Frostburg State University Top Questions

It was well worth it and I would do it all over again if I could. This is why I went back to school and I am currently in graduate school.

I wish I knew what I know now two years ago when I was deciding where to attend college. I thought that I would get the same college experience at my hometown college as I would if I went away to school. I wish i could tell myself that it is okay to go away, take a chance, and make a change in your life; you will be happier if you do. My friend and I thought living on campus would be lame, so we decided to get an off-campus apartment together. As a result of this, I hardly made any new friends at college. Also, I am no longer as close as I was with the friend that I lived with after living with her. Because of this experience I have learned that living with a best friend is often not a smart decision. I would also tell myself to definitely live on campus. I would have made new friends and my realtionship with my friend that I chose to live with would probably be stronger than it currently is.

Take as many AP classes as you can to get you prepared for the type of teaching you may encounter in your Freshman year. If you know what major you are going into take as many prep classes as you can to get ready for that major.

I would try to tell High school students to do their best because in school because there will always be someone who will try to be better then you and you may be with some of the better students in the country. That your grades (even though you don't believe it in high school) will reflect on what happens in your life further down the road. Your grades and your community involvement and accomplishments will help you later with scholarships and funding for college. Of course I will also tell them that they wont believe me until it happens to them....

If i could go back to highschool and talk to myself i would tell my self to take the plunge. i would also tell myself to get out of the house and get information, not just go online, that you have to experience college life before you can live it and that it isnt so scary, thats really its just like highschool but you learn more and you experience more of a challenge. i would try to pump myself up about all the diversity and all of the different academic things you can join in on outside the classroom. if myself as a highschool senior still wasnt convinced i would tell myself again that just like everyone else says, that being a college graduate is one of the best things you can do for yourself and your career, because if you have a college degree you will make more money than if you go and get a job right out of highschool and i know money is a a big deal to highschool senior.

I would tell myself that college really is not what people expect. You really do not have anybody there to tell you what to do. Also that your independance is put to the test. I would also tell myself that before graduating high school I need to make sure that I know a lot more. In college they expect you to know or have basic knowledge of subjects. College life may be easy and it may even look easy but it is not. Teachers really expect you to read the material before class and if you do not read, you will not know what the class is about. Also you must not miss more then three classes. Going to college is very important. With your college work you put more time in, and less time playing around. If you do play around and don't focus on your school work your grades get affected. Making the transition from high school to college is not very easy, it is hard. We need to go to college if we ever want to get a successfull and well paid job.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself to really get a good study routine going so that way in college, it will be a lot easier. I would also tell myself to work hard throughout the entire year to earn very good grades instead of average grades. One last thing I would tell myself is to really appreciate and respect your peers more, because in college it can be tough to get to know people and because there are so many diverse students, you have to sort of accept everyone and not judge. I really learned the value in friendship from coming to college because you meet a lot of unique individuals who I may have just looked the other way on in high school, and I regret that now.

As a high school senior, I left very few options for my future. If I could go back in time, I would suggest to take harder courses, so I could push myself for what was to come. College has become very expensive, and with high schools around the country offering AP courses and colleges credit classes, I would tell myself to think more about taking those courses, and recieving college credits. After completing my first semester in college, I discovered quite quickly that money would be tight. The recession and the struggling economy has put a burden on people to find ways to save money. As a high school senior though, I didn't have a sense of money, even with my several jobs in the past. Not apply myself to school work was one thing, but if I could give my past-self advice, it would be to save more money, look into more scholarships, and try to help myself to be more sucessful in the future. Although I didn't make the best decisions in high school, I hope that my advice to my younger siblings will help them try to be more sucessful than I was.

I would have told myself to save up as much money and applied for more scholarships because college can cost some serious money if you are not financially prepared because colleges throw fees at you all at once. Books are also one of the most important this because some books cost a lot and some don't but no matter what you will end up spending a lot on books because you need more than one book.

Something I would tell myself as a high school senior is that it?s never too late to change. During my first semester of college, I had no motivation for academics. I partied all weekend and barely studied. Although I neglected my grades, I managed to pass with a decent GPA. I may have made it out alive but I still was continuing my careless habits. When mid-term warnings came out, I had three D?s and one C. Disgusted by my grades, I realized I was wasting a valuable opportunity and changed my approach to education. Instead of procrastinating to do coursework, I started scheduling my time and studied every day. And whenever I lost focus or saw friends going out, I would tell myself ?Is my future worth it,? and I continue working. By the end of the semester, I got an A in Freshman Composition, a B in College Algebra and Biology II and a C in Chemistry. I didn?t make the Dean?s List that semester but with the work ethic I developed, I now have a GPA of 3.335. Through these experiences I learned one thing: with great effort comes great reward.