South Mountain Community College Top Questions

I would advise myself to assess my strengths and weaknesses. Spend time on getting to know your interests so you can better evaluate your career choices. Spend time volunteering in your community more. The more experience you have the chance you have at obtaining scholarships. Always strive to be self suffiecient, and allow room for improvement. Enjoy your high school experience, but don't lose focus.

Learn how to study; you only think you know how to study. Your methods are inefficient and will not cut it in the big leagues. You also need to enjoy the senioritis while you can and accept the fact you'll need to buckle down once college starts. You are more than capable of excelling in your studies, you just have to believe in yourself. On top of everything, relax. Things will work out for the better even if you take a few detours over rough terrain. It may seem hopeless, but you'll make your way through like you always do. Your patience and perseverance will ultimately pay off and your dream of becoming a pharmacist will eventually be within reach. Best of luck to you, and enjoy it; they will be your best years.

If I could talk to myself as a high school senior, I would motivate myself and change my way of thinking . I was an early graduate and went straight to community college, I did not wait. I was very excited to start college but, I still had the mind set of a high schooler. When I began to start my classes and getting more into the semester, I realized that the teachers are not going to be on my case about attending classes, doing work, and paying attention like teachers did in high school. I really had to get in my mind and tell myself this is my responsibility, my education, and my life; no one is going to be on my back about anything, it is all on me. If I would have known that as a senior in high school, I would not have been in much shock as I was when starting college. That is the advice I would give myself, making sure I'm ready for anything and thinking like an adult.

All in all, I believe I made the right decision to attend a community college instead of a four year college or university. Education expenses these days are outrageous and I strongly encourage others to attend a community college before and save money. Advice I would give myself is apply for financial aid, scholarships, and grants as much as you can. I had recieved a athletic scholarship and an academic scholarship while attending school there which helped, but I feel as if I would have applied for scholarships, I could have got my school paid for to save up for my next educational experience.

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself not to quit school. I quit school about three months before graduation. I finally recieved my high school diploma in August of 2011. I got to participate in the graduation ceromony in June of 2012 and I graduated with honors. I wish more than anything that I would have done it all back in 1998 with all my friends. I am attending college now and trying to get an associates degree in radiology. Being thirty-three years old, working, married and a house full of children, it is not easy. I am very proud of what I have accomplished, but it has really been hard. It's been so long since I've been in school. I'm having to learn things all over again because I can't remember them. I think about the career I could've had if I had only stayed in school and finished all those years ago.

The best advice I could give myself would be to look up and sign up for as many scholarships as possible. To look up scholarships every day for at least two hours a day.

I would tell myself to continue to study hard and be appreciative for the homework, quizzes, and tests that are given by the teachers. They give homework, tests, and quizzes for a purpose and that is to prepare us for the college life. I would tell myself to never take school for granted and that hard work will pay off in the end.

Never give up on getting an education. And there are no excuses not to go to school.

If I could go back in time, and advice myself, I would tell myself college, and high school are two different things. For once, you are paying for college, either through financial aid, or your own pocket money, and high school you are not. Second, high school students main focus is fashion trends, and popularity, college is not. I would just tell myself to focus more on the skills they are teaching me on my last year as a high school student, so I can somewhat have something to take forward into college.

As a high school senior I was excited to be entering into my college years. I originally went to Ivy Tech State College in Indiana full time. I started slacking, majorly. The fact that I was paying for college with mutual funds left by my Grandmother there were no rules to stay enrolled like there is with financial aid. So, I did poorly when I would actually go. Resulting in being dropped because of numerous absences and left with nothing to show for all the money spent. I then went to another college and did the same thing. Once realizing this is something I NEED in life I applied for financial and started attending every scheduled class on time and trying my hardest. I didn't realize the importance of ataining higher education as I do now. I should have told myself that in my life not going to college isn't an option. Not only because I am passionate about the degree in which I am slowly achieving but also because there isn't any reason one should pass up the opportunity to be able to learn and grow in a safe environment.

