J Sargeant Reynolds Community College Top Questions

Do not fall for the first semester lull. Coursework will become serious and intense seemingly overnight. Do not act like your grades freshman year will not count. GPA is easy to drop, hard to bring back up. Please do the readings, homework, essays, and projects! They are more than a grade. They are an opportunity to learn in the field you want to study and apply as a living. No matter how much you wish you could, you cannot change the past. It is the past that has helped mold you. Instead of living a more naive, sheltered life, you went through fire and came out alive. Yes, you may have wounds, but you are alive. Embrace life! Going into college, you will be afraid. That fear and anxiety will be there, but use them to your advantage. Let those feelings help motivate you, but do not forget to incorporate the positive feelings. Concentrate on what gives you joy, peace, and fulfillment. Dedicate ample time to self-care. Go outside of the dorm, spend time with real friends, volunteer/work off campus, find a fun extracurricular activity outside of college. Finally be truthful, open and best version of yourself!

I would say to myself that education is im portant and you should work very hard if you want to be successsful in life.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself not to worry about all of the high school drama. I would tell myself that all the students who were spending all of their time partying and demeaning others were going to get nowhere in life. I would tell myself to stay tough because before I knew it, I would be in college, where people stop caring about what you look like or who you're dating. I would encourage myself to improve my grades and try to get involved in some kind of extracurricular activity in order to increase my potential for scholarships instead of worrying about the other students. Most importantly, I would reassure myself that everything wouldget better and to just keep my head held high.

As a high school senior, I was embarrassed and discouraged about attending a community college after spending four years at a "gifted" magnet school for government and international studies. Despite being accepted to several universities, I ultimately chose community college because of my family's financial situation. After having experienced a year in college, however, I would encourage myself to make the best of community college, even though it was a last resort. I would advise my high school self not to worry about the year to come, and to come in to college with an open mind and without prejudice.

If I went back in time to my high school senior year to tell myself about the college life, I would advise myself to use my time wisely in getting my assignment done and turned in the appropriate time, spend less time on the computer, study hard and ahead for quizzes and tests, and take effective notes during lectures. In addition, before and after class, I will look back at the notes I have taken to make sure I understand the information, ask questions, and listen to your professors. Anything that you do to the professor and/or your classmates such as being loud and disrespectful will result to instant faliure of the classes you are taking. The professors play no games, and college is not a picnic; moreover, you have a lot of freedom and responsibility in your hands. You have to do what you have to do without playing around and thinking that it is a joke. College is not like high school; no one is going to tell you what to do. Even though the transition from high school to college will be new to you, it will prepare you for the Real World.

Don't be in such a rush to finish high school and rush into the real world to make money. Think about what you want in life and pursue it. Go to college and pursue a career you will always have a passion for as that will always make you happy and possibly make the money to be finanically secure in the future. Always pursue your dreams and goals, don't ever lose them or push them aside for a later time.

If i can go back in time and talk to myself I will first tell myself to stay in school. I was a high school drop out and went back to school to get my G.E.D. Dropping out of school was the worst decision I made in my whole life. If i have'nt had people who cared about me I would'nt have went back to school. So I will give the advise of staying in school and don't be no high school drop out.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to calm down and take a breather. I was so hyper about everything. My head was in 20 different things at the same time and they all needed my undivided attention. I was looking at so many schools but I did not take the time to do a my own reasearch on each one. I never sat down to narrow things down. I would also tell myself not to be afraid to ask for help when I need it the most or when I know I don't know something. Asking for help doesn't mean I'm clueless or unintelligent, rather it gives me an opportunity to learn something. Preparation is key for college [life] and it all starts from the mind. Being prepared and focused mentally readies me for whatever college has for me. Also, being organized is crucial in college life. Last but not least, I would urge myself that I should strive to be the best that I can be.

I would tell them to not stop going to school and just try there hardest to get as many scholarships as possbile .

I would say to myself that I should take advantage of the tutoring to help me even further in my studies to develop better study habits. I would talk to my guidness counselor to discuss what I'm interested in and what school will fit what I am looking for. Try new activites such as drama club, art club, sports, band, and volunteering for your community. Visit college campuses to see what colleges you may want to attend to see what they are like, check the student to instructor ratio, how far the campus is, and do you want to stay on campus or live near. Study hard to keep your grade point average up, don't give up when it gets tough and you feel you may not make. Just tell yourself that you have a future and its brighter when you continue your education. Set a good example to the future seniors coming up and talk to them about what they can do to be successful. Also be proud to walk across that stage and recieving your diploma.

If I were to go back in time, knowing what I know now, I would have told myself to wait until I had something I was truley passionate about about before attending school. Thats not to say I regret going to school when I did. I meet people who mean the world to me and learned things that I might not have learned if I didn't go to school when I did. At that time, I think I went to school because it seemed like "the thing to do" and not because I truley had a desire to learn, which is the reason why a person should persue education post high school.

Be prepared. Study all the time. Do your homework. Partying will not get you thru school. You on your own and there is no one to help.

If I could go back into time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to be more prepared for college life. Pursuing a engineering at J. Sargeant Reynolds, I wish that I took more summer classes that would credit towards my college profession. However, I wish I could tell myself how well I was doing academically at school. In High School, I always had above average grades, but my self esteem was well below my fellow teammates. I believe if I told myself in high school that I would overcome my fears of failures and adapt to a successful college lifestyle I would have been more disciplined in school in preparing myself for college.