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Holding the assumptions high of reaching my long ago known teenage self for a little one on one, my mind begins to spin. There are many thoughts I wish to have thought more of in greater sense of dedication. With acquired wisdom at hand I would profusely press ideas of time management and self-awareness. Some aspects and processes along the lines of putting your head in books and not directing full focus on your friends, true friends last forever. Seriously save money and your passions, because your future is approaching faster than you expect. Apply yourself in every way to better yourself, apply to scholarships, grants, anything to help your way through college and off to your dreams. Pay off debts now to better your credit later, you will need it. Never hold your eyes wide shut, don’t waste what you don’t have because money dissolves so don’t ever smoke a cigarette. Always never forget to remember your seatbelt, watch the news and build a better relationship with your mother. Spend more time getting to know your brother and your family. Life is this magnificent ploy awaiting your success and opportunity waits for no one.

Keep your head down and finish high school as fast as you can. Ignore all those bitches who put you down and your so called friends who made you feel worse about yourself. I promise the day will come that you will smile because you feel like smiling. You will be happy and you will enjoy your surroundings. This place will be in Vermont. TREK is an opportunity that you can not pass up this is where you will find yourself and discover what it feels like to love. Be yourself. You don't need friends because those people, they are not your friends. They will not be your friends a month from now when you really need them. You will discover then that your friends are the ones who came and stood beside you. Vermont is your home, UVM is where you belong. Keep your chin up kid, things will turn around and you will be happy. I promise you that. Ignore the voices telling you that you are not good enough, that nothing will be good and that something is wrong with you. Nothing is wrong with you, it's them that are wrong.

When I think back to the first day I arrived on the University of Vermont campus, I see a timid girl, fresh out of high school, who was nervous about making friends and starting classes. When I look in a mirror today, I see a completely change, responsible, focused, determined, confident, and prepared woman. In only 1.5 years my time at the University of Vermont has shaped me and taught me to be responsible for myself, academically, financially, and socially. Dedicated professors and advisors, demanding but rewarding courses, and well planned curriculums have helped to improve my time managment skills, take my education into my own hands, and find my focus and career path for my future. Balancing a social life, class schedule and work schedule has taught me the importance of prioritizing. Required courses such as a speech class and diversity requirements have prepared me for my entrance into the professional world. Lastly, the UVM/Burlington atmosphere has engulfed me in such a sense of acceptance and belonging that my confidence has grown and I have come to embrace my own personal identity as a hard working, open minded, responsible and passionate environmentalist.

I have gotten a lot out of my experience as a UVM student. I gained valuable knowledge and skills. We were not only taught facts but also new ways of thinking and researching. It is much more useful to learn how to think and reason rather than only how to memorize facts. These skills are useful in both my personal and professional life. I honed my writing skills at UVM since a lot of my classes required many papers and not just tests and exams. I have found that writing is a skill that many do not learn properly and it is still required and appreciated in the work force. I am also grateful for the international experiences that UVM allowed me. Within my major, environmental studies, international studies were encouraged so I spent a year studying in New Zealand. I also went to Costa Rica and Belize through classes taken at UVM. These experiences will last a lifetime. It is invaluable for students to take advantage of study abroad opportunities so they can be exposed to other cultures, ideas, lifestyles, beliefs, and worldviews. I appreciate that UVM gave me those opportunities.

I am currently in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M, and I have learned that you have to dedicate yourself to what you want to do in life. I have learned that before you become a leader you must first follow. Working together as a team before you are an individual will help in all career fields. I am learning life long lessons that will aid in my success and future accomplishments. I plan to go to graduate school to become a veterinarian. I am going to take leadership, dedication, discipline, and military style living that I have learned from the Corps and an amazing education at a well accredited school to become a doctor of veterinary medicine.

I have not complety finished my college experience but if i had to sum up whats happened so far...i would so far its so so great i hope tp look forward to the following years of my kick ass experience!

I have only attended the University for one semester and I do not regret my desicion to attend at all! I had the opertunity to participate in a program call the intergrated social sciences program. This program gave me the oppertunity to focus on my field of study as a freshman. Additionally, I was taught by professors that only teach seniors and maybe one or two classes open to juniors. Not only was I taught by them but I was invited over to their houses for dinner! Next semester, I am even writting a thesis (as a freshman) with the head of the global studies department. With this program I lived with the other 20 students in a suite style dorm. This allowed us to support each other with these extremely challenging but valuable classes and we all had similar personallities. It was a blessing to have classes with only 20 students at a large school like the University of Vermont. I learned so much from these professors and I was pushed every day to knew extremes. I would not trade this once in a lifetime experience for the world!

College was amazing and that experiecnce I had was one of a kind. What I learned in college was inavluable and nonreplaceable, how can you replace the knowledge, friendships, and community that surrounded the University of Vermont. Everyone who went to my university was kind and sharing, the experience I had prepared me for the real world. As an education major I was well prepared for the types of problems that I would encounter in the real world. I felt that I was well prepared and that I have done quite well in the real world. As I start my gradaute program I am excited that I have the oppurttunity to do so and I equate that oppurtunity and see that it's basis is from my undergraduate program and the University of Vermont.

I have developed a stong sense of who I am and who I want to be in my career path. I have met some amazing professors with awesome life stories that inspire me to work hard. The community is healthy, active, and accepting of all people. The area is beautiful with lots to do. Classes are interesting and I enjoy going, and everyone is accepting and there to help.

I have learned to understand the world better and that people come from all different kinds of backgrounds and that this is extremely important to remember when trying to understand our social reality around us. This can help with business, travel, studying, interctions, etc. Attending college has challenged me to demand more from myself academically, athletically, socially and fiscally.