St. Mary’s University Top Questions

College is more than just a school beyond highschool. When you attend college, for the college experience and not just as a school after highschool you will begin to learn more about yourself. You'll notice your strengths and weakness in social skills, your study habits, and your time management. College teaches responsibility and balance. A great college student is able to manage their time schedule for studying, as well as balance work and their social life. No more depending on every single adult in the family for help, college encourages students to step out, step up, and grow. My college experience has been valuable to my growth, my time, and my money. I have worked hard to pay for tuition and studied hard to keep my grants. I am almost able to say that I am well rounded in school, work, and social life. I recommend college to all high school graduates.

College is dynamic and so is life. The college atmosphere beings out competitiveness and realism. I have traveled the world and experienced four different colleges with the U.S. Navy. The drive you have to keep to finish college is one of pure strength. Money, children, and debt always seem to weigh in on futures. I strive to be the example of success for my children. My children do homework every night and I do as well. The push I want my children to see will reflect on their own lives. My later in life stepping stone might have a few pebbles missing here and there, but I will reach the top and my children will want to reach it too.

My college experience has been a great experience for me. I have learned and inquired a lot of educational information that will help me become successful in my professional career. I consider my college experience as an opportunity to share my intriguing personality with others. I learned how to become a better communicator and engaged in social interactions. I am very grateful for my college experience and consider my attendance in college valuable. My college experience was valuable because I learned and learning helped me to enhance my academic ability. My enhanced academic ability provided many other educational opportunities for me such as scholarships and other rewards. This would not have been achieveable if I did not attend college. I am thankful for attending college because going to college provided me with a gateway to success. Thank you

Even though I haven't really had a lot of experience in college life yet, I still feel as though I have taken a lot out of what experience I have. Before going to St. Mary's, I mostly just stayed close to my family. While I admittedly see family more often than I would if I had chosen to go to a college outside of Texas, I have learned how to live with people that aren't family, at least not by blood, daily. Over time, for some students, other students that they live with might eventually become family to them, like it has for me when it comes to my roommates. I've learned to open up more to people, and to speak up more. Even within one semester, I have come significantly more out of the shell I have been accustomed to for years, that I slightly started growing out of in high school. Becoming a more sociable and responsible adult is one of the most important things that I could get out of a college experience.

It is valuable to attend college because it is one of the few things that has made me grow in life. Since St. Mary's Univeristy is a school located in San Antonio, Tx while my hometown is in Mission, Tx I 've dealt with all the problems that I've encountered on my own. This has made me grown in a way I can not describe. Also, I have learned to manage my time and to focus on my studies, which is very important in order to make good grades and succeed in life. After being almost two years in St. Mary's Univeristy I can honestly say that If I hadn't attended college I would of regret it because it is an experience that has changed my life in so many ways.

I never realized how important highschool curriculum was until I decided that I wanted to go to college to not only better my life, but my childrens as well. Since attending college, I have gained a different perspective on life and realize how much a college education means, especially with todays economy. College has taught me discipline and respect, and has made me a better person. Although I haven't graduated I am planning to further my education so I can one day help others to realize how much education means and how valuable it is in life.

I have been able to be promoted and become a much better person all the way around. I not only have the education but am now applying the knowledge to everyday life which is also giving me the skills and often times that is what jobs wanna see. I love being in school.

Well first of all I come from a family who is a first year generation to attend a university, so when I recieved my acceptance letter that was one of the greatest accomplishments of my life. Now that I am here at St. Marys University it has drastically changed my life for the better. Being that it is a private catholic school I have really gone closer to my religion as well as God. Also St. Marys has showed me how giving back to the community is very important so I have taken the initiative to get myself invovled in Communities in Schools where I serve as a mentor to an 8 year old boy. Aside from giving back I have greatly involved myself with recycling, as a matter of fact I will be traveling to Brazil during the summer to work on a research project in Curitiba in regard to thier recycling program that has been very successful. Overall my experience is a life changing experience.

Don't slack off. As soon as you even show an ounce of laziness, karma will come back and show what a big mistake you're making. Do not let anyone get in the way of your goals, especially not yourself. You have an entire family backing you up, and they know that one day you will make something of yourself. You have friends that love you, but remember, they don't run your life, you do. Focus on your happiness, and that happiness with radiate from you onto them.

If I were to go back in time and give myself advice when planning for college, I would emphasize the need to apply for financial aid. Education is vital for anyone to succeed in life, but nobody said education was for free. However, our government and universities offer us so many opportunities to get the financial help so that we may attend the college of our choice. Currently, I am a sophomore and I am just learning about so many scholarships that I had not heard of before. Thanks to our great financial aid program at St. Mary?s University, I got a hold of a binder filled with hundreds of scholarships available for all majors and people of all ethnicities. It?s amazing of what you find out when you actually give yourself the time to do so. A university level education is expensive, but it is available for everyone, even those who think they don?t have the financial means to attain it.