Make sure to make use of your time, having fun is important in college, but you should be able to balance the two. Also, if involved in sports, it is important that you focus on school work and work closely with an advisor that will help you choose classes that will work towards your degree, not just easy classes that ensure your eligibility to play.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would have given myself so much advice about what to expect in college. The very first piece of advice I would offer would be to cut back on the amount of hours I worked and instead put those hours into community service and school activities. My time would have been better invested into those things and it would have given me an edge when applying for scholarships. I also would have told myself to talk to my counselor about the financial aid programs available at the University of Arizona so that I would be able to attend after graduation instead of a community college. I would have explained the importance of keeping my head in my books instead of working too much or hanging out with friends. I would have instilled the importance of applying for scholarships and being more persistent in my desire to attend U of A. But most of all I would have told myself that it was time to grow up and become an adult because there is no room for immaturity in college life.

I'm going to start a new experience in my life. "College" I'm so excieted, because is a new experience and chanllenge. I'm ready to skip any obstacle, although it will not be easy, because I'm still not fully prepared in English, but this not scares me, on the contrary it gives me more strength to move forward and learn with more efforto.

I would have told myself that college life is fun, and you have alot more freedom than you have in high school but you have to keep your priorities straight and use your time wisely. More importantly than anything though i would have told myself that I have to be totally self motivated, with a plan and goals to strive for because no one is pushing you to go to class or do your homework or study for your exams like in high school. I would have told myself that once i reach this point i'm in control of how far i want to go, because you have to make the effort to talk to your advisor's and ask questions about what scholarships opportunities are available to you or what classes you have to take in order to work your way towards completing your degree and putting yourself in a postion to suceed in rewarding career that your interested in and passionate about. More so than anything i would have kept telling myself that these next however many years would be the most important in my life in deciding how successfull I'll ultimately be.

The advise I would give myself as a high school senior would be to make sure to take math each year of high school. I chose to take the route of no math after sophomore year, and I spent my whole first year of college catching up to a math that counted towards my degree. That would be the biggest thing that I would change.

Transitioning form a High School Senior to a College Freshman may be one of the most important times in your life. Education is your key to success so stay focused. In order to be the best you must put in your best effort, that includes: going to class on time everyday, turning in every assignment, and doing your best on every assignment. Friends come and go but your education will take you where you need to be so don't slack off when it matters most.

I would tell myself not to be in such a hurry to grow up, the world is a mean and cruel world, I would tell Myself to listen to all the advice that I could get from my elders. I would tell myself not to get caught up in the wrong crowd because in doing so I wouldn't want to do anything with my life, and once I did decide that I wanted to do something it would be a lot harder to get started. I would just encourage myself to do the things that I needed to do to keep moving forward.

First, I would tell myself, what am I thinking wearing that. I'll tell myself that if i think being a high school senior is hard just wait until I get into college. Things will much harder and cost alto of money. I would tell myself not to go straight into college right after high school. I should take a break and decided if going into college is what I really want to do if so what do I really want to do, whats my interest, because I cant just waste my time taking classes I have no interest in taking because at the end of the day that's wasting money. Finical aide is not for every. I would also tell myself to apply for college out of state so that I can experience how college life is really about. I would tell myself that at times it will get hard. I'll days when I don't want to get out of bed but I will just have to push myself. Push myself to the best of my ability because when I walk on the stage and get my degree its going to be worth it.

My first piece of advice would be GO CHANGE YOUR MAJOR AND FIRST SEMESTERS SCHEDULE, because it's going to be the start of your hatred for school. I wish I would been as confident then as I am now that creative writing is my passion and is the path I was destined to take. I would tell myself that school is going to be hard but pursuing your true passion will make it all worth it. My biggest regret that I have made is not knowing what all of my options were and just going with the degree path I thought I had to do. Also going from high school to an out-of-town is going to be an extremely hard transition and you have to keep your head about it. Remember why you are there, school, and don't let the distractions of freedom allow you to stray. Most importantly, DON'T PROCRASTINATE! Get what you need to get done and fight every instinct in you to put it off for another time!

At this point in my life I need to buckle down and focus on applying for scholarships and college. I need to look into the options that I enjoy as a major and find out the requirements needed for that major. Also, find a school that you find interesting and has your major with a program or internship to go with it. Jump into financial aid information and sign up for FAFSA. Get all the neccesities done for college and since you are in the ACE program, get all of your prerequisites out of the way. Do not stress about anything, relax and get ready for the transition.

Go to a university and get your education as soon as possible.

wait to have children. Its only a small fraction of your time compared to the rest of your life. and make everything count for something

Be prepared to be great. You have total control of your desitny and with a commitment to yourself you can become the person that you want to be. Take college life's up's and down's to the best of your ability and in the end you will be sucessful.