Edgewood College Top Questions

Stay focused. Because of my perfect attendance throughout high school, maintaining a 4.0 GPA, and being involved in the community, I learned perseverance, time management skills, reliability, determination, and courage. All of these characteristics were a great benefit for the transition from high school into college. You can accomplish anything if you stay focused and believe in yourself.

I would tell myself to make sure I make the very best grades possible. I would also tell myself to make sure I get a college degree, that once I get to age 33 I will be living on my own and I need to take adventage of living at home while I can. At 33 that I will be working hard to support myself therefore; I will not be eligible to recieve a pell grant . It will be almost impossible for me to pay for college so I need to grasp the opportunity while I still can. I need to go to college right out of high school so I can send my parents money because they will lose alot of money in the stock market. I wish I could have forseen my future back then and grasped life by the hands better than I have. I am glad I now saw the light and am doing my very best to make my future brighter.

It?s simple really...In the event that I could travel back in time and speak to myself as a high school senior I would advise myself on the ups-and-downs of college. I would proceed to give myself a crash course on the do's and don?ts, essentially attempting to best prepare myself at a second shot to not do things much differently per say, but to do them far more efficiently and effectively. Shortly after I would very likely sip on a diet 7up and sit down with my 2009-2010 stock market statistics. I would have previously mapped out the events that triggered the recent so called "global" recession. I wouldn?t attempt to prevent it as I would only stand out as a ludicrous and more appropriately, a skeptic economist, however I would use it to my advantage. This future data would help my past self accrue large sums of profits to make a difference, for myself individually, to others as a community and to the planet as a whole. Ps/Note: The time and resources allotted to me on my endeavor back to the past must be taken into consideration.

Remember when dad was driving you back from a soccer game the other weekend and you were discussing college and he told you that you will change your major at least once? Or when he repeatedely said to expect the unexpected? Well, dad will be gone in three years and he won't be able to share his wisdom, so be sure to listen and learn from him now. He's smarter than you realize. Today, you can't picture yourself as anything but a teacher, but you will be able to do so soon enough. The people surrounding you and the challenges you endure will shape your goals. Dad said it's important to write down your goals and what motivates you. Even though they will change, you must reflect and see where you were, where you are, and where you are going. So keep a journal. You will change majors and face the most difficult time in your life, but you will survive. Expect the unexpected and when it arrives unwelcomed, remember you cannot control everything that happens to you, but you can control how you deal with it. Don't fight these challenges. Let them guide you.

First and for-most I would tell myself to grow up. To become a responsible, active, and mature citizen for yourself and your country you need to grow up! If you want to excel in life the first step is to take responsibility of your life and where you are headed. High School is a breeze compared to "real life," and the harder you work on your grades and your test scores, better opportunityies will be furnished because of the initiative that you took in High School. Free will is something that all people have, but is something so many people do not understand. Understand that it is your life and the decisions you make, the influences you pur yourself around, and the steps you take will determine your destiny. With that said, please take the time to consider making wise and astute decisions for yourself because it will pay off when you hold that diploma and you go to find a career in this "savage economical system." Knowledge is something no one can take away from you, so take the time to obtain as much knowledge as you can now. Sincerely - Anthony C. Gonzales Stig.

This is a time when you feel like you are standing uncertainly on a diving board, preparing to plunge into the great unknown. You have many expectations and may have planned scenarios about what college life has in store for you. But instead of struggling to make college conform to your vision -- walk around and see what is around you. Don't try to fit your life into a slot -- learn from the big, bright opportunies college will bring. Ask questions. Study Student Life posters. Volunteer. Go to the documentary showing on campus. Visit art shows. Listen to campus radio stations. Attend lectures. Go -- even if the event isn't something you think you'll find interesting -- because this is how you will find out who you are. Explore, discover and learn. If you let life unfold before you, you may just find the path to your future.

Dear (high school senior) Mary Paige, I have changed a lot since high school due to the challenges and obstacles I faced while in college. It wouldn't be fair to tell you everything that has happened to me because all of it helped me become who I am today. However, I would like to give you three words of advice that will help you work toward being the best person you can be. You've probably already heard these words, but never really listened. The three words are: TAKE HEALTHY RISKS. College is full of new people, new surroundings, and new opportunities. Some of these new risks will be mistakes, but some will change your life for the better! You will never know which is which unless you take a healthy risk. There's so much advice that I'd like to give you- get involved, meet people, have fun, actually read the class material, exercise, eat well, call your parents, don't order food late at night, watch your food when it's cooking, separate your laundry before washing it, but most of all TAKE HEALTHY RISKS. Good Luck! Sincerely, (present-day) Mary Paige

Knowing everything that I know now about college life, I would probably tell myself to really study hard in high school and to take as many AP classes as possible. I would also tell myself to be more open to change and to realize that everyone is going through the same thing that you are. They may be taking different classes and going for a different degree but they are still attending school, maybe working, maybe playing sports, so they are still juggling more than one thing at the same time. College life is a great way to meet new people and basically to start over where no one may know who you are. While you are in college, you grow into an adult. During this time, you learn and experience a lot of things that you did not in high school. I would also tell myself to not worry about the small thing, but to always look at the big picture. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow and hope that everything works out, sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. That's what life is all about, and college definatly helps with learning that.

I would tell myself that I was doing great. I would tell myself that everything I was working hard for in High-School would really help in college. I would tell my high school freshman self to think about the future when I want to put off my homework and think of how, once I'm in college that all the hard work I did in High-school would make college easier. (Since I went to a tough college prep.) I would also tell myself to not worry about what people think of you in high school, once you get to college you can be whatever you want and people will still accept you. I would tell myself: keep being who you are, work hard for what you want and stay strong; life only gets more fun.

I would say be very stingy when it comes to you money because college is a very expensive time in your life. Also be true to yourself and don't conform to people around you who you think you want to be friends with.