Saint Louis Community College-Meramec Top Questions

What should every freshman at Saint Louis Community College-Meramec know before they start?

Joe

I would tell myself to actually listen to adults and teachers when they give you advice. You don't know it at the time, but these people are actually trying to help you and have experience with what they are talking about. Some teenagers just let it go in one ear and out the other. For me, I would tell myself that these things you're being told are actually important and worth while.

RIchard

Be very difficult for me to imagine myself as a high school senior as my home situation forced me out of school and to work. If I could return to that era of my life when I should have been a senior, I would tell everyone - I made it - after fifty-four years of trying, I made it. You damn well better know I'm loving it too. It is not too late for me, nor anyone else who really wants to apply themselves.

Adam

If I were to go back and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would say "Adam, do not go to college just to go. Have a purpose or a direction to start from. This idea and goal can always change. If you are unsure on what you want to do for the rest of your life, that's ok. But if this is the case, then you should start out at a Community College and finish your general education requirements. This will give you an opportunity to study a wide range of topics and get the feel for the college classroom. If you have success, then move on to a four-year college or university. These two years of community college are not a failure, but a stepping stone. In the end, you will come out with less debt and still earn your degree. If you think college is all about parties and having fun, go ahead and flunk out of that four-year school you applied at. But if you want to be successful, start at a community college". This lesson I learned the hard way. No regrets. Life is about preperation and opportunity.

Joseph

When I meet myself, I would know I was going through an emotionally difficult time. I was not involved in extracurricular activities in high school, and I was going through an emotional time. I was worried about the college experience; if I would be too stressed out, or too pessimistic to appreciate the experience. In order to change this attitude, I would tell myself, "You only have each experience once. Take advantage of them. Enjoy them, and life will be good." I wouldn't want to reveal anything specific, because ruining the mysteriousness of the future would likely leave me unable to take the chances that allowed me to grow into the person I am today. Instead, I would try to stop looking at my life so negatively, and instead make the best of every experience. With it being my last year in high school, I would recognize the concept, knowing I can't turn back and can only move forward. I would apply this advice to change my perspective because college students only have the genuine college experience once--and I would do my best enjoy it and take advantage of every opportunity that arises.

diaunna

This a letter to my 17-year-old-self, Dear Diaunna Rodgers, This is you 10 years from today. I don't think you should accept the scholarship to Harris-Stowe because you will not stay there (only one semester and you will be out of there!) You will not like it. I know all of your teachers want you to go that college but what do you want ? You want to be an Interior Designer, you?ve been knowing this for about two years now. Next year you will want to go to MEDICAL SCHOOL DON?T!!!!! It will only put you in debt, debt that you don?t need. College is a place where you are supposed to be able to have fun and enjoy yourself, take cold showers and eat crappy food and gain the famous freshmen 15. So I?m telling you to apply to that art school in Chicago, you may just get in, your mother will be okay, she can handle it all by herself and you will be able to help her later, your boyfriend is a loser, so don?t stay in town for him either. Love, Diaunna Rodgers 27

Christine

Take more time to ask questions and really learn all your opitions

Luke

I went to a very interesting high school. Providence Christian Academy is a very small college preperatory in south St. Louis. It is a Classical school, which means they teach the classics as part of the major curriculum, things like plato and aristotle, and caesar and all the greek and roman philosophers, and up through the renaissance and people like St. Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas, and all the way up through modern american classics, like To Kill A Mockingbird. We were always a year ahead of the public schools in math, and we studied hard, and did well, most of the time. Because my high school was so small, I hadn't been exposed to a lot of social things typical of the american public school system, like, bad language, young pregnancies, violence, and any knowledge of or association with gay people. Making the transition into that, from a small, private, christian school was very difficult, and I would definitely go back in time and prepare myself for that a little more. Not that there's anything wrong with my high school, I enjoyed my time there. Academically, college was what i expected. But socially, it was a big change.

Amy

I would first make sure you know what field you want to be in . Second do your research of the schools that have the field you want to be in and pick the one best suits your needs the best. Also when you go to college is make sure you are prepared and say to yourself I will suceed in college I believe in you.

Kelly

If I were lucky enough to go back to my senior year of high school, knowing what I know now, I would have taken my classes and experiences more seriously. I would have advised myself to become more responsible and self-motivated, and to get more involved in community outreach opportunities that were offered. I would tell myself to stop blaming everyone else for my failures. I would also tell myself that my parents, teachers, and counselors really do know what they are talking about, no matter how old and out-of-touch they seem. In college, I have found that I am my own (and sometimes only) cheerleader; no one wants me to succeed more than I do. Although my parents are there to lend their support, and the teachers will help in any way they can, I am the one who is truly responsible for how well I do in school. I would remind myself of how lucky I am to be able to get an education that will lead to a better life for me and for my baby.

Bellal

go to a good college and take your life seriously and dont fuck up your chances at success, talk your way and hustle hard. learn it. love it. live it.