South Mountain Community College Top Questions

Make sure to make use of your time, having fun is important in college, but you should be able to balance the two. Also, if involved in sports, it is important that you focus on school work and work closely with an advisor that will help you choose classes that will work towards your degree, not just easy classes that ensure your eligibility to play.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would have given myself so much advice about what to expect in college. The very first piece of advice I would offer would be to cut back on the amount of hours I worked and instead put those hours into community service and school activities. My time would have been better invested into those things and it would have given me an edge when applying for scholarships. I also would have told myself to talk to my counselor about the financial aid programs available at the University of Arizona so that I would be able to attend after graduation instead of a community college. I would have explained the importance of keeping my head in my books instead of working too much or hanging out with friends. I would have instilled the importance of applying for scholarships and being more persistent in my desire to attend U of A. But most of all I would have told myself that it was time to grow up and become an adult because there is no room for immaturity in college life.

I'm going to start a new experience in my life. "College" I'm so excieted, because is a new experience and chanllenge. I'm ready to skip any obstacle, although it will not be easy, because I'm still not fully prepared in English, but this not scares me, on the contrary it gives me more strength to move forward and learn with more efforto.

I would have told myself that college life is fun, and you have alot more freedom than you have in high school but you have to keep your priorities straight and use your time wisely. More importantly than anything though i would have told myself that I have to be totally self motivated, with a plan and goals to strive for because no one is pushing you to go to class or do your homework or study for your exams like in high school. I would have told myself that once i reach this point i'm in control of how far i want to go, because you have to make the effort to talk to your advisor's and ask questions about what scholarships opportunities are available to you or what classes you have to take in order to work your way towards completing your degree and putting yourself in a postion to suceed in rewarding career that your interested in and passionate about. More so than anything i would have kept telling myself that these next however many years would be the most important in my life in deciding how successfull I'll ultimately be.

The advise I would give myself as a high school senior would be to make sure to take math each year of high school. I chose to take the route of no math after sophomore year, and I spent my whole first year of college catching up to a math that counted towards my degree. That would be the biggest thing that I would change.

Transitioning form a High School Senior to a College Freshman may be one of the most important times in your life. Education is your key to success so stay focused. In order to be the best you must put in your best effort, that includes: going to class on time everyday, turning in every assignment, and doing your best on every assignment. Friends come and go but your education will take you where you need to be so don't slack off when it matters most.

I would tell myself not to be in such a hurry to grow up, the world is a mean and cruel world, I would tell Myself to listen to all the advice that I could get from my elders. I would tell myself not to get caught up in the wrong crowd because in doing so I wouldn't want to do anything with my life, and once I did decide that I wanted to do something it would be a lot harder to get started. I would just encourage myself to do the things that I needed to do to keep moving forward.

First, I would tell myself, what am I thinking wearing that. I'll tell myself that if i think being a high school senior is hard just wait until I get into college. Things will much harder and cost alto of money. I would tell myself not to go straight into college right after high school. I should take a break and decided if going into college is what I really want to do if so what do I really want to do, whats my interest, because I cant just waste my time taking classes I have no interest in taking because at the end of the day that's wasting money. Finical aide is not for every. I would also tell myself to apply for college out of state so that I can experience how college life is really about. I would tell myself that at times it will get hard. I'll days when I don't want to get out of bed but I will just have to push myself. Push myself to the best of my ability because when I walk on the stage and get my degree its going to be worth it.

My first piece of advice would be GO CHANGE YOUR MAJOR AND FIRST SEMESTERS SCHEDULE, because it's going to be the start of your hatred for school. I wish I would been as confident then as I am now that creative writing is my passion and is the path I was destined to take. I would tell myself that school is going to be hard but pursuing your true passion will make it all worth it. My biggest regret that I have made is not knowing what all of my options were and just going with the degree path I thought I had to do. Also going from high school to an out-of-town is going to be an extremely hard transition and you have to keep your head about it. Remember why you are there, school, and don't let the distractions of freedom allow you to stray. Most importantly, DON'T PROCRASTINATE! Get what you need to get done and fight every instinct in you to put it off for another time!

At this point in my life I need to buckle down and focus on applying for scholarships and college. I need to look into the options that I enjoy as a major and find out the requirements needed for that major. Also, find a school that you find interesting and has your major with a program or internship to go with it. Jump into financial aid information and sign up for FAFSA. Get all the neccesities done for college and since you are in the ACE program, get all of your prerequisites out of the way. Do not stress about anything, relax and get ready for the transition.