Trinity International University-Illinois Top Questions

As of now, what I'm getting out of my college experience is that one has to work really hard to get what they want out of life. Yes, college is the place to do that but college is also a place to hang with friends, go to parties, and slack off because parents are not there telling what to do all the time. In college I feel is when many people, like myself, will learn the true essence of time management and doing what you have to do first so you can have fun later. Going back to the matter of working hard, college work is not easy. Not because is so complex, even in some cases it can be, but because it is a lot. A lot of reading and papers but, if one stays on top of their work they will come out just fine. Time management is a big part of your college experience so use your time well and be productive about it.

i have gotten out of my college experience is a new begining in life. After highschool thats when the real world begins like i wanna better my education in become something in life. I wanna succeed in wateva i do in i wanna master everything in college in i also wanna be the first one in my family to go to college so that i can make my family proud of me in thats i can actually say i succeeded n life n mastered my goal of becoming somthing in life. So what im really trying to say is that i really wanna win this schoolarship and i wanna make something of myself

What I have gotten from my time at Trinity International University has benefited me on a wholistic level. I met my husband on an international choir tour that I participated in my last year at Trinity. Without that experience alone I would not have the family or the experiences that I have had afterwards. I live in Germany, and even with the distance my friends and some professors still keep in contact with me. My degree has prepared me to perform my job well. I have the skills and the resources to continue learning on my own, and the confidence to apply for graduate level programs. The professors and staff all took a vested interest in the students, developing them not only in academic persuits but also in personal growth. I had the opportunity to meet and talk with other perfessionals in my field. My time at TIU set me up perfectly for my life after college, without the experiences I gained there, I would not be the person I am now.

You primarily attend a college for the academics, but what I have gotten out of it has been much more than that. The experiences I have gone through have shaped me as a person inside and outside of the actual university. The background was set, but the interaction with people are the experiences I will take. Coming into college I was a naïve boy ready to save the world, but I believe as I grew in maturity through college, my perspective changed. Not to say that little boy who wanted to change the world is gone, but he is now accompanied by a shrewd young man critical in thinking and passionate in action. It’s really hard to pinpoint and articulate how much I’ve grown over the past four years and what I would be like without that whole experience because of the enormity of my learning. The time has really developed me as a man and I have to emphasize I have not changed drastically as a person, but instead who I was, is who I am now but more grounded. The experience has expanded my perspective and has strengthened who I am as a person.

Now halfway through my third year of college, I look back on all I've learned and the people I've encountered and I am truly blessed. I have learned a great deal academically as well as relationally. The people I have encountered and who have entered my life have gotten me through a great deal of hardship in the last six months. I was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia and have been dealing with a lot of pain and complications. The school has been very accomodating to help me get through this time but more than anything, my friends and family have been my rock. I will continue school so that one day I can heal like my therapists have helped me.

Make sure you do not let senioritis get to you. You need to keep up with your study skills for when you get to college you dive right in sometimes on the first day of class. Also start learning how to live on your own by doing your own laudary and starting to make some of your own meals.

I would tell myself to work harder in my studies. High school was very easy for me so i didn't have to study very hard or put a lot of hours into my schoolwork. A's came easy to me throughout high school. College however is much more difficult than high school. It requires hours of studying a day, and hours of practicing (as a music student) a day. It requires discipline that should be instilled within a student well before they enter college. So basically i would tell myself to work for a better academic work ethic.

Don't worry so much about where you're going or what specifically you're doing. Hard work pays off and you'll figure things out as they come. Good plans are a good start, but be willing to try new paths. Being alone isn't as bad as you think it is. Having the confidence to be alone is more important than having friends, and friends will come once you have that confidence. Failure is a part of life, and you learn more from failure than you do from sucess. Don't fear it - embrace it! Life isn't as black and white as you think it is. Hold fast to what is really important, but realize that there are two sides to every issue and be willing to see other people's viewpoints. It is alright that you were wrong in the past, but if you have the opportunity to learn the right and reject it, then you have truely failed. It is better to admit that you were wrong and embrace the right then to never be wrong at all.

The major piece of advice I would give myself would have been to apply myself to academics and my musical pursuits even more so than I did. I also would have told myself to start applying to school earlier so I could get a larger number of possibilites. The biggest thing academically I would tell my former self would have been to take some AP classes or try to CLEP out of some classes to cut down on the cost of college and the amount of time spent in school, or so I could pursue a minor of my choice without adding too much stress. Musically, I would have applied myself and increased in dedication to practicing in order to be at college level. I regret not pursuing a degree in music because I wasn't at a high enough level of proficiency to keep up with the curriculum.

Do not think of college as a requirement. Go to college because you want to learn not because you think you have to go. Take a year off if necessary and see what it is like making minimum wage for a living. Realize that learning is something you should want to do everyday for the rest of your life.