University of California-Santa Barbara Top Questions

I have learned so much about who I am and who I want to be. I have discovered that I love philosophy, and I hate biology. I have discovered that if I work hard, I can surprise even myself. I have also been able to learn from my mistakes. For example, writing a paper the night before its due is a sure way to get a low grade. I have discovered that the party scene is not for me. I have found lifelong friends who support me in my decisions, good or bad, and help me out when my decisions are bad ones. Everything I know about myself, I learned in college.

I feel like I am on my way to the rest of my life and college is how I am getting there. So far, I have already learned knowledge that I truly value and will never forget. I do not exactly know what I am going to become but in college, I am discovering more and more about what I want to do in my life. Every day I find myself drawn to global studies, international affairs, and foreign languages. Being able to learn about topics in those fields has made me eager to learn and enthusiastic about my school work and where my life is going. It has been valuable to me to attend college because every day I am surrounded by people who love learning just as much as I do and they are serious about their lives. Not only the fellow students make college rewarding but my countless brilliant proffessors with doctorates do! Their passion amazes and inspires me to continue on my journey for knowledge and hopefully happiness and security in life.

By attending the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) as a graphic design major, I have gained more knowledge, self esteem, and the passion to strive. The classes here at FIDM have not just taught me the basic information on my major, but has given me experience in how the industry works and prepairing me for how life is after college. Their goal is to help you have a career and with all the resources they give you, this is very easy. When entering college, I did not believe in myself and did not think I could succeed. FIDM changed my views and has turned me into a new person. I express myself with my creativity and never doubt myself anymore. FIDM has taught me to never quit and to strive for your what you want. I have achieved so many goals while attending FIDM and has enlarged my passion for graphic design. FIDM has been the best thing for me in my life and I wouldn't be the person I am today without it. I have gotten so many positive attributes from FIDM experience and cannot wait for what the future holds for me.

I have been able to see the world without actual traveling. UCSB offers many programs to enrich global education as well as interactive communities with students from all backgrounds. Classes stress the universal impact of the world, which is how to make the world better, whether it is through acceptance, respect and appreciate. In that way, my sense of global knowledge as expanded since being at this school.

Although I have gotten many things out of my personal college experience, the most important has been the sense of being an adult. This current year in college has helped me realize no one is holding my hand throught my education experience, and it's all up to me to bring the best out of it. I learned the choices I make now will refelct on me in the future, and with that learn from my mistakes. The fact that I decide my own path, has turned me into a far more responsible and mature young man, and I have college to thank for it.

my college experience had been very good i have learn a lot from this school and i can to wait to get out in the world and show other people.

Besides the academics at UCSB, I have gotten to deal with tons of people. Because everyone is so social and everyone lives within two miles of eachother everyone is very close, and you get to meet tons of new people all the time. This has helped me to make very good first impressions, especially with things like interviews. College in general has been good, and I have gotten a lot out of it because I am actually on my own and taking care of myself. This means doing my own dishes and laundry, making and keeping my own appointments, and just general responsibility.

I am currently pursing my third college degree, and every college experience I have had has been unique and valuable in developing and preparing myself to eventually obtain my long term goal of becoming a hospital Chief Nursing Officer. In my first college experience, I was exposed to various career fields, and learned which area was right for me. I was also active in Greek life and the women?s club soccer team, which strengthened my time management and social skills, which helped me get to my next step in life; graduate school. In my second college experience, I obtained a Masters of Health Administration. This experience refined my career ?real world? skills; specifically in networking and learning to be able to create methods and processes to solve problems. At present, as I am working my way through my third degree, I am learning nursing technical skills, and am absorbing important concepts to carry into my career (Healthcare Hospital Administration), such as barriers nurses face which impede upon providing quality patient care. All of my past and current college experiences have shaped me into who I am today, and the influential healthcare leader I plan to be in the future.

Starting my last year in high school I was unaware and uninterested of going to college or not. The economy crisis was making me look for other options. However, with the help of some of my family members and close friends I decided to apply to the University of California, Santa Barbara. I have gone through both wonderful and not so good experiences in college. Wonderful because I have met many people and I have fit socially. Who would imagine that back in high school I was going to make so many friends and have so much fun in college? College life has given me so many opportunities to stand out as a person and have my own thoughts. It is so valuable for me because I am a first generation college student in my family and becoming successful would be of so much pride to my family. I have learned that is not easy and free. I know that everything depends on me. My success, my achievements, my parents? pride, my money that I am spending is now all on me. Everyone is counting on me and that is why it is all these experiences are so valuable.

I have met so many fantastic people here. My friends who i like to go out with are the same friends who I go to the library with. It is so nice to meet people who are so goal oriented. It is such a transition from the high school I attended. I came from a high school with a fifty percent drop out rate. Plenty of them were good friends of mine. It is nice to see all different people have so much movitation and so many people striving to succeed. I believe that being around this type of atmosphere makes me a better student and makes me try harder to be the best of best. It was easy to be the best of my high school; this is more of a challenge. I will come out of college more motivated then ever before and I am going to be the proudest, most successful person at my high school reunion. Santa Barbara is a great place and I plan on continuing to do great things as long as I still have money in my pocket... wink, wink. Thanks for your consideration.