Dereck
I would tell myself to get serious about school quick. Also I would tell myself to learn to make decisions and stick with them instead of trying to go back and change the decision I made eariler. Living out on your own with more independence give you freedom to make alot more choices than if you were at home. That reason alone makes you grow up and mature faster than if you commuted to a university. So with that said the importance of decision making and being sure of your decision in crucial to not only my college career but to life.
Nadia
I would tell someone to find a group of friends and become a family. Also that leaving home will be ok once you find a group of friends that is more like a family. You're going to meet someone who you will want to spend the rest of your life with so get ready because it will happen when you least expect it and that you will get your feelings hurt by an Ari like character. You will struggle to pay your bills one day and regret wastinig money freshman year on things you didn't need for life. You will have a church home and the girl who brough you to church will fall by the way side. You will not get emotionally attached to everyone as you did in high school, just two people your boyfriend and your best friend. You will learn that it is not wise to hold on to friends who don't care about you anymore. You will get a scholarship to be a nurse in Maryland. You will get closer to God as you hoped. Also that you will become more in love with your family than expected.
N.
Join as many organizations as possible, campus life is what you make it.
Tanice
Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it ! Where ever you decide to go, make the best of it. Take every opportunity thrown at you without over loading yourself. A most important of all Don't quit. If you don't like the university transfer but Don't drop out of school! For me school is an escape from hardships and stress at home. It's the only way I now how to survive to keep learning in school as well as in life. College teaches you so much even outside of academics. You just have to be ready to learn!
Gerrell
My best advice to parents and/ or students would be to get out there and see as many schools as you can. You do not want to limit your self to just a few school because, the school thats right for you may be the 7th, 8th or even 9th school on the list.
Leslie
Deciding which college to attend to is a very difficult decision. The best way to decide which college to attend is by figuring out what exactly you are looking for.
Alexis
As a former high school student who was really nervous, and eager to make the right decision for school, the advice I would give to students and parents searching for the right school is to make as many college visits as possible. Take a look at the campus and the students and staff and inhabit it. Be as observant as possible take everything that your eyes take in, into consideration. Weigh out all the aspects including: classroom sizes and seating, cafeteria (and course the food), the teachers, and the dormitories. Try to find out about everything the school has to offer, and which ever school has the most to offer and makes you feel and though it will help you in the long run is the one you should select. Be sure to ask as many questions and possible and do not be timid because the more you know, the easier it will be to make your decision. Choose whichever school you feel will fit you the best, and where you think you will be happy. Make the choice, for yourself and no one else.
Branden
make sure you pick a school that has a good program for your major and that the staff and faculty are willing to help you be successful
Kelli
Parents and Students, please make sure you get well acquainted with the financial aid office, as well as the whole school. There are alot of "insiders" once you start college, so make sure you ask other students on campus questions. Faculty and staff will only give you answers you may want to hear whereas continuing students might be more open to give you the truth.
Jade
Visit, Visit, Visit! Dont sign up to go to a school unless you have been there or know someone with similar valus that has attended recently