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I like to think I did! I changed my major (undeclared in Arts and Sciences) to Finance in School of Management, and you had to have a certain GPA to do that, plus I was on the honor roll every semester.

I didn't have a ton of relevant work experience, but I ended up in a 2 year program in a firm right after graduation and I've worked here for almost 15 years now. I was able to pay off all my student loans and I've even gotten a advanced degree, company paid.

I also think timing paid a huge role in it all, it was before all of the Y2K issues, the internet bubble burst, etc, so people entering the job market the first 5 years when I was working had it a bit rougher.

No, I didn't think through what I wanted to do, my degree, etc. so now I'm back in school.

Nope. I had no idea what I wanted to do with a sociology/criminology/political science background. And still don't. So then I went to law school, except I hate being a lawyer. So not good planning on my part at all haha.

No! I made the most of my college experience though!

Well, I am a huge nerd who busted my butt all through college academically, and graduated with honors and am now getting a phd in the same subject as my undergrad major, so academically, I do think I did. There are a couple things I'd change about my path (individual classes I wish I had or had not taken, maybe a different study abroad program than the one I did), but mostly it's served me very well!

Socially, I grew more post-college in the four years I worked before returning to grad school. I sometimes wish I'd done more during college, but I was so focused on academics that I couldn't handle much else without letting those slip.

Well I think about going back for grad school every.day. so... maybe I still can make the most of it!

Yes! We'll my BA was in psych and that didn't help too much but it helped me to get my education degree which I totally use!

Academically, yes. It was important to me to do well in school! I wish I had gotten more involved in activities though! In the end, my degree got me a job I wanted and I can still say I had a blast along the way, so I would call it successful!

Not really. I double majored in two difficult subjects, and was a really average student in both. In retrospect I really should have given up the fun one (Russian) and just concentrated on the one I wanted for a career (molecular biology). I worked in a lab, but I didn't have time to really focus on it. And then I spent years learning Russian, but never made the time to actually go there, so it was all wasted in the end. I'd really do things differently if I could go back.

Not at all and I'm still paying for it now.....

I was suffering from severe depression in my late teens and, although my grades were still good, my heart wasn't in it at all and I stopped attending classes altogether in my second year of University. Part way through the second year, I quit my course. I got some help, got a job and got on with my life...

Years later, I decided to put myself through college, taking evening classes while working full time. I studied law for four years and got great grades. I couldn't, however, afford the pay cut to take an entry level law job so nothing changed, really..... I'm now putting myself through an Open University degree in English. Again, I'm doing it distance learning while working full time AND I'm paying my fees monthly.....

.......The fact of the matter is, if I had done it at the time, aged 18, when I had the chance it would have been much, much easier (and cheaper). But you don't appreciate the opportunities you have at the time, do you?!