{"id":471,"date":"2013-04-27T03:25:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T03:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/?p=471"},"modified":"2013-04-27T03:25:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T03:25:59","slug":"daniel-stars-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/2013\/04\/27\/daniel-stars-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel – STARS (Part 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dan2\"<\/a>Daniel. Marketing major. Freshman. STARS Residential College.<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i>Among the greatest shocks in my college experience came at the start of my second semester. My friends and I had finally moved back into the STARS after a long break and I was eager and ready to start my new classes and see the faces I had missed the last few weeks. It took several days before I realized that there were missing faces. Casual acquaintances, floor mates\u2026some were gone. I was startled when the realization fully settled. In high school everyone comes back after a break. But in college, sometimes, people don\u2019t come back.<\/i> These are people I will probably never see again.<\/p>\n

No one is guaranteed success in college. Every student needs to be prepared to put effort into their studies. I knew people who slept through all their classes or never made time for class work but I don\u2019t see them anymore. They didn\u2019t make it through their first year.<\/i> Sometimes I think of these lost friends and sometimes I miss them but I never understand them. UCA gave each one the potential to do extremely well.<\/p>\n

Study areas. Advising centers. An extensive library and database. Easy access to tutoring. Professors who are available to meet with students individually. Residential Colleges.<\/i> UCA gives us so much!<\/p>\n

Residential Colleges are an invaluable asset to a freshman. I was fortunate to be in the STARS. I needed the help I could get, the help my Residential College offered me. If I had not utilized every benefit, every tool, every advantage UCA gave me I might have ended up as one of those people who don\u2019t come back. This is my final semester in a Residential College but because of the STARS I am prepared to live without the STARS. Because of the STARS I have a bright future with UCA.<\/p>\n

\"Daniel<\/a><\/p>\n

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