Student story: College expands opportunities
About this video
A graduating student reflects on four years of college: studying abroad in South America and Europe, getting job offers from tech companies he never imagined working for, and making friends who are now founding start-ups or becoming doctors and leaders. He says you get out of college what you put in, and that everyone's experience is different but worth trying.
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- describe opportunities this student gained through college.
- explain what 'you get out of it what you put in' means.
- explain why every student's college experience is different.
Key words
- Abroad
- In another country.
- Start-up
- A new, small company, often started to build a new product or idea.
- Testament
- Proof or evidence that something is true.
- Fielding offers
- Receiving and considering job offers.
Transcript
- Having gotten to college and being there 4 years I've had so many great experiences. I've had so many great opportunities. Going abroad twice, South America and Europe. I never imagined I could've done that and after college I've done those things. Working tech companies, those were far away from my mind.
I never thought I'd work in a tech company. I never thought it was for me and then here I am, fielding offers from companies right now at the end of it. The friends I've met, they're off doing start-ups right now or being the next doctors or the next political leaders.
College really introduced all of that to me and gave me that. Of course I worked hard for it, who doesn't? Once you make it to college, it's a testament that you worked hard and here you are getting something from it. I stand by that. You get out of it what you put in and if you never try then you'll never know what college is.
College is unique and it'll be different for everyone. You'll never have the same experience as I've had but you'll have memorable experiences yourself and you'll think back and be like, "Wow, "college was amazing and I'm glad I really did it"
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