My experience with college turned out to be totally different then what I expected. I came into college at the early age of 17 years old. I was still in the mode of hanging out and just living free and finding new friends. But that was not the case of what happened once I enter the real world as I call it now. I can honestly say I now have a much greater point of view about life, school and how to value my education. Now that I am older and I realize the value of education I now understand how important it is to take education seriously. I started out me in Hostos community college, after my first semester I really felt like giving up. Going to Hostos changed my view on wanting to go to college at all. I was really discouraged a good friend of mine told me about Monroe College and to go check it out. I took her up on her advice and signed up and enter Monroe College to start studying for my associate’s degree. Entering Monroe was one of the greatest things that has happened to me. I started to feel how important getting a career is and to really get into what I was learning. I felt the faculty really cared about my education and with that encouragement taught me to have the same value as well. I was so happy and proud to achieve my Associates degree in applied science as a medical assistant I was so over joyed. I began to work in different health clinics and doctor offices, which I really enjoyed I began to use what I learned in school in my everyday life. I was feeling the rewards of success, but then I felt a big now what feeling take over me. I felt there was still more that I now want to achieve. So I decided to go back to Monroe to get my Bachelor’s degree in Health Service Administration. I wanted to know how the business side of healthcare worked. I was very excited about starting school again but also in a very complicated situation of having to work two