University of California-San Diego Top Questions

College. For years, my main goal was to “go to college” these words although vague made up my entire mindset because I was always aware of the benefits of “going to college” such as a decent job, and better opportunities in general. Throughout those years, I never stopped to think about what college would actually be like. On September 12th, 2010 I reached my long-awaited goal. I was finally in college. Once here, I did not know what to expect. I was bombarded with activities, tons of reading, new people, and new living conditions. I attended many college workshops that taught students to sit in the front and to avoid the dreaded 8am classes, but they did not teach about the intense time management. I have only completed one quarter at SCU, but I have learned more about myself as a student than I have in my entire life. It is here in college, that one is able to spend sleepless nights doing homework or chatting with friends and still manage to find time to have a social life, and maintain adequate grades. College is new experiences, both positive and negative, necessary to becoming a successful member of society.

I have developed a different style of learning since I have been attending college. I also have a greater understanding of other people's lives, traditions and cultures. I have become more self-reliant since attending college. My experience at this college has helped me learn to direct my own study and not rely as much on teachers to spell out what I am supposed to do. College is a completely different atmosphere from high school. You are responsible for your own work and there are limited reminders to turn in work. Attending college has helped me learn more about myself. It has taught me more than just information in classes I am attending; it has taught me about the world around me. My college experience is fun but it is about more than that. It is about all of us working together and encouraging one another. Whether clapping at my classmates' speeches in Speech class or studing together in Zoology lab, the sense of both teamwork and individual effort is rewarding.

I Learned to be indepndant and that cultures outside of your residence city are different and it is important to leard of these cultures to be succesfull and respect others in the world

I find that my college experience was all about receiving an undergraduate college degree and nothing else. It was valuable because I received my bachelor's degree.

During my college experience I got valuable reserach exposure in addition to valuable leadership and responsibility skills. I learned cell culture techniques and then transfected the cells with several construct mutations of the BCR-ABL gene. I then conducted a series of conditions with varying mutations and drug combinations, which were analyzed later by UV fluorescent spectroscopy. By disrupting this interaction via nuclear localization signal mutations in various constructs, it is likely that the presence of this gene in the nucleus will induce cell apoptosis and destroy the cancerous cells in combination with proper drug treatment. I also served as Sentinel in my fraternity, which looks after all risk-management issues and is an executive board position that leads the fraternity for nearly two years. My brothers voted me to this position because I constantly am taking care of others and ensuring safe and sober rides home for all people at all events. I took it upon myself to establish drug and alcohol educational lectures for our new members stressing the risks of tobacco, marijuana and alcohol and showing unbiased research. I focused on peer and social pressures are common in college so that students could make self-educated decisions.

Entering college was both a frightening and exciting event. There were no parents to tell me when to study, eat, or go to sleep. Everything was by my own decision. The control over my life is for the most part my own. However, the control came with the weight of responsibility. Any unwanted consequences would have been because of me alone. Though it might seem that relying on others' support is much easier than doing things alone, that support won't always be there. It is important to be able to rely on yourself. Attending college has given me the chance to develop my own independence.

Since attending college, I have developed a better sense of my own identity and where I fit in the scheme of life, not just my own life, but that of others. Being sort of an awkward, misfit in high school, coming to college I was given the opportunity like so many other youth like myself to break free from the constrictions and rigidity of my pre-college life and to explore my talents and abilities inside and out of academia and to discover what I have to offer the world within an enclave (i.e. college) that facilitates such exploration and discovery that is so essential for human vitality. College has been an invaluable experience.

It is obvious to everyone that people go to college to educate themselves. However, college is more than learning about differentials or memorizing the functional groups in a molecules. The greatest thing about the college experience is learning to be an individual. I think that everything before college was in preparation of discovering who you want to be. Elementary, Junior High, and High school were meant to give a general understanding of the world. In college, you actually find out who you want to be. There are so many majors and organizations in college, and one of them is bound to catch your interest. There is something out there that actually makes you want to learn calculus and organic chemistry, to overcome subjects that you once thought were too hard to understand. College is simply there to assist you in finding out what that driving force is.

I have been able to experience many things because I attend college. I've been able to balance social and academic life. I thing that it is valuable to attend college because many bright students come together and are able to influence each other in a way that opens one's mind to new and exciting views and perspectives. College also gives a person a chance to try new things and find out what one is passionate about. There is also a great many resources and opportunities available in college that one cannot experience anywhere else. The people you meet in college can also impact you for life in a positive way. Overall, attending college has opened new doors for me that I would not have been able to experience otherwise.

Attending college has helped me further understand the real world, college prepares you for life showing you that deadlines are set for a reason and should be met accordingly. Colege also gives you opportunities to meet new and interesting people from all walks of life people who may help you further or enter into your chosen career or that could just be good friends in life. You will have professors who will teach you what you need to learn if you are willing to learn, its up to the student to take full advantage of what the professors provide you with whether it be just information or skills it is to help further you in the direction you are going towards your career so it is up to us to take full advantage and apply ourselves to succeeding in college.