Aurora University Top Questions

My advice to you this year my friend is to really explore your career options and keep an open mind. I would suggest doing research online as to the payscales of selected career choices and compare that to what you will be spending on college. I would even consider doing some job shadowing on your selected choices to get a feel of the careers. Many students go to college and spends thousands of dollars on tuition for a job that pays very little. Start off right by pursuing a career that will make you more than what you spend on college.

“Keep your eyes on your goal,” I said to myself. If I could go back and speak to myself as a high school senior, I would say that loud and clear. Do not let the things going on around you interfere with your goal of getting that college degree. That boy-friend and full time job is no reason to turn away from your college goal. Whatever is going on in your life while you are in high school will be long gone in a few years and 10- or 20-years from now when you look back, you’ll have no college degree, that boy friend and job will be long gone, and you’ll be left fighting your way through the financial debt of an adult trying to raise two young children with a desperate desire to go back to college to complete your degree, that goal you always had. So I say to myself, “The point here is, to stay focused, do not let anyone or anything jeopardize your goal, and in the long run you will have a great accomplishment that will give you a immeasurable outlook on your life for years to come.”

I would tell myself to learn how to study, studying wasn’t a big priority for me in high school. Now all I do is study and it would have been helpful if that was something I was used to doing all the time. Also another would be get higher grades, I had good grades during high school but if I did better I would have definitely been looked at by more colleges and more scholarships. Lastly, I would tell myself to not over stress myself, everything will work out in the end.

I know right now it seems like high school is something you're being forced to do, despite the fact that you dislike and are annoyed by everyone there. It's true, people in high school are very immature. But just remember that YOU'RE not. Be proud of yourself for seeing all their mean/cruel jokes as, well, mean/cruel jokes. You're not a chicken or a scardy cat for veiwing fighting as horribly wrong and pointless. I'm proud to be able to tell you that you still have never been in a fight or even a verbal confrontation. Oh and don't forget to remind yourself that you're doing all this "school" stuff for your future self, not your parents, not the government, and not to become a normal member of society. Whatever that is. You're trying hard right now because in the long run, it's going to affect your whole life. Just imagine how amazing it will feel to finally have your own restaurant, have people working for you, not having to do anything but sit around and collect your money. We're going to do it, you're already so close.

I wish more than anything that I could go back in time and talk to myself my senior year. I was the first person in my family to graduate high school and Start College. I choose a Community college close to home so I could be there for my younger siblings. My biggest regret is not going to a university right away. If I knew then that I would be supporting my youngest siblings now, I think I would have opt to go. It has taken me a long time to get where I am today, and financially it's been a struggle to continue my education. If i could talk to my senior self, I would tell myself, "GO RIGHT TO A FOUR YEAR UNIVERISTY! Get it done as soon as possible so you can ultimately live the life you imagine yourself living in your mid-twenties. There is no excuse to wait!! Go chase your career dreams that will set you up to live successfully in your future. You will have financial issues no matter where you go to school. Get your degree so you can support yourself and not have to rely on anyone! "

The advice that I would give myself is way beyond what I ever would let anyone tell me, and that's slowing down and taking everything in. As a senior in high school I had a lot on my plate, and so does other seniors. But I felt as if I had too many things going on at once. Between filing out applications for college, keeping my gardes, and leading my class as the class president, my head was spinning constantly. I would tell the s high school me to start slowing down and doing everything slower. And by slower I mean taking my time and rushing my senior year to jsut pass away. Of course it's harder to say then do but, hearing it from myself would of made me think again. In high school I was the class president for four years, SGA vice president, I ran track and I also was the track captain, I cheered, played flag football, I even played volleyball, and the worst part about this is that I was working everyday to support myslef. If I had to tell my self anything it would have to be, slow down and enjoy highschool.

If I could give my high school senior self advice, I would tell myself to fill out as many scholarships as possible. I am very stressed out about the debt I am going to have when I graduate college. I could not have acquired any better grades. I got a 4.0 GPA and a 31 ACT score, yet I am going to be $60,000 in debt after college. I wish I had filled out more scholarships because every dollar counts!

I would advice myself to pay close attention to all my classes, as they are the foundation of all college classes. This would have helped me in getting better grades and the smoothness of all classes. I would also advice myself to invest more time in school work and studying in order to obtain a higher GPA; therefore, my opportunities of getting scholarships and grants would have increased significantly. Pretty much, my advice in general would have been to make education my priority.

I would tell myself to take school serious becuase the classes i took in high school were not what i really needed in order to excell in the carreer field that I have chosen. And i would tell myself that nothing is guaranteed, you have to work hard to get good grades and that will help with college.

You have been told to always reach for the stars. While these are wise words, take heed in interpreting them. They are encouraging you to go after attainable goals. You might say, “I have to reach for the impossible, do not limit my potential!” I am not advising to limit your potential, rather I am encouraging you to make decisions carefully. The letters of acceptance you have received from top universities speak wonders to your intelligence, but before saying yes to them ask yourself this, “Can I afford this school?” If you attend a school considered the “best” you will have to drop out because of its high cost. You will spend four years struggling to receive scholarships while working two jobs as a full-time student just to pay tuition. While attending a “top” university is great, consider what is more important. Would you rather attend a top university where you will have to drop out or attend a reputable university where you will achieve so much more than you had imagined? By taking the latter route you will discover it does not matter which college you attended, rather what you did with the opportunities presented to you.