Indiana University-Southeast Top Questions

I have gotten the beginnings of a valuable degree from my school and it has been valuable to attend because it will help me get a good job when I graduate.

Upon my high school graduation, I took the year off to work and save for college. Due to my financial situation and choice of degree, my mom encouraged me to at least check out the IU extension in New Albany. I was prejudiced against this idea, but at the summer's close, I visited IUS and subsequently fell in love with the atmosphere and community. I was very pleasantly surprised. I had no idea an extension would provide such a quality education. I have not once looked back in regret. College has been everything I hoped for. If I were to go back in time, it would only be to dispose of my previous prejudice. My prejudice had no grounding in facts. It was based in ignorance alone. If I only would've known how dreadfully wrong I was, I could have been saved a heap of stress and unsurety. Since attending IUS, I have formed lifetime attachments with friends and professors, matured mentally and physically, honed my time-managing skills, and dared to pursue my childhood dreams of becoming an artist.

If it were probable to travel back in time, I would find myself back in 2008 and have a nice chat with him. After picking my past self's jaw up from the floor and convincing him that getting the lottery numbers from the future was not worth it, I would procced to explain to him what college life is like. I would inform him that it is much different than high school as the class sizes are smaller, people are more intellegent, and professors are more willing to help you than teachers in high school are. He would also be told that college courses are more rigorous and time intensive than high school classes. They will also require more effort from him than high school classes. Other than what was previously mention there is no real hassel in making the transition from high school to college. He would then ask if I had messed with the time line, to which I would respond " At one point, I had to save the lizard people from super zombie raptor lazer Jesus." And he would look at me with glee filled eyes as I left for my own time.

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school student I would say many things. I would want to tell myself to care more and to not wish the years away. I would wish that I would volunteer more and get more involved earlier when it really counted. Study harder than you really think you need to because one day that grade will matter! Put your best foot forward and live life to the fullest because youll never get thoes days back. I would tell myself that when choosing schools only think of yourself... not your parents, boyfriend, or friends. In that one instance be selfish and decided what will be best for you! Never have regrets that you will look back on and wish you could change.

I would have been more focused on choosing the right college and picking out my major and classes I needed to take much early and more seriously than I did. I also would have told myself to take on more classes than i did.

If I was able to go back in time and talk to myself as a senior in high school, I would tell myself to not be as nervous or scared as I was about the transition to college. The main reason I would say this is because after you get used to the college life, it is not a huge difference. I needed to get used to being out on my own and doing things such as buying books and paying for tuition on my own, but it was never anything to be nervous about. Also, because my classes are not any bigger than the classes I had in high school, it was not harder to get used to the classes that I am currently taking. I would tell myself to think of it as an extended vacation from home, because I needed to make friends all over again and get used to the new scenery. You come to realize that you need to do that with any new place you go, and that is just the way life is.

That it would have been better to go on to college than wait all this time. It would have been so much easier to go straight from high school and in to college, due to having every thing fresh in my mind an not the years gap that I have now. I would not have had to go back and take refresher courses to remind me of what I had forgotten. This is what I would have told myself back then.

I would have told myself to study harder and earn good grades. If I would have had a higher GPA in high school I would have been awarded a full tuition scholarship to Indiana University Bloomington. I should have graduated two years ago with no student loans to pay if only I would have had a GPA that was 0.1 higher than what I had when I graduated.

If I could give myself advice with what I know now, I would have myself study more in high school. I suffered coming to college and not knowing how difficult the course load would be throughout college. I have quickly adjusted and slowly doing better than when I started. I never learned this in high school very well and would tell myself this if I could give myself advice.

Looking back now I would have to tell myself to trust my instincts and to challenge myself. I would remind myself to be adventurous and curious. Living with family at home will save money, but the experience of being away makes you realize how much you have at home and you respect it so much more. Stepping into the field of Nursing is a great choice and to continue that dream/path. It is okay to change your mind, but always finish what you have started. It will be the best choice in the end. Never procrastinate and always stay on top of everything. You never know when something will come up and you won?t have time. Always live life to its fullest and take every opportunity as a way of bettering yourself for the future.