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What should every freshman at Tarrant County College District know before they start?

jacqueline

If I knew what I know now , I would tell myself to not wait so long to interact with students. The students and faculty are more than happy to help, do not wait so long to get involved. Space out your classes do not attempt to take two hard sciences or classes at the same time. Even out your courseload do not save your hardest class for last because, they will pile up and it will be harder in the end. Stay proactive and punctual. Get to know your instructors the more you interact with them the more they get to know you which can be really helpful. Take the time to get involved in clubs and organization related to your feild of study. Schedual your time wisley, and make time for yourself. Check for low prices on books and supplies on different websites to get the best deals. Be proud of yourself ecspecially, when you do well. However if you do not do your best on a test or project do not beat yourself up. Keep pushing you will do better next time. Make at least one friend in each class and exchange numbers in case you miss something.

Randi

I would advise myself to stay in school. Education is so important and the choices that you make now as a high school senior will affect the course of your life. Learn life skills such as good communication, assertiveness and discernment so that you make wise decisions. Find your self-esteem and hold tight to it so that you are not pressured into activities that will lead you down a road of destruction. Avoid the things that appear to be fun like drugs and alcohol because they will take over your life. Drugs and alcohol are destructions in disguise. Set your goals and write them down. Reach for them no matter the cost and don’t lose sight of what you want to achieve. It is very easy to be distracted by the freedom that you will experience once you leave the safety of your parents confinements. But do not use that freedom to indulge in your passions and desires that will have negative consequences attached to them.

YOLANDA

This is you in 26 years after high school graduation. Please go to college and do not loose focus. Also the winning lotto numbers are ********** . Good luck and don't date Ricardo or Albert. Good luck!!

Emily

Although I took academics very seriously as a high school senior, I would tell myself to expand my school spirit and extra curricular activities. I think being involved with your peers and your community is extremely crucial when applying to four year universities and can define your future in more ways than one. Not only will being involved better your chances of getting accepted to the first college of your choice, but it will prepare you for future careers. I also think that having school spirit and making friends during your senior year is important because it's a time where you meet most of your life-long friends and figure out who you are as a person. Furthermore, I would tell myself to give 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} at everything I do, because working hard will always be worth it in the end. But most of all, stay true to yourself. As the great Sir Paul McCartney once said, "I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing anything weird wasn't weird at all and it was the people saying they were weird that were weird."

Dustin

College is the start of a completely different life. We're no longer on a one-way track that always gets us to the same place. There are more forces at work now, giving us less control of our lives. A single decision can drasticly change our future whether we want it to or not. I suppose the best way to adjust to college is to find a certain place on campus and make that your "home". "home" could be a library, a computer center, a laboratory, or even a food court (I don't reccomend food court). Whatever you choose to be your "home", that will affect how you grow. Finally, I want you to know that they were wrong. Your friends are still out there and they haven't forgotten you. And when you need them, they'll have your back. So don't worry about new ones.

Mason

If I could go back in time to knock some sense into myself, I would simply tell myself to start applying for universities and scholarships early in my senior year. The single reason that I ended up at TCC is because I was a lazy procrastinator throughout highschool. Fortunately, early in my college career I had a wakeup call that turned my life around. If I had been the driven person that I am now back in high school, my life would look very different today. After telling myself all of this, I would then encourage myself by telling me the great things I could accomplish if and only if I stepped up and would start living responsibly.

Jazmyn

Attending to community college, while all of my friends pack their duffle bags for university, is one of the most distressing but congratulating things I've experienced. The advice I'd give to myself is to take my education seriously. I joked around all throughout highschool. I tuned every bit of advice out because I was under the impression that I knew everything. That was until life slapped me across the face. The first rejection letter brought me down to reality. I glided through every single project, homework assignment, and anything school related. It took four years of joshing around, and three hours of crying for me to realize that education is everything. "Bill gates didn't go to college," very true. But how many Bill Gates does one know? Not only that, but his parents gave him two million dollars to get him started. My parents are not doing that, which means I have one choice. Say goodbye to the old Jazmyn, and hello to the Jazmyn who sees the volume in learning.

Haley

If I could talk with the social butterfly I was as a senior, I would tell her to spend more time in her cocoon. I would tell her that what forms inside of those constricting walls will make her wings rich in color. If she would listen, I would beg her to take a look around her small home and see how much room there actually is. There may not be anything bold or exciting, but there will be things she never knew were there. I would stress to her the importance of taking criticisms and seeing them as a gift rather than a weapon. She would shrug off everything I had to say, but she would beat herself up later, play victim and fail to realize how protected she is. I would then let her know that fluttering by innocently will not keep predators from destroying her someday. She would have to see it for herself, but I would let her know that it is going to hurt, and this time, she will have to find an escape on her on. Lastly, I would tell her not to worry. With grace, she makes it out alive.

Saran

A lot

Saran

College life is another world. In high school you had the support of your family concerning food, housing, the school supplies. Now its all on you and you finally appreciate what your parents did for you. You wake up and think about how to pay your bills, your books, your food. So the advice is that save enough that you can and do your best to have enough scholarship. I studied in a foreign country so for me its more difficult but I do my best