Open ended question – what is it you want the most out of your 4 year college education and experience.
Notoriety? Career prospects? A raging social life?
I’d love to hear about your biggest goals!
I’m a senior and this spring semester will be my last semester! Honestly, my college education and experience was great. I learned a lot, gain a lot of work experience, made some good friends, met my awesome boyfriend, had a great mentor, and graduated debt free. The only thing I would change is maybe taking more electives that I found interesting but I didn’t have the time or they clashed with my schedule. So my biggest goal now is to graduate and head off to grad school!
@FluentInCarbs That’s great! What are you pursuing in grad school? What do you hope to gain there? A high paying salary? An awesome job? Lol, I ask so many questions!
Also, was it a major priority for you to graduate debt free? (Way to go with that!)
Eventually I think I will figure out exactly what I want to do and I’ve been involved in many activities that I can speak passionately about or will help me in the future. College has been a wonderful experience and I have learned so many things. But I think the thing I desire most from college is lifelong friends. People that will stand by you no matter how long the distance or no matter how much time has passed. So far I’ve met some really great people that I am happy to call friends and my wish is we will still be just as close after graduation and go on more adventures together.
I’d like to have @shawnspencer 's college experience. 
@EssayEnthusiast I’m pursuing museum studies/nonprofit management and I’m hoping that after I get my MA/MS I’ll be competitive for the jobs I want. Yeah it was the number one priority to me to graduate with no debt. I’m planning on getting a job that doesn’t pay a huge salary and I want to do a lot of things after I complete my education. So basically my line of thinking was that I refused to let four years dictate my finances for at least ten years.
- Plenty of academic offerings (and the schedule to utilize them)
- Practical grounding
- Job resources / Getting a good job after graduation
- A fun area surrounding the school / campus
- A few close friends
Not ordered in any way, just what came to mind
A liver that can tolerate the most potent poisons
the degree…
The degrees (B.S. and hopefully M.S. in mathematics), along with admission to a good math Ph.D. program.
Financial independence from my parents, or at least the sense that I’m getting there.
Research experience.
To learn a foreign language.
Cultural literacy.
Why do you want the degree? What do you want it to get you?
I totally hear you about solid friends being an important (and achievable) part of the college experience. But the $75,000 or whatever you’re paying for those 4 years is a huge price tag for friends that you could find elsewhere…is there something else that you want to get out of college that would make that price tag “worth” it?