serve as a role model and counselor for most of my students. As a teacher, I always felt satisfied knowing that I was helping to transform the lives of people younger than myself. Currently in graduate school, I am studying telecommunications. All over the world, telecommunications is changing the way people live; it has contributed to great developments in several countries. My hope is to go back to my country, Ghana, and use my knowledge in telecommunications to help transform more lives. Rural telecommunications is one of my passions. I hope to some day help in extending telecommunications services to the rural areas of Ghana so to enhance devleopment.

First of all, I've learned a lot in my classes, especially the ones having to do with my major. Second, the teachers have connections with people out in the field and are extremely dedicated to getting students jobs. Having those connections are going to be very valuable when trying to get a job. Third, it has really helped me in the social aspect. I was one of those shy kids, but the college did a great job in getting me to meet others and get to know them when I first came here. Now I've got friendships that will last a lifetime, and I've learned how to deal with people. You're going to be dealing with people for the rest of your life, so this is a very valuable skill to learn. So, in conclusion I've gotten a lot out of attending OC: learning, connections, and social skills. These will be most valuable in getting a job in the future.

I believe what I have gotten most of all out of my college experience has been confidence in myself. Prior to college, I was a very introverted book nerd that made all the grades but was pretty shy when it came to friends. However, at OC, people that I met within my first week of college are still with me today and, on days where I am feeling stressed out from classes, a friendly greeting pulls me from my reverie and my day is automatically a few shades brighter. My friends and professors have enabled me to feel confidence in myself and in my future. It has been valuable to attend college because of the need to empower myself to reach the goals I have set in life. My parents were not given the opportunity to finish their college education as I have and they have chosen to support me to fulfill a goal that they had to give up on. This scholarship will better enable me to support my college education while taking some of the burden from my parent's shoulders and to carve out a better life for myself while learning valuable social and business skills.

During my college life, I have learned a variety of different things. The first is that people will accept and like me for exactly who I am; I don't have to act differently to fit in. A second thing I have discovered is that there must be a balance between social and school life. The first semester I was at college I spent hours upon hours in my room studying and doing homework, but after the semester was over, I looked back and realized that all I had gained was a 4.0 GPA. The past year at college, I have maintained good study habits in order to keep my 4.0, but I have also drastically improved my social life. I have learned that the experiences I have and the people I meet make just as big of impact on my future as my academics do. After all, Abraham Lincoln said, "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." And I have discovered that it is the friends I make and the adventures we have that will put the most life into my years.

Since starting college I have obtained a good study and work habit that I will take with me throughout my life and also friends that I have and will share many good memories together. I now can tell myself it is time to study and I know if I study and work hard my grades will reflect it and then I can reward myself with hanging out with my friends and having a good time. I plan to use this for the rest of my college career and afterwards when I have a job and responsabilites, and if it wasn't for going to college I would never have established this type of work ethic.

I have gotten some great life experiences from college. Even though I only been here a short while, I have grown so much. Meeting people is something I am used to but the people at college are so different. I have met friends that I will be friends with my whole life and grown so much in how I think about people. I also have learned how to delegate time more wisely and do a proper amount of school work and socializing. It has been valuable to attend the school I am at because I have been allowed to express myself more and keep up with my spiritual growth. College should be one of the most exciting times of your life and becuase of the choice I made about where to go, this is turning out to be true. My school is one of the best for a lot of areas of study and I feel like I have been given a great opportunity to be here and to make connections and friends.

College has taught me many valuable lessons high could never have even prepared me. The studying required for a university is at a much higher and more analytical level. Through some struggles of adjusting to dorm life, I have been able to improve my studying skills and have been able to overcome my procrastination habits. Not only was procrastination a prevalent habit in high school but a lack of organization. To keep up with 16 credit hours and keep two jobs I have found that these are imperative. My monthly planner has become my best friend. It has allowed me to keep my stress levels down. I feel a main component of a lower stress level has also been to the spiritual food I have recieved. Daily chapel has been a relaxer and an oppurtunity to take a break from the busy days. Unfortunately many college students have fallen out of their faith after leaving their parent's nest. I have been fortunate to have grown in my faith which I believe leads to a happier lifestyle. After being at Oklahoma Christian, I could not imagine myself at any other university. I would fit in no where else.