Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Top Questions

I have always loved school and college is no different. My mother wanted me to have the complete college experience by living in a dorm being away from home. The professors actually give one on one instruction when needed, coming from a large high school, the teachers limited their one on one time to students that needed extra help. Next year I am transferring from Shippensburg to Kutztown so I can be closer to home and work. I come home every 3 weeks to work part time at JC Penney, because I need the money and to keep my job for the summer. Next year, I will still be majoring in early education, but I think I will minor in special needs education.

I know that I have been able to learn a lot from college. College has given me a lot of experience. I know that I have always wanted to go to college because you have the opportunity to learn in life. I know that after you finish one course you are able to learn something new that you can take and apply to your daily life. I have taken so many courses in my career and I know that I can see the world different. I am able to understand that a good eduction helps a lot. You are able to understand people better. You can be able to understand how each human think most of the time. I know that I can say that life can be easier with some education because I am able to get a better job. I know that all the people around the world want to have an ideal job and education plays a really important part. I would like to continue with my education because it has helped me a lot. I can see the world different than without having some kind of education.

When I started my college experience as a high school senior, I was worried about how I would handle the college life, especially since I was younger than many other students. I learned very quickly that studying in college was much different, the tests are harder, and the teachers lecture differently. Studying in high school was much easier, one could cram for an exam, and extra credit was easy to obtain. In college, however, if you wait until the last minute to study, you will not do as well. Also, extra credit must be earned, and is infrequent. Tests in college are much harder, because they go into much more detail, and cover much more material. Professors in college are more difficult than those in high school. In college, the professors lecture assuming that you have already made yourself familiar with the material, while in high school, teachers taught it to you. Therefore, I have learned that in life, it is better to see everything as new, and more difficult, and not assume anything, because when one assumes that something is easy, and one waits until the last minute to perform it, it will be more difficult in the end.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a senior in high school , I would advise myself to go with my first instinct. As a senior I was a successful, stand out football player and I began to get recruited to play at the college level. At the beginning I wished to attend Shippensburg and not play football. But the most interest i received, the more I wanted to play at the next level. So instead of going to Ship and not playing I decided to attend Delaware Valley College and play on the team there. After one week I hated being there and no longer wanted to play football. i did not like the distance between my home, family, and friends. Most of my friends at college were no where near me and I wished I was closer. I finished out the semester at DelVal and immediately transferred to Ship. I love it here at Ship and I wish I would have attended here originally. That would be my only advise to myself, if I i could go back in time.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a highschool senior, I would make sure to tell myself that I shouldn't get too caught up in my love life. As a college freshman, I became involved with a guy and got too caught up in the relationship. I ended up quitting school. I was out for a whole year before I thought it was a good idea to go back. If I could tell myself anything, I would tell myslef to focaus on and school and worry about finding love later.

COLLEGE IS A MAJOR STEP FOR EVERYONE WHO WISHES TO BETTER THEIR LIVES, FOR SOME OF US IT'S DIFFICULT BUT WITH DEDICATION AND PERSEVERENCE EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. COLLEGE IS VERY MUCH LIKE HIGH SCHOOL YOU MUST PASS THE CLASS IN ORDER TO OBATIN THE CREDITS, BUT IT ALSO HAS A MAJOR DIFFERENCE, HERE YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN, UNLESS YOU SEEK OUT FOR HELP. BUT NO ONE WILL BE BEHIND YOU TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO, BEACUSE COLLEGE IS A PLACE FOR GROWN UPS, FOR THOSE WHOM ARE WILLING TO HELP THEMSELVES AND MAKE SACRIFISES IN ORDER TO SUCCEED. MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE IS FUN AND EXCITING, BUT REMEMBER THAT STUDING MUST COME BEFORE THE FUN AND EXCITEMENT. FOCUS ON YOUR SCHOOL WORK AND WHEN IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE UP THINK ABOUT THE REWARD YOU WILL SOON OBTAIN . REMEMBER THAT THERE IS NO RAINBOW WITHOUT THE RAIN AND THAT THE POT OF GOLD YET AWAITS FOR YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAINBOW.

I would give myself a warning: college can be a place where essential (or what you think to be essential) parts of yourself get lost in new a slew of new identities, friends and directions. It's easy to lose sight of things that you really want and equally easy to gain other interests you might not have been sure of. I'd tell myself to think long and hard about the decisions and paths I would come to when leaving the security of high school. Will it be worth it to give up the drama club for the young Democrats? Should I study English (which makes me happy) or Business (which will be more marketable when job searching). My best piece of advice would be extremely cautionary. I'd tell myself to avoid snap decisions and do that which will make me happy in the long run; if that means upsetting people along the way, then so be it. College is the time to find out what satisfies and inspires you, and life isn't worth living without passion and happiness.

I would tell myself to stay focused when I didnt want to, keep god first and stay away from negative people.

I would tell myself to come to college being more open-minded. That I should try to make as many friends as possible and to keep all doors open for opportunities. Also I would tell myself to take a more proactive approach to being successful in my classes and all other activities.

When I first started college, I went to a Community College in Maryland to get my associates. Now knowing what I know about school and learning I would have told myself to work hard and don't be scared of the world. There are people there to help guide you when you are on the wrong path. I value education more now than I did in high school. I wish I would have tried harder in my high school career to maybe have a high GPA. Overall, life is a learning experience, college is just another step that you need to be willing to take.