The Evergreen State College Top Questions

Be an activist sooner. Radical politics, radical people, are great for morale. Climb a lot more trees.

Work hard, study hard. Don't underestimate your power to achieve your dreams. You can become anything you want to be. Don't lose focus, keep your eyes on the prize. Remember, if you always do your best, you can never fail. Even though your life so far has been far from easy, keep working and studying hard, you won't regret it. An education can be the key to your success, and will allow you to take care of Mom, even though she is too sick to take care of you. Someday you can look back and see that your hard work has paid off, and that you did everything in your power to help your family and make the world a better place too.

Do exactly what you want to do. Any decision that you make is a great one.

It'll be fine

College is not going to be what you expect. Do not go start your college experience with false expectations, because you will become disillusioned and you will struggle with that. That struggle will lead you in the right direction academically, however, just doing what you are passionate about in the first place will be much easier. Don't concern yourself with whatever the people back home expect of you academically, build on your expectations of yourself. Nobody back home is here to tell you what is right or wrong, you only have yourself and the connections that you make now. Expect more of yourself, because you are capable of more than you ever imagined.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself to fill out more scholarship applications and look into more schools. Once I learned about The Evergeeen State College I was hooked to their teaching style and it ended up being the only shcool I applied to. I believe I should have looked into more schools that are similar to Evergreen just so I would have had more options. I've also realzied that paying for college when you cannot qualify for any financial aid is a struggle and filling out more scholarship applications than I did would have increased my chances of receiving more money for tuition, housing, and other school related supplies. As for make the transition into college life, I feel like it has been a pretty easy change. Having no experience living in such close quarters with 5 other girls I believe I have handled it quite well. I've learned that being myself is the best that I can do and stepping outside of my comfort zone to meet as many people as possible is the best way to make friends and enjoy college life.

Go to the scholarship office REGULARLY as well as websites they give you. Set a goal for how many scholarships you'll try to apply for each quarter. Also check-in with the school's career develoment center REGULARLY to try to connect better with alumni employed in the community, for internships, independent learning contract opportunities & future employment.

Don't worry about making or losing friends, worry about where you're going work in four years. Friends come and go, but your abilities and knowledge stya with you your entire life.

visit campuses, take it slow. Trust what you're interested and talk to faculty in the departments you're interested in. You don't have to find a job with your qualification, go towards your passion.

Make sure you're ready to leave home behind and be prepared to embrace a complete restart.