Middlesex County College Top Questions

If such a blessing existed to go back in time and talk to the seventeen year old Megan I would tell myself to not overwelm myself with work. Ever since I've been in college I've wanted to get as many credits as possible to graduate early. I took classes for a year straight including summer classes. Now after such a long period of time without a break I feel tired and have loss some of the motivation that has always pushed me so far. That lack of motivation caused procrastination and made me irresponsible when it came to submitting work on their deadlines. Eventually these moments of weakness caused my grades to lower. So ultimately I would tell myself yes, we would get more credits but doing so we would not be receiving the grades I knew we could achieve. I'd rather be an A+ student at a slower pace then quickly getting B's and C's. I wish could tell my past self that quality is worth far more than quantitity.

The advice I would give myself is to work harder and get more involved in activities that help give back to the community.

I wil tell them that do not make up your mind so quickly and so easily because once you go off to college you will figure that there aare so much more that you did not know. College is a place where you can meet peoplee from different places and where you really learn about the society. Therefore, give yourself sometime to decide what is best for you. Also, definitely go to open houses offer by the colleges. Go to all the open houses of the schools that interest you if possible. Open house gives you a breif understandning about what the campus life is going to be like and walking in the campus yourself and also be a big factor. The most important of all, do not go to college because of what others said or because it is famous. Find out what you really want and go to the open houses. Studying in a college that fits the best and you like the most will change your entire life.

If i'd have to go back to high school, the primarily advice i would give to myself is to try my best and learn as much as possible. I'd tell myself to try my harders in my favorite sport which it was soccer, I would play it so much better than i did, i judt did not know any better and did not care. But as of now i know how much high school's well perfomance in academy and sport is important. I'd also tell myself not to stop going to school, i actually took a year and half off school only to work and buy a car. I now know that i wasted my time into somthing that would had been an advantage for me to be really ahead in my aspiring career. In addition, college life is not easy as others might think, i would gather as much information from other people, talk to counselors for help, colleges. Probably i would also take extra classes that would benefit me in the near college future.

If I could talk to myself about the transition from High School to college, I would tell myself how big of a jump it is from High School. Where Middle School to High School went very smooth because I was able to rekindle friendships, I will have a hard time making new friends at school because people will still intimidate me to an extent. It'll be even harder because my closest friends will be at least an hour away rather than fifteen minutes down the road from my house. I would tell myself to bear this in mind and step beyond my own comfort zone rather than falling into depression which will ultimately lead to my dismissal from school. I would do this in the hope that I'd be able to save myself the hardship of feeling like a failure with thousands of dollars of debt and having nothing to show for it after a year's worth of school

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior I would have told myself to not give up so easily. I dropped out of high school in February of my senior year. I was not dedicated and did not care. I completed my education in the Adult School. The only problem I had with the transition to college is that I was somewhat ill prepared for tasks, but I did not give up. Ater my two year stay at the county college I will be transferring to JWU in the fall. I am enjoying college and glad that I decided to continue my education. My advice to myself is when the chips are down pick yourself up and try again. It's never too late.

Try as hard as you can and get into Florida Atlantic. You need alot of scholarship money so go find it.

As I look back on the transition between high school and college life, I remind myself of the dramatic stresses that I was inflicted with. I was not confident in my individual abilities. This decreased my amount of participation in clubs and extracurricular activities as a freshman, which I now enjoy as an upperclassman. The extreme change of graduating from a class of twelve people, to an incoming freshman class in the thousands of people, was quite a shock. The advice I would tell myself would be to live for the moment, and embrace every day with a vibrant new yearning for life and learning. Learn not to stress about the little things, and see things for what they really are. Don?t settle. Embrace the struggles so you can appreciate the celebrations. Trust yourself and your judgments, leave no room for doubt about whom you are and where you come from. You can be your own worst enemy. Go to class, take notes, look people in the eye, be friendly and open to new ideas and new experiences. It?s okay if you aren?t perfect, nobody is. Work hard, and life will fall into place.

If i could go back in time and talk to myself as a college senior, i would tell me self to prepare! A wise man once told me that if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail. This is so true. I have gotten accepted to prestigious universities, but because i failed to have a plan after was accepted, I could not succeed in going. I have a sister who is still attending high school and more than anything, I tell her to have a plan for success after you leave high school. Often i go back to my old high school and see freshman, sophmore, even juniors who do not take getting into college seriously. I would tell myself "eventhough you are young Avion, time is of the essence." Therefore it is not how much time you have, but what you PLAN to do with that time. I believe you should enjoy your high school career, but not at the risk of failing to provide for your future. When you succeed planning, you plan on succeeding.

I would tell myself to make decisions based on what I want, not what my family or friends want. Far too many students allow others to influence them without acknowledging the fact that others' choices played a part in their decisions. When that happens, too much time has passed and too much money is spent before one recognizes where their mistakes started in the first place. I would tell myself not to get sucked into the hype of attending college where you know everyone and everything. This time in a maturing adult's life should be seen as a fresh start to the beginning of a career bound, successful future ahead.