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College has meant the world to me. Being able to attend, not only this university but yet another. Having this opportunity to better myself. Being able to be someone my family could only dream of being. Knowing that an actual future is in my future. My college experience has taught me that life really is a challenge and that only you as a person can determine it. I have grown up a lot over the last three (3) years. Sometimes I did not want to or agree with what was going on, but I made the change. I stand strong today and look everything and know that I accomplished a lot. Each day I get closer to graduation. It is within my reach.

I have gotten many things out of my college experience so far, but the most important thing I have learned is that you should study something that you yourself find interesting. You should not declare a major just because everyone else going into the field you are has that same major. You should do something you love, even if you do stand out from the pack by doing so. College has been valuable for me to attend because it gave me something to focus on. I just coasted my way through high school, come college I had to actually sit and think about what I wanted to do and how I was going to get it done in a timely manner. College has allowed me to broaden my horizons and contemplate a career path I might not have thought of otherwise.

Overcoming the most difficult time in my life was transferring from another school to the University of Houston. The transfer was extremely overwhelming going from a small junior college to a university with over 37,000 students. My family was going through its own problems as a blended family as well as myself overcoming a separation. I had a new school, new friends, new job, and a schedule so strenuous no social life. I travel over 55 miles round trip to and from home to the university daily. I had never felt more alone my entire life. That was until I got familiar with the campus and got involved with more than one scholar enrichment program and more than one student organization. I am now an officer for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and have never enjoyed my college experience more than I do now. I feel as though I have found my family away from home and truly enjoy my experience at the University of Houston. The civil Engineering department is growing fast and making large improvements to better the educational experience

From my college experience I have learned to make descisions about my life and really pinpoint exactly what I want to do in life- become an art teacher. I have met the most amazing teachers/artists in my college career who have inspired me to visualize and create with no boundaries. In my life I have always been encouraged to think logically, be responsible. My college experience has taught me that I can do both, I can be an artist in the most responsible way possible, by teaching art. It has been valuable to attend college because I feel like I have found what I can do best, and I have people around me in my field of interest tell me that I do it well. And when I haven't executed something well the first time around, I have an even stronger drive to see their faces the second time around. There's something that the professor posseses that makes the student strive for the absolute best and not give up until their vision has been created, and that is what one cannot find without attending college.

I had a great college experience, although it was not a traditional one. While some would say that I didn't get a "true" college experience since I lived at home, I strongly disagree. I joined a sorority at the University of Houston, so I was able to experience much of the same things that my peers who lived on campus experienced. The great thing was that if I wanted to stay on campus for the weekend of a big football game, I had the ability to do so by staying in the sorority house. Unlike my friends, I also had the ability to go home and enjoy some alone time. While I had a great social life, I was also very dedicated to my studies. I look back fondly on all the days I spent studying in the cozy nooks and crannies of our school library. We also had many small, empty classrooms with dry erase boards that I would often use to study with friends. I greatly value my choice to attend University of Houston because it allowed me to thrive both academically and socially. For me, it was the perfect mix for an excellent college experience.

My college experience has taught me that learning who you are is harder than it looks. For years, I had been secure in my world of high school where the people I went to school with accepted, or if not that, understood me. But, college is like being reborn. Your eyes squinting and blinking in the absurdity of this new world of adulthood where there is no one to tell you to go to class or to come home at a certain time. You are a given a new life where you can create to the person you believe yourself to be. I, who believe that I had molded myself into that person during high school, was very surprised that I was not above the freshman scramble to self- actualization and discovery. My college experience has taught me that no one ever stops evolving. In attending school, you are given the ability to become the center of you r world. You get to discover who you are outside your pervious environment. In college I was given the opportunity to create my own experience and the power in that is worth the time and effort.

College has made me grow as a person and in knowledge that I can use to give advises to others. It has been the gateway to the part of my life that I thought I would never accomplish, being responsible, having hunger for more knowledge and making decisions that have been reflected throughout the growth in my field of study. I have learned to open my mind to other cultures and traditions, something that I did not have in my country, Puerto Rico. Also college has made me patient enough to work in teams, be ambitious about what I want and to be more organized in school and in life. Those are a few of the reasons why college has been very valuable for me to attend. Also being first generation college student in my family made me realized that history cannot be repeated. Not repeating history is one of my Mottos discovered in college, I want to be able to give my future family the education necessary to start changing the world.

During my college experience, I have learned to all be myself because no one there is going to judge you. I have become more intouched with my career goals with the internships and community service opportunities that I've been apart of. I have gained a bond with the student body, the faculty and staff, and the campus. University of Houston is like family and we help the families in the surrounding community. The students love the campus and I have grown to making the campus apart of my faimily.

I have really grown and learned how to grow up during my time here. its made me grow into a good person. its been valued to attend because of the heart warming people of houston texas. and its faculty at this school

I have gotten a lot out of my college experience. First of all, attending college has given me the opportunity go gain valuable contacts. The networking opportunites are endless. The University of Houston has an alumni association which you can be a part of to gain not only great professional relationships, but also have helped me make some great personal relationships. The professional relationships gained during my college years helped me obtain my current job. My college experience gave me the opportunity to listen to lecures of top experts in the business field. This has helped me in my work experiences by encouraging me to think, ask questions, and explore new ideas, which in turn allows for additonal growth and development. College was a valuable asset for me because it helped me gain the knowledge I needed to obtain my current job. Without the education I recieved from the University of Houston I would have not been able to do what I love doing today and make a decent living for me and my family.