Jacksonville State University Top Questions

Listen Girl! You are about to embark on an epic adventure. I understand that you want to stay close to home and get your feet wet-forget about it! Have no fear! You won't be so far away that you can't get home in a day and you need the opportunity to find yourself. Live on campus! You will meet so many people from different walks of life and it will help you to be more open-minded and accepting. Be an activ participant in as many clubs and activities as possible. Don't be afraid to try anything...audition for the play, join an intramural team...you may never get a second chance. Make friends with people in your field of study and then study together. Go to the library everytime you think you should; you won't ever regret that! Most importantly, don't get in too much of a hurry. You have the rest of your life to work a full time job and pay car payments. Bum a ride, live in the dorm, and don't create needless debt. It will be an epic adventure you will never forget!

Take a few months off away from any type of school situation and just have fun then come back and make the best choice possible for ME.

i am about to embark on a journey that will help me out in the future and make me more well rounded as a person. This scholarship will help me in the long run because my family has never been wealthy of any sort. i will do my best even if i dont recieve the scholarship and when i graduate help out all the less fortunate with my computer programming skills.

I WOULD TELL MY SELF TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT AND NEW OPPERTUNITIES AND I SHOULD TRY SOMETHING NEW. ITS A TIME OF DISCOVERING WHO YOU ARE AND DISCOVERING WHAT YOU VALUE AND WHAT YOUR OWN IDEALS ARE FOR YOUR SELF NOT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK. TO FOLLOW MY OWN PATH BECAUSE WHAT IS RIGHT FOR ONE MAY NOT BE RIGHT FOR ME. SCHOOL WILL BE HARD AT TIMES BUT STICK IT OUT AND YOU'LL SUCCSEED AND YOU'LL BE HAPPIER FOR IT. GO TO CLASS DO THE WORK AND HAVE FUN.

I would tell myself to study harder, make all A's, and be more involved in the various organizations my high school offered. I would tell myself to be better prepared to write essays and term papers. I would tell myself to enjoy the easy days while they lasted.

If I could go back and talk to myself as a senior in high school, I would make myself apply for more scholarships. As a senior I was more focused on my ballgames and schoolwork then applying for various scholarships. As I entered my freshman year at a community college, I realized just how expensive college gets. College was always a choice that I was confident with and I knew I was going, but I just did not anticipate how much money would go into my dream. Knowing now what I didn't know then, I would have definitely applied for more scholarships to make my dream become more of a reality. One more thing I would tell myself as a senior, would be that college is nothing like high school and I should learn how to study. In grade school, studying was never something that I had to do. I was more like a sponge absorbing the information we learned in class, but in college, there is more information to learn for a test and studying is now a priority. Although I make it through, I still do not know exactly how to study.

If i could go back in time and tell myself what i know now, I would tell myself to study more and be more organized with my classes. I picked my classes pretty well for the first time but i could have spaced them more apart so i could have time to review my notes for classes. I would certainly tell myself to get plenty of rest because college can surely wear you out. I could tell myself to make sure I join a club or group so that i could know more people because I come from a far place. Knowing more people will definitely help out in the long run. The last thing i would tell myself is be more attentive in class. My grades were good my first semester but i could have done better if I asked more questions and maybe payed a bit more attention.

The first thing I would be doing as a high school senior is making sure that I know exactly what I want or plan on doing when I get there. Secondly, Im going make sure that I register for all my classes, the meal plans, housing and etc; a couple of months before I graduate from high school. Make sure I visit the campus before I make my final decision on attending that college. Third, while you still a high school your senior you'll need to practice being on time for classes, being organized and most importantly, pick up studying habits. Last, is being responsible. At college there's no parents, your consider an adult so act like one. Do your work cause the teachers are not like high school teachers. Their not going to beg you to do anything its on you to remember the due dates and test dates. To put it in shorter words for my peers, "be about your buisness first and have fun doing it but not to much fun at the same time".

I would tell myself to study harder and not be lazy with homework/schoolwork. I would also tell myself to apply for more scholarships and work harder at the essays and surveys.

I would tell myself not to procrastinate. It is better to start work earlier so that you don't feel so stressed when the time comes to complete that long term paper.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I will tell myself to college is going to be a very diverse place. There will be many different cultures and each professor has their own ways of teaching. As a college freshmen, there will be many different things such as parties, alcohol, and smoking that will try to influence and you will have to do your best in making the best decision if you really want to succeed in college. I will also tell myself to make sure you know your campus because their are many different sources on the campus that will help you understand a course you are struggling in. Lastly, dont know just school be more well rounded because it will bring on lots of stress. GOOD LUCK!

Try to have your major decided by the end of your first year, so you want waste money and take classes you don't need to. Don't be afraid to ask for help. Apply for as much financial aid as you can find.

I know that it will take you five years to get back into school. Know this, the army was a great dicision. Use the knowledge you gain in the service. Keep your eyes open on Iraq, it will change your life for the better. As far as college goes, know that your professors have an ocean of knowldge that they are willing to share with you. Keep your head down and work hard. You are going to meet some amazing people. It is not a difficult transion, as long as you keep an open mind. If I could tell you just one thing it would be that you can do it. Have no fear! There is nothing that college can throw at you that you cannot handle. Good luck.

I would not change my experiences or decisions I have made.

There is so much more to life than Highschool. Going to a Junior College and living at home, then going to a University is not the shameful choice you were told it would be by all your class mates. It is really a good idea for a lot of students. It helps you to mature and gives you more time to prepare for life on a big camput and living on your own. Listen to your teacher when they are giving advise they really do have some insite on the world. Don't worry when you don't agree with another student. That is just fine and helps you learn to be more tolerant of others ideas. Most of all don't stress so much about college it really is not like highschool and you are going to be so happy.

I would not have changed anything along the way. I felt my previous experiences from HS onto college were as they should have been, I learned book knowledge and educational knowledge.

Do not blow you loan money on your partners nor your friends. Keep your bedroom door locked and always brush your teeth every morning...it makes for a better day.

I would not give myself any advice. I was well prepaired for college and have maintained a great GPA. I learned from high school being involved is the way to go and indeed it is. I am involved in countless activities at JSU and all this has been from my prepration as a high school student looking forward to the future.

I would tell myself to start reading the textbook the very first day the reading assignment was assigned. I could have done much better in certain classes if I had jsut spent more time reading the textbook. Also, I would tell myself that procrastinating is not the way to go. I stress way too much getting papers done at the very last minute. I could save myself a lot of worrying and headaches if I started assignments far enough in advance that I did not have to do them the night before.

If I could go back in time to myself during senior year, I would tell myself to focus on the future and my career. I spent most of my time focusing on school activities and grades. I focused on obtaining scholarships which I believe really paid off but wasn't enough. When I entered college I was still unaware of my future and what I wanted to major in. I went the route of Liberal Arts and took the most advance classes offerred; hoping it would be usefully to my field of study. Although that was a good idea, hardly any of my classes counted toward my degree. Students need to focus on the bigger picture and determine their future before their sophmore year in college. By making this mistake I have added more stress and problems to my college life. I have taken above the minimum full time student load every semester and even took summer classes. With all the extra classes and hard work I still will graduate a semester behind 4 years. I believe all seniors should know this. Maybe this information can keep someone from making the same mistake and save them time, stress, and money.