Texas Southmost College Top Questions

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

Kent

As a high school senior I would advise myself to speak in person with a college advisor about the decision you have made to go to college. Apply for scholarships as soon as you can. Make certain that you parents are fully supportive in your decision to attend college. Apply for student study work on campus. Make friends that will not drag you down or drag you across the ground. Time manage your studying and stay focus on your major. If you are going to stay home while in college, appreciate your parents for everything that they do, making your lunches, giving you extra money, maybe even a car to drive to school. You'll have plenty of time for celebration when you graduate with high honors. Get all the help you can from tutoring, start a study group and get plenty of sleep. Take plenty of notes from the professors and always sit in the very front of the room, remember you are paying for that instructor to teach you about the subject, do not hesitate to ask questions, Good luck to me.

nidia

I would like to re-take my SAT or ACT, I didn't know that they were really important to apply to any college. Make my study skills better. I honestly never though that studing for a class was going to be as hard as I though. I don't have patience to study, I would love someone to teach me the right way, to study. I would honestly like for someone to told me that college was going to be really expensive so, I would started saving money so, I don't have to struggle to get money to pay my classes and books. I would like to get my gpa higher. I have a 3.4 gpa i would like at to get a gpa of 3.8, I could do it. Yes, it may be hard but, not impossible if I'm willing to do it, I would put all my effort into it. Have more information about the path way I want to study, someone to guide me and would of told me the pros and cons.

Miranda

Miranda , please get ready for college with one year in advance , take college seriously , is not as easy as you think , there are so many test , papers and things that you will need and get prepared with all that the university ask you . And please save money in an account for your necessities and study really really hard . The university is the door to the success and one of the most important things in your life . Please go for information right now about the requirements . You will pay the consequences like me if you don't go .

Nallely

You are a very optimistic person, college life is tough but you can go through it without a problem. You'll have to learn how to divide your time in order to complete assignments and homework. Try not to be absent very often, remember that you'll no longer be in high school. Now you are responsible for every decision you make. Don't be shy, make new friends. It will help you to adapt to the transition. Take this advice as a guide to get through college. Good luck!

Cristian

I would tell to myself that i need to study a little bit harder when i did not do my best effort. Look at me, i am having some problems to pay the rent of your house, buy food, and get gas in your car. But if you do your best right now, you will not have any of these situations. Pay attention at me, I am your future yourself.

Ashley

The advice I would give the past me is to study harder and to pay attention to the little details. The little detail is what I constantly miss. To apply for scholarship during senior year and throughout college life. Scholarships can help pay for books and additional things you will need. To watch out for loans because the majority of college students get loans. It will get you into debt by the time you graduate. If going to apply for loans, it should be saved as the last resort and to only get the amount you need.

ashley

many things could have been advised most imporatnly more scholarship knowlege and more dual enrollment.

Alan

The best advice i would have given myself with all the knowledge i have gained and experiences, would be to try harder and be more disciplined . I would tell my senior self to be a more dedicated student and to put all my effort into every class and not give up. I would tell myself to apply earlier for college , apply for scholarships, and meet up more with my counselers to have had more guidance from them. I would have put more effort into making myself more positive and want it more than the other person. Going back in time with all the knowledge that i have aquired , i would have changed my senior self completely. I was not a very good student, so i would love to tell myself to try very hard and stop slackinig off and do everything in my power to be more ready for college. A time machine would have been such a help for my senior self and would have been a very helpful experience . As i have stated, with all the knowledge i have gained, i would change so much of my past, it would really have benefit me .

Jose

As a high school senior everything seems so easy, not to do home work, never read books, and think that studying is just a waste of time. I wouldve loved to put more effort in my grades, and start reading more books because that increases your knowledge. As a college student it is really hard to adapt to different behaviors. All the homework, and the books they tell you to read puts me in a really stressfull situation. I couldve prevented this by taking ap classes in high school and dual enrollment classes. Another important transition i woulve made is to learn all could and put alot of effort because now that i am in college i am on my own, fighting for my future.

Mario

Don't waste time on things that in a year you will see that are insignificant. Time is precious and so is free education. Take advanage of those classes that are free for you to attend. Be responsible, take care of what you need to do with haste and maturity. Your problems will only accumulate if you don't take care of them. Be strong, that naivety and idealism that everyone claimed and critized you for will inspire some freshman when they're seniors and will get them very far in their high school career and afterwards as well. Don't give up! Don't let the lack of having a home or having a supportive family discourage you. In the future you will have an abundance of both those things and you will be doing something you really love. If I tell you what that is you won't get it. You have to shed some blood, sweat, and tears to see it. Oh! Go easy on the fast food guy. You get chunky at the end of your senior year and afterwards you become a health nut in the future.