Edgewood College Top Questions

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, i would advise myself to always remain focus, responsible, and accountable. College life is a huge step in responsibility as i have learned. I would also inform myself that hard work always pay off regardless of how tidious it may seem at that point and that the saying;" Work hard, play later" is a very relevant lifestyle to any college student. During my time in the dental assistant program, i started out not taking my grades seriously. Though i am a very intelligent student, I took advantage of being away from home, having my own place and transportation until one day my instructor informed me that i was failing a course that i needed to graduate. It was then that i realized that i lost my focus. After that rude awakening, i finished at the top of my class and was the first to receive a job during clinicals. As a whole, i would tell myself as a high school senior that college life has a story to tell of its own. How the story ends is always the individuals choice.

College is a lot easier than high school. There is not as much pressure to fit in. This is truly an opportunity to discover yourself.

I would give myself the advice that in college you have to try extra hard to get good grades you can not just wake up and go to an exam you need to study and do the homework and you will then get really good grades and succed in life. I also would tell myself that I should of tried harder in high school because then I would of felt more prepared for college level classes.

Trust your own instincts. If I have learned one thing from going to college for three years so far, it would be to follow my own head and heart. During a college career, there are many decisions to make, and sometimes one can get caught up in them. I was getting opinions and suggestions from every direction, and I let others influence my choices; consequently, I realized I wasn't truly happy. No matter how rediculous and crazy an idea about college may be, take the risk if it feels right. I was living my life based on what others wanted, and I wound up not knowing what I desired for myself. Now, I am on the right path and following my own dreams. College is the time in life to take advantage of the freedom to mold your own future. "I guess if you don't jump, you'll never know if you can fly."

I bet you must want to know about me a little bit more and listen to my councils, cause I walked back and gave you the words deeply in my heart. I knew that you might think you're good at what you're right now, having a job, studying in high school, no metter the result it maybe, good or bad, it doesn't seem meant alot to you. please, listen what I'm trying to warn you. Now you've no idea how valuable to study as good as possible in these few years in your academy's life. In here you can choose whatever majors/minors which you really interested in and also people in BYUH, they're trying so hard to live with the best as they can, or may say the higher standard that the school expeceted to be. To study in college, it'll treure you up in knowledges and wisdoms to make you wise in all things. we should be grateful for learning opportunity in life, much knowledge you've gain and most easily become a better or successful person. Helping people out by standing upper than the poor.

My advice to myself would be to think about how your major will affect you later in life. That you love what you do not just for a paycheck, but for the long haul. Try to take some kind of exsperince out of each class you take even if it is not directly. Related to your major, because you never know how. That information could be useful to you later in life, and stay positive and focused.

There is a lot of time to figure out what you are most interested in and have the most aptitude in. Take classes that are exciting to you, not just what other people think you should take, and work hard at whatever you do because more doors will be open to you. You never know who might come back into your life and under what circumstances, so treat everyone with the respect. Honesty and ethics are the best foundation of any career or relationship, professional or personal, and will always outweigh test grades or your GPA. Most importantly, it’s ok to feel confused or unsure of what you want. You wouldn’t be in college if you knew everything and life is always filled with uncertainty so don’t let it scare you – it’s what keeps life interesting. Lastly, don’t change the road you are on. A bright and beautiful future is a head of you. It will be filled with many challenges, but you will overcome them and be a stronger, more accepting, and successful mother because of them. One person, even you, can have a lasting, positive impact on the world.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, there are probably several things I would say. Knowing what I know now about college life, I would tell myself to study harder. One thing I have found out in college is, that I wish I had studied harder in high school. It seems that when you are in high school, you don't realize how important studying really is. As an older college student, I have found that I retained information much easier when I was younger. I would also tell myself to pay closer attention, and to challenge myself to take more difficult classes. All I had on my mind at the time I was a senior, was to graduate and get married. With this in mind, I only took the basic classes that I needed to graduate. Now I wish I had taken everything possible, played everything possible, and lived life in a way that was pleasing to God. As most adults do, I have realized that the things that were important in high school, don't mean a thing now.

Never give up. No words could have meant more to me in high school than never give up. It may sound rather cliché, and that is simply because it is true. The second I gave up on my educational journey was the first second I regretted it. It took me over four years to get back into the classroom. Every teacher says it, and every adult student seconds the motion, but I had never fully understood how destructive giving up on myself would eventually be. The hurdles that I created for myself by giving up did not need to exist. I was on the road to a productive and meaningful life. Unfortunately, when I decided that I didn't need school to be successful, I buried myself in a pigeon hole too deep to see the light. Education is, without a doubt, the most significant and powerful tool and person can garner. If I could implant that sage wisdom into my younger self, I can only imagine what accomplishments I would have achieved. Thankfully, I am back in school, and this time around, I will not give up.

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself that college is a lot harder than high school. You cant not do your work or not go to class and still succeed. You really need to try hard and put tons of effort into succeeding. I would also tell myself that I would of transfered to Edgewood because I didn't like UW Milwaukee. I would of also told myself that college would be a time to grow up and mature and relize the good things in life and to enjoy it because it only comes once. I would of also told myself that you will miss your family so much because going away I didnt think I would but you do. I would also give myself the advice of seeking extra help like tutors and talking to your teachers if you feel like you are falling behind in a class. The extra things that a college offers I would defnitily recommend checking them out because they do help a lot when it comes to grades.