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I was raised by a single mom, and I never thought I would be able to attend such a college as the University of Kansas. Thinking this growing up, and being a student where I am now, has taught me to not take anything for granted. My college experience has been one filled with new friends, and a diversity of different classes which I thoroughly enjoyed. Saying that the University of Kansas has been a value to attend is an understatement. Faculty here at KU are there every step of the way for me, doing what they can to help me succeed, and advisors are right by my side helping me to make the transition into the 'real world' a bit easier by helping me in my search for an intership and a job opportunity. Overall, the University of Kansas has been one of the most valued opportunities ever presented to me.

My college experience has allowed me to expand my horizons by providing me the opportunity to meet new people, discover my true interests, and take on new challenges. The value of the college experience extends beyond the realm of academics. The social life of college has forced me to come out of my usual shy self and interact with people of many ages and of many different backgrounds. Since beginning college, my outlook on academics has dramatically changed. In high school, school work was something that I was required to do. College is full of decisions, including how committed you decide you are to your education. I decided that academics was the most valuable part about college, so I have set my priority as academics. I have learned to keep a good balance between social life and school life. I believe that is what every college student should aim to accomplish.

since I am not from this country, when i came to U.S i felt so alone but after attending school i made lots of friends that is so valuable for me.

It's been a great time to gain a pratical education, while being in a sweet town. It's helped me figure out who I am and what I would like to spend my life doing.

My college experience has been phenomenal. I start class everyday by eight am, and love every minute of it. I hear other students complain about how early it is, or how they wish they could still be in bed, and I just think to myself how silly the y sound. If someone would have asked me if I was going to taking an eight am classes my senior year in high school, my answer would have been laughed in their face. After being called lazy, I decided it was time to kick it in gear an prove to everyone that I was motivated. My two year community college has kept me on the balls of my feet. My high school career makes me look back and regret how unmotivated I was. I used to sleep through class and maintain a 2.5 GPA. My GPA now that I try and want to make something out of myself is a 3.56. When I combine the high school years and the college years, I feel as if I have became a new woman. The baby step to a community college has opened many doors for me.

College has opened my eyes to developing a system for determining right from wrong: Most often, you must examine the context of the situation before coming to any sort of conclusion. College gave me opportunities to, develop personal relationships with people unlike myself, develop knowledge that will help me in my profession, and develop my abilities to work with my communities to obtain community goals. Also, the education I received allows me to become an Engineering serving my communities professionally. Undergraduate research helps students expand their critical thinking skill and knowledge in a specific area – I was lucky enough to win an undergraduate research award to design an affordable sustainable single family home. The value of a college education is shared by all the people the graduate interacts with college, breaks down diversity issues, supports specific knowledge growth in students, and instills humanity in young adults: These adults, spread the humanity, use the knowledge, and help remove barriers between peoples.

I’m currently working on the Graduate Licensure Program through the KU School of Education with the goal of becoming a Secondary Biology teacher. I feel that my education is the most valuable investment that I have made thus far. I can’t say that my undergraduate degree prepared me for real-life, but the college experience definitely helped me define the type of person that I wanted to be. After graduating with an undergraduate degree in Human Biology, I wanted to pursue a career where I could make a difference. I have always wanted to make a positive mark on this world, but I didn’t always know how I could contribute. After three years of exploring various career opportunities I realized that I belonged in education. I feel that I can make the greatest contributions to society as a secondary science teacher, which is why I decided to come back to KU for yet another college experience. As a non-traditional student, my second time around at KU is definitely different from the first, but it has been equally rewarding. Through my first college experience I discovered my dreams, now I am making them a reality.

Throughout high school I had a narrow vision that my life needed to be a certain way. My highest priority was to go to college in order to get a comfortable job and lead a comfortable life. In this mindset my future was comfortable yet uneventful. But after I graduated high school I spent a year studying abroad. Everything was uncomfortable. It was not bad, just different, unknown. The food was strange, the weather was cold and the language completely foreign. I was out of my element with nothing familiar to alleviate my increasing sense of disconnection. But something inside me resolved to persevere and prove to myself I was capable of overcoming the challenge. I came home not knowing what to expect from my first year of college. My attitude toward education had completely changed. Now it was something I did because I wanted to better myself and actually learn about the world around me; and more than just learn about it I wanted to change it and make it better for everyone in it. To become an active participant in life has been an invaluable lesson I humbly learned. I want to advance and progress even further.

Although my college experience has lasted just over one semester, I feel as though it has been one of the best experiences I have ever had. After I first moved here, I felt so alienated from the people I lived with and spent most of my time around because of our differing morals and opinions. I wanted nothing more than to give up and go home, however I knew that was not an option for me. I was forced to grow up a lot in the first month of my college career, and accepted that it was up to me to make my time here to be the best it could be. I joined organizations and put myself out there to meet as many people as I could. Now I have a group of close friends that I can see with me well into my future. I also feel as though my learning and studying skills have grown immensly over these past five months. Looking back to my senior year, it is difficult to believe the amount of change college has brought to my life. Despite all of it, I am proud of everything I have learned through the process.

From community college, I have learned unexpected values and lessons not unlike a wake up call experienced by someone falling from grace or hitting rock bottom. Had I gone straight to a 4-year institution many values I have begun to realize would have gone to the wayside. Simple yet extremely important, perpetuating aspects such as a caring family, a roof over my head, and a close knit community become demolished under the sanctity of going to a 4-year school. It is much like high school, where the only thing that matters is school. Not that education is unregarded at community colleges, but there is much more to it then textbook knowledge. My college experience has been a small dose of the real world, where everything is certainly not handed over upon the snap of a finger or request. Reseach values- being able to research effectively- has been the quintessential thing I can take out of my college experience thus far. Searching not only for a self-concept, to abstractly make oneself whole, but also for practical and tangible items and tools such as jobs for money to support my bettered self has made college more than valuable.