University of Kansas Top Questions

When I first entered my college, I thought it was a place I didn't want to be. My family couldn't afford to put me in college so I appllied for scholarships and that's the only way I was able to attend this college. I ran into a few challenges while attending this college. One was that my dad lost his job last year, and another is that I will be a father this year and have no idea how I will stay in school or support my child. How does this tie into my experince at this school and why was it valuable to attend? This ties into my experience here at the University of Kansas because I realized that no matter what challenge I face, I have someone there to help me through my challenge. The faculty and staff are very caring and are the best experience anyone could ask for, and they make it valuable to me to attend, because I have someone who not only cares about my academic life, but also help me through my social life so that I can excell in my academic life.

One of the most in important things that I have gotten out of my college experience is a sense of great respect. Throughout high school, I was able to really rely on my parents for everything, but now at college, I am on my own, which has forced me to grow up and become independent. As a walk on football player, I learned how difficult it can be to manage being a college athlete and still maintain a high G.P.A and do well in my classes, as well as a great respect for authority. My time management skills have increased, and I have come to truly appreciate all the hard work and long hours that my dad has put in throughout his life for our family. My father has become a true hero in my life, and is someone that I look to model my life after for my kids whenever that time may be for me. Before college, I took his hard work for granted, but not I respect him greatly and enjoy every moment I am able to spend with him.

The most important thing I have done in college is better my character. I learned how to be more responsible, independent, and to live with integrity. I learned real quickly that in college if I want to succeed it’s up to me. Integrity in college is sometimes forgotten because a lot of people just try to get by with the least amount of work. Doing what’s right is hard and doing what’s right when no one's looking is extremely hard. This has helped me out a lot dealing with my school work and always giving it my best all the time. I have also learned to appreciate others. In college you are able to learn from people, whether if its school related or just culturally. One of my best friends is an Asian American, and I would not have gotten the chance to meet him if it weren’t for college. I have learned so much from him in both school and in his culture. For me if I wasn’t attending college I would not be as responsible or independent as I am now, that is why it’s been so valuable to attend

While attending the University of Kansas it has been a great time because of all the traditions kept in the schools history. The university provides a large variety of classes to take and it's always fun to take a class that is not apart of your major, like something interesting as in "Russian Slavic Folklore ". For the majority of the courses I have enrolled in or had taken, the professors have been very educating and interesting. The professors at the university lecture in order to help the students understand and achieve a desiring grade for their course. My social life here at the University of Kansas has been fun just because I've met many great people from my freshman orientation to start my first year of college in the fall of 2009. The school admits great students and care for their students.

My college experience provides me the opportunity to extend my knowledge to guarantee my success in life. College has enabled me to broaden my mind to think more out of the box. I have been able to apply it to my everyday life. Before I make a decision, instead of thinking in the moment I now think whether this choice will be of any help to me in the future. Since I have been thinking that way my choice have only brought me closer to my dreams. When I go to college and I see people studying in the library or in the park and I know those people will be guaranteed a good job and a successful future. It might take time out of your day but in the long run it will all pay off. I will thrive to be one of those people because I have to motive and drive to be successful. The college life is for me, the people I meet, the relationships I build with my professor and fellow classmates that have the same goals I do. My dreams have been lived when I can call myself an, “Graduate of FAU Master in Biology”

My college experience so far has been invaluable. These experiences have helped me figured out my true passion in life: teaching. To do this I began college with a different major, but advisors, professors, and friends were all so helpful with great advice. I saw my advisor so many times to discuss changing my major. Every time she gave me new ideas to research, more information to help, and more contacts to talk with. These contacts led me to the College of Education and everyone I met with there was able to answer my questions without trying to influence my decision. I also met with professors I had already had, and other professors in my first field. They also provided helpful advice without trying to infulence my decision. All these people helped me to make my decision without making it for me, and I am truly grateful for that. I have also made so many lifelong friends here that helped me through that decision, and will simply watch a movie with me. Having all these resources at my fingertips at my university is the most valuable aspect of my college experience so far.

I am a 54 year old single unemployed female, who has discovered that I have the ability to overcome fear of an education. I have decided to advance in my profession of bookkeeping by going to college for the first time in my life and earn an associated degree in accounting. With the unemployment at 9.8{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} and showing signs of a very slow recovery, in order for myself to have any chance back into the workforce, an education only seemed the intelligent answer. College has been a huge challenge and I have to work very hard, but the rewards are immensely gratifying. It goes to show that in this life you can accomplish any tasks as long as you but your mind to it.

I have gotten a life, ambition, and so much more.

Standing at the rainy Seattle Airport, my father scratched his peppered-gray beard and sent me off to college saying, "These are going to be some of the best days of your life." As I flew across the Pacific Ocean to the University of Hawaii, I hoped his insight was true. I landed in an unfamiliar place where evergreens were replaced by palm trees and boots by flip flops. Three weeks went by and I began to question his insight. Being a blue-eyed blonde, I was a minority on an island filled with people, food, smells and ideologies that I had never experienced before. How could these strange, lonely days become the best years of my life? Three years later, I turned the tassel on my graduation cap as I looked at my father with a smile. My college experience taught me more than communication theories and vocational skills. It taught me perspective. I learned that although we may eat, worship, dress and speak differently, we seek to be understood and loved. I can now say that college has, in fact, been some of the best days of my life. For these reasons, my college experience has been valuable.

The most valuable thing I learned in college is something I learned half way through my undergraduate career. It is it is not always about earning the A; it is about learning and retaining information from classes, internships, and extracurricular activities, in hopes that you can use it in your desired field. The grade is simply a reflection on how well you followed a syllabus. Students feel the need to get the 4.0 at any cost. This can include utilizing old test files, pulling all-nighters, or even cheating. Students may attend class, turn in homework, and do well on tests, but not actually learn anything. In my 100 (introductory) level BIOL and CHEM classes, I would study how to do well on tests. If the professor told the class the test was similar to online quizzes, I would study the online quizzes rather than the textbook. Therefore I did well, but if I was asked a year later, I could not explain basic chemistry such as entropy or Boyle’s Law. I was challenged when I took upper level BIOL classes. You have to understand the fundamentals, because specified biology (microbiology/neurobiology) builds of general chemistry and biology.