University of New Mexico-Main Campus Top Questions

Leaving family and home is scary at first, but college is the first big step to growing up. In high school, the teachers are supposed to do everything they can to help the students graduate, but college is much different: you are responsible for your own future and your own success. The teachers are not going to babysit you like they did in high school. It is imperative that students learn responsibility early on, otherwise college will be much more difficult than it needs to be. For me, college was the next step in becoming a responsible and mature adult, one who takes responsibility for her own actions and who is the only one keeping myself from having a bright, successful future.

What I have gotten so far out of my college experience at the University of New Mexico is that I learned more about my culture and other cultures. I've met people from other countries and hear their life stories from where they live and why they chose to come to this school. For example, I met this person from India who is going into the engineering field and he told that he had to do one year of military service before going to college. He said that the training was hard but it made him a stronger person. He chose UNM because it has a good engineering program and from his magnet experiment at a Science Fair, he was given a full scholarship. From this experience, I knew I needed to join some school groups, so I did one year of Marine ROTC and it also made me a stronger person. It also taught me the skills to become a really leader. So I hope I can use these skills to become successful at my future job as an Electrical Engineer.

I have not yet attended the University of New Mexico, but I have attended Luna Community College. I will begin college at UNM in the Fall as either a shophomore or a junior because I have earned my General Education Certificate at Luna. Most of my classes from the Community College will transfer to UNM and further me on the road to graduation. I chose UNM becuase of its good reputation in the state of New Mexico and around the country, and because it has one of the best psychology programs in the state. Although it is expensive and I may experience post-college debt, it would be worth every penny because of the good and challenging education I will recieve in attending the University of New Mexico. Not only will I recieve a good education, but because of its size, I will also meet many new people and learn to function in the world and work force.

I received a great education and met many diverse and interesting people while attending UNM. I enjoyed my experience there, and am grateful for the opportunity to have attended.

I have listened to many college stories before i attended any college. All these stories were different but i feel i got the best oppurtunity to study here at The University of New Mexico. The reason for this is because i feel that i have been able to come out of my cocoon and be a more sociable person than i have ever been. there is more oppurtunities for Workstudy which helps me specifically pay for school. I also feel that the classes are active and well organized in order for me to get the most out of them. My college experieces have taught me to even out my work load with the fun that i can have. It has also taught me to choose wisely where i want to go and to study in order to get ther. To work hard i have also learned to be able to succeed in life . This includes all aspects. It has been very valuble to attend this college and the previous colleges i have attended and reccommend all high school freshman to go to college and specifically here at the University of New Mexico for a Great college experience.

I have only been here at UNM for two years, but in those two years I have learned something of the upmost importance to me. That is that I should do what I want in life. It may sound ridiculously simple but when I enrolled into this university I wanted to become a geneticist. However horrible math skills cause me to rethink this, and so I changed my major to psychology, a field that requires little math and offers a great pay. Life here has shown me though that a great pay is not what I should look for in my future. The instructors here teach because they love it, the stories they share the enthusiasm they have, it's all proof that fallowing your dreams in life is the only key to happiness we have. I am certain had I gone to another school I would've missed this important lesson. I will elongate my stay here at UNM for another year in hopes of becoming a geneticist, and if I fail I will rest well in the fact that I gave it my all, and look for something else that send my hear aflutter.

With this college oppertunity I have earned so much that I didn't even expect. All through life your told that you need to go to college and make something of yourself. Thigns didn't go as planned for myself and I fell ill in my senior year, so much so that I had to drop out with my 3.6average. After a year of medical leave it was hard to get back into the swing of things. My mom wasn't a good support because she left me homeless when I was 18 and told me I was on my own. I guess that just helped me to make this college decision on my own and not for anyone else because no one even cares if I'm going except me! I'm doing this for me, and not to please my parents like so many others. I've also learned to take advantage of some of the courses in aiding my health to stay up so I can attend school. It is valuable to attend because there are so many growing experiences and even more resources then you even need.

After going through my first semester as a college freshman attending a major university, there are a few things I would have done different in high school and over the summer. If I could go back and give myself advice, I would tell myself to take more academically challenging classes throughout high school, expect the toughest from each class, and work more to save up a greater amount of money. In high school I took some tough classes, but not as much as I should have. The 'Advanced Placement' classes at my high school would have definitly prepared me for college courses instead of me being blindsided by tough work and even tougher exams. When entering a class for the first time, you hope it won't be too stressful, but in college you must expect it. With that said, hard classes did not compare to how difficult the shortage of money is when tuition, books, rent, and utilities are due. Fortunatley I was able to pay it off before taking out a loan. Working and being a full time student is one of the hardest things I have ever done. None the less I am getting the job done.

Love, that simple. I would tell my self to love people in my school, church, teams, and family more. I have learned from my time of transition that people are so valuable. I have discovered the art of reconciling,which is to seek to understand instead of understood. Let me describe that better. Through the people i have met and have been surrounded by, i have saw that many people in this world have been misunderstood for a majority of their lives. By discovering this, i would seek to understand them instead of judge them or do random acts of kindness for people. I would love to tell and push myself to do nice things for people like clean desk for a teacher while their out of their classroom or start a club to help families in my school or community that were in need. I Would inspire myself to be more positive and to be encouraging to the people around me. I would not take for granted the opportunity that was given to me, not letting my talents go to waste. I would want myself to take things more serious and have more self-discipline in my commitments.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would probubly shout: "Get more scholarships!". Collage life is a big change from being a high schoolar and comes with alot of stress, including the stress that accumulates from finacial trouble. I would also tell myself to be more outgoing in that first simester. Sometimes being shy really gets in the way of making progress with the professors and the other students. Friends become a bastion to defend you from the stress, neurvosness and all the aprehensions that try to drag down you collage moral and comfidence. Also, I would tell myself to buy more toilet paper, because the girls in the dorm go through it fast. But most of all I would tell myself to not worry so much, to not be so resurved and to make the most out of every situation collage would throw at me and to have fun.