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What should every freshman at Texas Southmost College know before they start?

brandon

i would tell myself to not slack off and keep studing. the professors in college are not going to be watching after you and making sure you turn your work in. i would also tell myself not to graduate early and enjoy your senior year beacuse thats the last of highschool. and not be affaird of joining a sport beacsue its important to stay active and you dont want to get the freshman 15

Fernanda

My advice would be preparing myself more in math to avoid having to do extra classes. Like also to be focused in English language in order to have no difficulty with terms in the university. I would buy a book of anatomy to read in my free time and not go in blank in the anatomy class and enter with knowledgeable in classes. My other advice would be practice chemistry lab in order to learn more, I would like to be graduate from high school in Brownsville and not in Matamoros, to know better English and also speak better, but I despite everything not regret me what I did right now for me is an honor to be studying English and know not 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} but I can talk, and my teachers understand me, and I know never is too late for learning. I learn new words every day new things and I like to learn. Sometimes I feel that I go slow in my classes because I have two years in college and I almos finish the classes that I need in order to get in to the MLT program, but I never give up I know that I can.

Roberto

Manage your time wisely. Do your homework and do not procrastinate. Dont stay quiet and ask questions.

manuel

The first thing i would tell my self would be to start doing my own work and taking life more seriouse. High school is like a daycare for young adults. I would make sure i am aware of all the scholarships available to students. Give all my hard efforts to my home work and studies to obtain the highes GPA.

Ana

If I could go back and know what I now know about college and the important decision you have to make and how everything goes I would probably do some changes. My 17 yr old son just enrolled in TSC this semester and now I can hellp him guide him and help him not make the same mistakes I mad. When I enrollle to college I had no friend or family to explain to me how all this was and what affects you on the long run and what helps. Since I am the first one in my family to attend college I had no one to guide me. Feel so happy know that my son is following my steps and he decided to enroll in college. I started with remedials and I didnt know that the financial aid for those classes I would need them after. I also would also make sure I was sure posistive of what career i wanted to persue. Over all I am happy of the decision of coming back to school to have a better life now my kids will follow my steps. Thanks to TSC for the exellent trraining I am getting.

Lupita

If I had the opportuninty to go back in time to talk to myself as a high school senior I would defenetly tell myself to get further away from senioritis. To try the best to get A's in order to have an outstanding grade point average in which instead of getting B's in my dual enrollement courses, to try my very best for those A's. Thats because it would defenetly help my gpa in college since its a college class. In order to get in with those college hours but with a breathtaking grade point average. The second thing I would tell myself is to be completely sure in what career I would like to major in. Thats because having your mind set to something you love would defenetly save you tons of time in your future career. Never to give up on yourself, that all those who strongly support you is for your best in order for you to do great in your life. Finally, it would be to encourage myself to keep up with furthering my education, althoughmy friends gain tons of money in that time I'm attending school, with education you can suceed!

Joleen

The advise I would give the high school me is to focus on school more and study harder because when you get to college no one is their telling you constantly to finish your assignments or reminding you about due dates for projects. Also, make sure you stay more on top of the things and try to apply to as many scholarships as possible! Even if you dont win! Just stop being lazy and work at it! As well as be confident with the person you are and don't let anyone bring you down or tell you other wise because in college you are your own bestfriend so you better make sure you love the person you are and if you see an opportunity you find interesting, do it! Cause you only get one shot at life, so you have to make sure you make good decisions and even if you fail you can still say you atleast tried it, That way you aren't left all your life with the "What If" feeling .

nila

If I could go back to school and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself to stay in school. To graduate from high school and start college right away with no time in between. Having the information fresh in my head would have helped me so much than waiting ten years and coming back to school. Another thing I would change is to try my best in grades wise. Something I have thought plenty about is that sometimes I have done the minimum to pass exams , but those grades have followed me to college. We do not choose life, but the decisions that we make, make life easier.

Mark

dont waste your time. learn as much as posible from sciences and math. dont be disappointed if you dont succed at the first try. i would also recomed myself to improve my writting skills and to do more volunteering. i would also recomend to myself to make studing a habit. to have several hours every day specifically for studing.

marlen

high school is very important to complete in order to go to college. dont take the chance to graduate minimum. better yet graduate recomended becuase you wont be acepted into the universitie you will have to go to a community college. both are a good options, but it would be better if you get accepted into a universitie first. why? becuase if you have all your credits from high school and you graduated recomended you will be taking courses that you actually need for your career. in the other hand, graduating minimum slows you down a little bit on your carreer becuase since you dont have all your credits complete in the community college they will make you tke remedeos which is kinda like a review from high school. you still have oppotunities to overcome this remedeos by paying for SATS,ACUPLACERS,COMPASS,ETC but you will have to pass them. nevertheless if you have to take remedeos eaither way in college my advice to you is to do your work and turn it in on time. that is the key to suscess in college.i had the chance to graduate recomended and i didnt. so now am doing remedeos.