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More than anything, I feel I have gained a greater experience in working with persons from all different backgrounds. Coming from a small town, there wasn't much diversity. After all, it's a rural school district, and my graduating class was less than 150 people. Getting to know people of many different ethnicities, religions, and most of all, seeing the diversity of opinions that persons hold, and why they hold those opinions. This, in life, in the workplace, and as a human being, allows me to give persons the respect they want and deserve, because I'm less ignorant than I would have been had I not attended college.

Let me tell you my dirty little secret; I want to stay in college forever. Like, the entire rest of my life. No city in the world has an atmosphere as vital and exhilarating as the environment of even the smallest college campus. I’ve never met people that I’ve loved more, hated more, or felt more than in college. I’ve discovered what I love and hate about myself. I’ve sobbed over classes that have changed my life. Life is headier when I’m in school; everything seems richer and more beautiful when viewed through the happy haze of knowledge. So I’m never going to leave. Yeah, you heard me. I’m going to be a college student forever, and when amass enough credits to get the piece of paper I’ll be a professor too. Gaining knowledge is my drug, and I’m addicted to college. Please give me the money, but I won’t use it for rehab. I need a fix.

College prepares me for what coming ahead in my life. The college experience has given me new ways to counter hard to solve problems and how to critical think in bad situactions. I am majoring in accounting, sometimes I get stress when the numbers does not match up right. The college helps me deal with that and teaches me ways to excel at what I love to do. It is also because of my passion for accounting, I want to continue attending college in pursue of my dream. I want to get my CPA license and open up my own firm one day. I remember my grandfather used to tell me, “Education is the gateway to success; and you can only live better if you have a career.” I went to college in pursue of that career dream. Through hard times in college, I learned that no matter how tough my life gets, I should never give up on my goal. Whenever I fall down, I will climb right back up. As long as I work for it and try my best for it, I believe I will one day grasp that goal and smile.

During college, I've learned how to manage my money and make important decisions on my own. I've learned my strengths and strengthened my weaknesses. I have become an adult. I know it has been worth my while because I've been able to witness mistakes before I had a chance to make them myself. Most importantly, I have networked with the future's business owners, doctors, journalists and scientists which is worth more than my tuition.

So far I have been able to figure out what it is I really want to do after college, when I first started out I just knew I wanted nursing and then I realized I wanted it to be with children after I shadowed my aunt in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for a school project. However through this past year I believe I want to be a nurse anesthetist and still be able to work with children like I have always dreamed. I also have learned alot from school that I know I will be able to use once I graduate and start working as a nurse, such as things from my anatomy class which teaches us about the body and how different diseases affect tissues and the way the body functions. Learing all of that will really come in handy when working on pateints and determining their illness. My experiences in college have also really shaped who I am and got me to work really hard at becoming a nurse. For me its not so much about the social aspect anymore as it is about the academic aspect and making sure thats my top priority.

I graduated high school in 2006. I then attended community college that fall undecided on a major and paying out of pocket. I went on to drop all my classes due to my job and other social issues. I was stupid and I basically threw money out the window. The worse part of it it happened again the next semester. Two years later in the fall of 2009, i decided i needed to return to school for my own good. I knew it would be tough and very costly, already loosing a whole year of tuition because of my dullness. The period that I was out of school meant so much to me. Now I enjoy everyday I go to class. I have a 3.16 GPA and its getting higher every semester. I dont go to school to have fun, to party, nor to make new friends. I go to school to lean, and I now love doing so. In the past three semesters I have learned so much about business, history, economis, health, and i have improved my mathematical and analytical skills. Writing comes easy now, and im glad i chose to be in school again.

My college experiences have been good and bad, but lucky the good out weighed the bad. I have much school spirit for the University of Cincinnati. The resources here are incredible. I am a criminal justice major and the UC criminal justice department is one of the top in the nation. I have been introduced into so much knowledge in just 3 years. Yes, I have worked hard but a lot of the credit goes to the professors here. Some may not be as helpful, but a lot are. They take their time to make sure you don't just leave school with a degree, but the knowledge as well. Everything I have learned have been valuable, and will be even more when I step into my career of choice. I know that I will not be lost in the work force, because of UC I am confident with the knowledge I have been given. In the beginning of college I was scared of the "adult life", but now I'm ready more than ever to began a my life!

I am a mother of two boys and have been looking into colleges for the past few years. I have recently found one I like. The employees at the college I found are very helpful in making sure you (the student) are making the right choice for yourself. They make choosing and preparing for college an easy choice. They explain the description of your source of career down to the last detail. I have found it very informative to attend as many lectures as I can to make sure I have chosen the right college and career path for myself.

I wish everyone was given the opprotunity to attend college. College so far, has been the most challenging, rewarding, eye-opening, and fun expierence in my life thus far. I think college has helped me come out of my shell. When you start college, its overwhelming, exciting and nerve-racking. But ,if you just learn to breathe and take every opportunity as it is presented to you, and look for others you will find out that college is worth the now ridiculoious cost! College has allowed me to interact with people I normally wouldn't have. It has begun to prepare me for the real world. I strongly believe that there is not a hand-written book that maps out how to live your life, you just have to go out and try things. If you fall in the process, then its worth it because you see things in a new light. I have begun to find myself and develop confideince in my future . This would not have been possible if i wasn't given the opportunity to attend college, and for that I am very grateful!

Other than the obvious education and knowledge i have obtained from attending college; college has been an amazing experience. And the best way to learn and obtain knowledge is through experience, whether it may be good or bad, and thats what i have learned is the most important aspect of life as i have gotten older and wiser over these pass years. College has been valued by me to attend because of the people you meet, the knowledge you gain, and the most important aspect of being able to give other people the knowledge and the share the experiences that you have gone through attending college. To me, college is a stepping stone that says your planning ahead for a better future.