University of Washington-Seattle Campus Top Questions

My college experience has been marked by engaging professors, new friends, interesting subject matter and a pronounced need to learn focus. The number of opportunities available is staggering and if one doesn't prioritize, it becomes difficult to stay afloat in classes. It's actually a pretty good thing because its forced me to learn pragmatism and make critical choices about how to balance my responsibilities to schoolwork and responsibilites to myself. A remarkably useful skill to possess. It's also been a really useful experience in that I really respect my professors and consider many of them to be authorities in their respective fields, so when I learn things I feel rather confident about them and their usefulness outside of the world of academia. I genuinely feel electrified by the environment... like it's crackling with new knowledge, information and innovation. My classmates are friendly and sociable and the faculty are keen to provide a good service, which is nice. It's also empowering to actually feel prepared to find and work a complicated job. I'm excited about my future and having a degree from the University of Washington-Seattle is a very big part of that.

I have gotten so much out of my college experience in just the year I've gone. I commute to school and live far from my campus so I'm not as involved as I would like to be, but I still look forward to going to my school. There are so many classes offered which is nice because it is really easy to choose the times I want to go to school and choose the classes I actually want to take. It's fun learning in my classes because I've been learning completely new things compared to being taught things I already know like I was in high school. I've been able to choose the most obscure subjects simply because they are available for me to choose and the things I have learned are things I never would have sought out to learn on my own.

I've improoved my professionalism and I've met a lot of people who are willing to help me and others to succeed in their carriers.

I have been atending Annerundal Community Collge for the Fall semester of 2010. So far out of my college experience I have met many new friends that are interested in the same area of study that I am. These new friends I will keep close to me for the rest of my life, from tarveling to a 4 year institute to pursuing our similar careers in Mairne Biology. I have also learned many new ways to study and take in all the new information I am learning. Not onlt is college nessesary to have in today's world but it is also very valuable in making a new life. Once a young adult has entered college nothing from high schoo matters, their plate has been swiped clean. College is so valuable to have in order to make a life worth living. Not everyone's dream is to been extremely rich but maybe just to be happy. Without college one will struggle through getting work and making a decent amout of money to support a famiy. College is also very valuable in making new friends ad expanding ones educational knowledge. Knoewledge will help anyone achieve dreams only imagained.

This is my second semester at HCCS and I have found such diversity there. I am learning more about myself, exploring my interests, and about other cultures as well. I have never interacted with Muslims, Quakers, or Hindus before and I learn so much from my classmates from all these different backgrounds and how much we have in common. It as also has provided an opportunity for them to get to know me, my culture and background. Being a part of such a diverse community that is college helps us in becoming more socially accepting and tolerable of diversity. For example, for me to be able to reach out to conservative Christians, and Muslims, as a gay male, and to get them to see the world through my lens and have their support means a lot. We will leave lasting impressions on each other that may shape decisions we will be making, and I want these impressions to be positive ones. Aside from an education that will aid in becoming successful, the effects we have on each other can help us in becoming a more unified community.

I found many opportunities in college to explore areas I had no idea I would be good at or that I would be interested in. I loved the challenge and broadening my horizons. I became a published poet, literary editor, events programmer, and poltical scientist in college and while my dreams of what I could achieve changed, college allowed me to pursue all sorts of new ideas and to grow as an individual.

I have gotten more than what I could wish for out of my college experience. I have met friends for life and learned facts from professors that will be useful when I go on Jeapordy one day! It has been be valuable to attend because I do not think I would have met such a wide variety of people if I were to continue living at home. I would have never truly been open about who I was, or have even figured out who I was. I have met some of the best and worst professors, but each of them has given me a look on how people are in the world. I was able to travel outside of the country because of the options that were provided by attending college, (and by doing so, I experienced even more cultures). I do not want to sound cliche, but the education I have gotten so far has prepared me for what the world will offer. Sometimes I know that there will be a struggle, and it is not always easy going, but every step is a learning process.

My college experience is nothing like the high school experience I was used to. In college, there is more independence. No one is there to make sure I get my work done; I would have to be more responsible and no procrastinating! My parents are no longer there to take care; I would have to take care of myself - that means, turning in my homeworks on time, cooking for myself, doing my own laundry, and anything I would have to do to maintain living. There is also a good experience in college. I got to meet new and interesting people. The college that I attend is quite diverse, so I will always learn something new about people and their culture. The college experience I have had is valuable because it is a step forward to what it is like living on your own - in the real world. Not only do I gain knowledge in my education, but also knowledge about myself and about the world. You'd be surprised in how much you gain in just one year of college.

My journey through college so far has lead me to be a person that questions the legitimacy of future choices. My entire life I have told myself that I will work hard to become a dentist, not knowing what exactly I wanted to do with my life in order to be content. I have found that in college you are able to view the many options available to yourself in order to make the choices that decide your future. My experiences so far in college have helped me to become more social and create groups of lasting friends that I will be able to turn to for advice. Without these lasting friends and options that I have found here at college, I wouldn't be able to say that I am content in learning assortments of every subject and not secluding myself to one field of study. I have gotten a life out of my college experience, and a way to branch out into this world knowing multiple things about various subjects that I can engage in conversation with others in.

College has allowed me to explore what things work for me in the world. In college you gain the freedom to start over without what people may have labled you in college and you get the chance to be who you want to make yourself. Also, unlike in high school, you are surrounded by individuals who are there for the same reasons as you, to deepen their knowledge and persue a degree while experiencing themselves and everything college has to offer. One of the best parts of college is the freedom you feel outside of your house in a new environment. This freedom, plus the fresh start gives unlimited possiblities for college to offer you. I feel that these are the best things my new friends and I have thus far obtained in our first year of college and I look forward to the coming years.