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Even though an internship was
not required for graduation,

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I felt that it would be
beneficial for me to apply

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the knowledge that I had
gained through my years

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in college.

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I learned the job quickly
and stayed with the company

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after graduation.

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I thoroughly enjoyed
my years in college.

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Probably the most memorable
educational experience I

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had was when I took an
economics class

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as an elective.

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Most of my friends thought I
was crazy, but I wanted to

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learn more about how
our economy worked.

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I had a fabulous professor
in this course.

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He had no formal attendance
policy, but I never even

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considered missing one
of his classes.

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He explained complex theories
so thoroughly and in such

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concrete terms that
everything just "clicked".

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I earned my first 100% on an
examination in his class.

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I enjoyed his teaching
methods so much that I took

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the next class in the series,
also as an elective.

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In high school, I would go
the guidance counselor's

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office quite frequently and
look at the college catalogs.

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I spent two weeks between my
junior and senior years

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visiting campuses and talking
to the students and faculty.

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I even sat in on classes.

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The college I chose won out
over the other colleges

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because of the faculty's
involvement with the students

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and their enthusiasm for
their subjects.

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I also liked the small
teacher-to-student ratio.

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I tried to make the most of
any course I took in college,

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and to figure out how it
would apply to my future.

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The courses I enjoyed most
were in Business

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and Economics.

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As for those I enjoyed least,
those were the required

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science courses that were
taught in 400-student

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lecture halls.

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The content was useful, but
I prefer being able to have

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contact with the professor
and to participate in class.

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While I was in college, I
worked part-time at a

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local store.

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This job, combined with my
student loans that I am

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almost through paying off,
helped me pay for more than

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80% of my college expenses.

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Ever since I was a kid, I
was interested in business

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and technology.

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When I started college, I
selected a major that is

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consistent with
these interests.