Virginia Wesleyan College Top Questions

I have gotten from my collegeg experience the gift of knowledge. I have learned while attended college, the necessity of what it takes for me to achieve my goals. I have gained the experience of obtaining new friends. I have had the experience of having some of the best teachers. Teachers that will do what it takes to make sure you understand what you are doing. I also understand how very different college is from the high school life. I would never change any of the experience that i have had at college. Although not every one of those experiences were great, i would not change what happened, they shaped me to who i am becoming. College to me is very valuable, I am learning new ideas every day i attend. Another reason college is valuable to me is that it is helping me further my education in life. I feel as though if i did not attend college, I would be going down a terrible path in life. I am just so happy that i chose to attend college.

I transferred to Virginia Wesleyan in the Spring of my sophomore year. Transferring to this school was the best thing I could have done. I am happier, more actively involved in campus life, and have had an overall enjoyable college experience here thus far. I play for the women's soccer team and I am involved in FCA (fellowship Christian athletes club). I have earned an average 3.789 GPA in my three years of college, majoring in Political Science/Government and minoring in Psychology. I believe the classes I have been immersed in have successfully exposed me to the kinds of ideas, concepts, and ideologies I hope to one day face in law school; at least, which is my plan once I graduate. My academic advisors have been extremely helpful in suggesting interesting and engaging courses I need to graduate and they have given me the tools and extra motivation to acheive my academic goals. I have been able to do so well at this college, in my opinion, not only because of my ambitious attitude and committment to my studies, but also because the people at this school have really helped foster my continual academic growth.

As a transfer student to Virginia Wesleyan I quickly made friends and developed strong working relationships with students and faculty. I have learned about the importance of being environmentally responsible and how to be an environmental steward. I have rediscovered who I am and who I can yet become. I have enriched my life through the volunteering opportunities that I have participated in at Virginia Wesleyan. I have learned the importance of building personal relationships with people outside of my own age group especially with my advisors and professors. I feel that it has been valuable to attend because I was not lost in the crowd; I was an individual, an individual whom professors knew and were interested and showed concern about both my academic performance and personal life goals. I know that the friends and relationships that I have made here will last for many years yet to come.

Failure, responsibility, commitment, friendship, accomplishments, achievements, tolerance, time management, goals, and, most of all, knowledge are some of the things I intake from attending college. I've learned a lot of what the adjective difficult really means, how to fail, to accept my mistakes, and grow from them, and that asking for help only benefits you and others. To give back is just as important as well. I'm building a tolerance for the arduous lifestyle, full of classes, studies, and part-time jobs, that's preparing me for my career. In my struggle to find time, I've adopted techniques to increase my time effectiveness and life management that have proved to enhance my daily performance and, overall, happiness. I've also observed, from myself and others, that goals can be set and, if given enough effort, can be achieved. Nothing is impossible. College has been one of the most valuable assets in my life. It has taught me to always stay on my toes and watch out for myself and that I can achieve what I imagined unreachable. Most importantly, my experiences at college have molded me into the makings of a man.

Every since I arrived on Virginia Wesleyan's campus I learned that it was just like a family away from home. From the moment I walked on campus it was all about the word "community," something that you can't get at many colleges. My school works like a community, whenever we need help with something or do not have the proper materials, my school works hard to make sure that it is provided. To sum it up, my school is like the saying, " It takes a village to raise a child." There is always someone willing to help out and guide us when help is needed.

The most valuable part of my college experience has been a second chance. In high school I was very quiet, did not have many friends, and was very depressed. At Virginia Wesleyan I have made many close friends, I am active in campus groups, and I am almost never sad. I think if I had gone anywhere but here I would've misssed the chance to meet my best friends. Campus is close enough to home, but not too close at 30 minutes away. Coming to school here has helped me become an independent, fun loving, happy person. I will never forget the times I have had here at Wesleyan.

From my college experience I have learned and am still learning to be a professional. During a meeting with my english professor we discussed why people attend college. He said, "people come to college to learn how to be a professional." Whether on the court or in the classroom being at college has changed the person I am. I now am a more confident, decisive, responsible and determined person. I wake up every morning, get breakfast and prepare for the day whether I have a morning class or not because that is what a professional does. Their day isn't wasted away sleeping and watching tv. I have learned that being a professional also means that you have to have a plan and manage time wisely. A professional also needs to know when to be a leader and when to be led and work as a member in a group. My college experience has definitely taught me that. On the court I am a leader, in the classroom I know I have to be able to be led. My college experience is valuable because it's taught me to be a professional which will help me succeed in life.

I have gotten alot more than I think I realize now about of my college expierence. Ive had interviews for internships, meet some great faculty members and alot of great people. Im not sure how or why companies "own the right" to my answers on this survey. I understand they maybe giving students 5,000 but for those who do not receive any money does that mean they start getting "junk" emails and those phone call everyone just loves to answer at 3 A.M in the morning ?

In my college experience, I have learned many things about myself. College allowed me to experiment with many different classes. At first, I thought about becoming a lawyer so I took a Business Law class and quickly concluded that this was not the route for me. I also experimented in Communications and thoroughly enjoyed it until the major began to get too media based for me. I finally was ablt to settle on Business Managment which I found both challenging and rewarding. Through these different experiences, I was able to define who I was and who I wanted to become. College allowed me to take risks in order to accomplish a goal. During college, I worked in 4 different internships which allowed for further experiences and knowledge. Education is one of those activities that a person can never have too much of, and should never end. Because of that recent discovery, I have switched gears and gone back to school to recieve my Elementary Teaching License. After working in accounting for 3 years, I realized it was not for me. I am so thankful for the opportunities that college has given me and I look forward to grad school!

So far I have gotten a lot out of my college experience here at Virginia Wesleyan College. So many people have not even heard of this school and I was happy when I got the privledge to attend somewhere different. It was been an interesting experience. I play softball here so I made friends very quickly. Also, since we have the "living communities" where people on your dorm hall all take one class together, we became really close with one another. It has been vaubable to me to attend such a diverse community. Overall my experience at Virginia Wesleyan has been amazing.