If I could go back in time and give myself advice about college life I would have to tell myself be ready to experience a whole other world. Although you are offered freedom and great oppurtunities, responsibilty and self-deermination are well needed in this new life. Take full advantage of your studying time in high school because you wont be able to get that chance back. Use your time wisely and more important use your time more efficent. Procrasination is a huge issue that will continue to follow you so some wise advice would be to break the habbit early, stop procratination now s it wont follow you in college. And last but not least, the most important advice is dont let fear hold you back from anything. If you want some thing go out and get it.

Looking back to when I was in high school, with all the stress of senior year, I see that everything went by quickly. By the time I knew it, I was an undergraduate in a university. Knowing what I know now, I would definitely say that college is nothing like high school. Once you are here you have freedom, but at the same time you have a lot more responsibilities. Your education, money, and life are in your hands, so do not come to college and expect to do what you desire because in the end you will have to pay for the consequences. Second, I would say, time management is key. With it, you can have fun and still be able to get work done. Time management is essential to college life, and if you aren?t familiar with this concept, you will need to be because it will help you as you enter college. Last, I would say to choose your friends wisely, and this I stress. Many students come in and become really close with another person and in the end it doesn?t turn out good. So, be responsible, work on time management, and be wise.

"Close your eyes and see; imagine the impossible, open your eyes and make it possible. Fear is a state of mind. Don?t let fear take control over you when you can control it. Grab love by the horns and never let go. Believe in everything; one day you'll realize that believing in a certain religion or God is being too selfish and close minded. Never tell one everything you know and never believe everything one tells you. Sometimes life looks like a game. It either throws a curve-ball at you or deals you the wrong hand. Conform, be creative, and work with what you have. Never give up, and persist. Sometimes you have to learn how to lose in order to learn how to win. Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out. Don?t depend on others for your own well being and don?t let others depend on you for theirs. No matter what career you pursue focus on you ethics. You can be the scientist who comes up with the only vaccine for cancer or the scientist who comes up with a disease like Anthrax.?

The biggest thing I would change is not attend a junior college. It was a waste of my time because the education I am getting here at St. Mary's is a thousand times better. I would also tell myself to be more involved on campus. It allows a student to meet new people, build more reletionships, and gain more connections in their areas of interest. Last but not least, get to know your instructors. They will help you in more ways than you can imagine.

I would tell myself to focus on high school grades. I would have recieved so much more in scholarship money if I had done better, just strived for that A instead of accepting the B or C. I would also tell myself back in high school to be ready for challenges and being in places that may scare you but will not hurt you. I would tell myself to be strong and not to be too afraid to the point of self-detriment. I would also say just to be social. Be open to new expirences and social activities.

Wouldn't rush into it I graduated at 16 and skipped my senior year.

If there is any advice I could give myself as a high school senior it would be to stay focused and time manage everything I do. During my first year as a freshman at St. Mary's University there were no parental figures of authority to make sure I was on track. It was up to me to be responsible and make sure I did what had to be done. Sometimes I got sidetracked and would have to reevaluate the thing most important which is my education. My advice would be to stay true to myself, know that my education is the most important thing, and time manage wisely. It would be to know that I have accomplished something great and now I must make sure I do even greater. There is no limit for the amount of success we are capable of, it is up to us on how far we want to take it. I wish I had known more about discipline without my parents but I know that life is an experience and I'm learning as a go. I know now what I wish I'd known then.

If I was able to go back into time and talk to myself as if I were still a high school senior I would have many things to tell myself. First I would start by telling myself to work even harder than I did during high school. During senior year in high school I wanted to cruise my last year. But now that I?m here in college I see that classes I?m taking right now are classes I could have taken then. I could have been in college ready with the right set of mind if I had pushed myself to the end. From what my older friends and family members would say about college, I thought college was one way but now I see that it is totally different. I see college in a different point of view from what they once saw. Some reasons are because the expansion of communities and inventions of technology. Another advice I would give meself is to contribute to help others and have good time management. I learned here in college that you to know how to conserve your time management around everything that happens on campus.

I wanted to go to a school that feels like a home away from home that offers an environment where I can explore all my interests while still feeling a sense of community. What ended up happening was that I didn't really do any research on schools I applied to and in the end, I came to a school that I was unhappy at. Although the school offered good financial aid, in the end, my happiness meant a lot more than money could ever mean. I hope to transfer to another school and get good financial aid there and I wished I had put more thought into college when I was applying. My advice is to do your research. College is the place where students will spend four years of their lives and it deserves a lot of thought and research. Otherwise, you might end up somewhere you're unhappy.

College isn't a place where you can show up and expect to pick up right where you left off in high school. I went to a very small all guy private school in El Paso, Texas, where a students needs were always met. Teachers and staff were always on top of us and making sure we were doing what was needed in order for us to succeed. Althoug in college it is completely different, you don't have teachers on your back constantly or the Dean making sure you are doing what you are suppose to. You have to be mentally prepared which was something I think I lacked my first semester. I struggled a lot my first semester and was unsure about what I wanted to do. I jumped ahead of myself and got in a major that was not for me. Now I find myself trying to make up for that first semester that dropped my GPA really low. Therefore I would probably tell myself to hold strong and not to give up, to be ready for whatever came my way and to be sure of what I really wanted, and not to let down.