Millikin University Top Questions

Do not waste a moment wishing or waiting. These next years of your life will grow you more than you ever could have dreamed. There are so many tools and possibilities laid before you, and you are doing yourself a disservice should you not utilize the connections – to your peers, your professors, your city – that you have been so blessed with. Seek out and surround yourself with good company; like-minded, forward thinking people that believe in you as much as you believe in them, and allow yourself to be inspired. Allow yourself to be challenged—and embrace it. Begin a project you have been yearning your life long to begin as soon as you set foot on campus. Believe in yourself and go above and beyond – do and overdo – every task assigned to you. Embrace the moments of learning and growth; they can and will be vastly more rewarding than you could have dreamed. Most importantly, have the time of your life all the while putting your entire self into your craft, and do not settle for anything you know you can improve upon. You must strive, and you will thrive. Do not waste a moment wishing or waiting.

I would tell myself to relax and enjoy the journey a little more. College is not only about getting higher education, but it is about having fun while making relationships that will last a lifetime. People are truly amazing if you just give them a fighting chance.

Take a breath, listen to your own voice and speak to yourself in a fond manner about it. Don't be pressured by your family to attend a school you never wanted to attend. Be patient with them, they only are looking out for your best intrest. Don't feel discouraged about all of the financials because you will get through it. The friends you make, you grow with them each coming day, but you never left behind the ones at home. When you feel how hard it is to get through a day, keep smiling; but don't hold it in. Life isn’t about living along but living through, so perserve. You'll like whom you've become in the end.

Jonathan, it is time to focus on what you want to do. Things have come easy to you but the real world is much harder. It is time to start exerting more effort in everything that you do and you will find that you when you do exert the effort, there is much more joy when you complete the task. You have chosen a career that is most rewarding when you fully immerse yourself. Don't assume you have nothing to learn whether it is a meeting, a conference, or a presentation. Find one thing that you can take away from every experience. You will also be much more content when you finally develop your organizational skills. Being organized at the outset will save you so much over the long run. Take the time now to create a system. It is also acceptable in every situation to complete a task before the deadline. You might even find that you have time to proofread prior to submitting if you have it completed before the deadline. You have the ability to quite successful at your chosen profession, it will take a lot of effort but it pays off in the end. Enjoy!

I would advise myself to leave behind the high school isucrities that I had. There were many things that I was scared to do for different reaseans and they spoted me from getting involved on campus as much as I would have liked to. I feel as though I would have had a much more fulfilling college experience if I had took a break from studying more often and had some fun on the weekends. I would also tell myself to start thinking about what is imporant to me. When I came to college and I started to be around people in a higher learning atmosphere, I started to see the different things that people valued. It was easy for me to fall into the trap of over-vauling things. For example, my educations is very important but education should never be put before family. Money is important but it should not be the only factor in the career path I choose to follow. I feel as though going back in time would help me to assure myself that by the end of my college career, I will difinatly think, speak, and act differently.

I would tell myself to now worry so much about college. It all works out and everything turns out okay.

Be happy. There is a bigger world outside of high school. You are going to have the highest highs and the lowest lows. But never give up. Believe in yourself and your dreams. People look up to you in more ways than you know. You are loved. You do matter. Smile, dance, sing, tell jokes, be you!

Everything is not as black and white as it seems. It is ok that there are shades of gray. Remember all of those rules you had that you figured would get you through life? Yeah, throw those out the window. Take risks. Don't be afriad to speak your mind. If they are truely your friends, they will accept you the way you are. It is fine to not know what the future holds. Take it one day at a time. Don't forget to have fun. This will be the time of your life. Believe me, it is so true this time, unlike when they told you that in high school. You are about to enter a once in a lifetime experience. Enjoy every minute of it. Don't regret anything. Do what feels right at the moment. Somehow, life has a way of working itself out in a way that makes you a better you.

Never think you are done learning things about the world, life, love, other people, or yourself. The world is how you view it and life is what you make of it, so do what makes you happy and never let anyone look down on you for your inner growth.

I would want my former self to know that when I was feeling lonely and homesick; that I wasn’t the only one suffering in silence. Often there is a division between those who stay in on the weekends and those who go out to parties. Thankfully, after meeting new friends, I realized that there were more like me, sitting alone in their room’s, not knowing what to do with themselves. Knowing what I know now; I would encourage students like me to go out of their comfort zones but not to accommodate to the perceived stereotype of what college should be. Instead, I would suggest that you continue to do what is important to you, and others who share this passion will join. My confusion during my first year of college is slowly becoming clearer. What is most important is not how others think of you, but how you think of yourself. Do things you can be proud of. Most importantly, don’t give up. Believe it or not, high school prepared you for this experience. You already have everything you need to be happy so go out there and be an aggressive member of your new community.