The Master’s University and Seminary Top Questions

Don't expect it to solve all of your problems. You'll still be you even in college. Have a roommate...I don't recommend rooming alone. Don't isolate yourself. Be willing to hang out with other people. Don't procrastinate...it makes things worse. Realize it is not as easy as community college.

As a high school senior I would tell myself it is okay to ask for help. For example, it is not best to wait until the last minute to ask professors for tutoring or resources that will help with the class. The college provides numerous tutoring services that have proved to be helpful with the classes. The professors will also know that you are making an effort to pass when you ask for help or go to tutoring. Another example is asking for assistance with financial aid. The financial aid offices may be delayed occasionally or do not always recieve all of the documents and it is recommended to check with a financial aid officer to make sure everything is taken care of. The transition from high school to college life is fun but it is important to stay focused and make use of the opportunities I am offered. Time management, studying, and prioritizing is also important factors in being successful in college.

I would tell someone too start thinking about what they wanted to do before there get to their senior year. If they don’t know what to do after high then they should talk too there teachers or guidance councilor of the school to see if he/she could help you out. During your junior/senior year should be ready for college and know what you going too do. During your senior year is just getting you ready for college but once you get into college it’s a totally on your own. There won’t be, as much teachers helping you out, so pretty much you have to get up and start your own life. What you do in high school and college will determine what you will get out of life doing. Either the career you love to do or a job that you don’t like to do. It is all up to you no one else can stop you. Now you are at the end of the road and your graduated high school and now college, this is the time you can go and explore what you have learned the pass 12+years of you life.

If I could talk to myself one year ago, I'm not sure what I would say. I can hardly put into words all of the things that I have learned over the past six months. The challenges that I have faced in college, both spiritually and academically, are far beyond what I expected. It is hard to remember what I was like last May; I feel like I have changed so much. When I think about myself in high school, there are a few things that I regret, one of which in the lack of time that I invested in my relationship with the Lord. If I could, I would tell myself to invest as much time and energy into the relationship as possible. I realize that if I had been more serious about my walk with Christ then I would have avoided many of the issues that I faced with my friends. I would have also had a better work ethic that would translate to college. It is much harder to form good habits under pressure than to end bad habits in times of ease. I realize that my faith affects every facet of my life at school.

"No good thing will God withhold from those who walk with integrity." -Psalm 84:11. Before coming to The Master's college two years ago prayers of a place to know God better and be surrounded by his children were on my heart and mind. Though I didn't think it was possible for such a place to exist and though I certainly did not expect it, God seems to have a way of working things out more wonderfully than we could imagine and I believe He honored my prayers because they honored Him. TMC is rightly named so because of the divine hand which seems to encompass the place, people and all its happenings. Some refer to us notoriously as the “Master's bubble” because the college is something completely separate from all that surrounds it. As I ponder all the loving fellowship and warm wisdom from genuinely caring professors and comrads over I've received here over the years I'm full of gratitude. After I graduate I know God has good for me and that no other college could have prepared me as well for whatever it is out there as The Master's College has.

I arrived on campus the first day knowing that I would learn new things. However, I could hardly imagine that my entire perspective on God and His Word would be completely shaken as it has been during my time at the Master's College. The Bible has become more than just a book that is beneficial to know; instead, it is a mountain of treasure and riches which I can only hope to scrape the surface of after a lifetime of study. Moreover, the students and professors here exemplify what it means to live biblical ideals. One does not understand the man's potential until He has seen what God has done with those who are part of the Master's College.

I have learned a lot from my college experience, both in and outside of the classroom. I have better learned how to make decisions, how to relate to people, how to manage time, how to write, how to research, and how to work with others. I have had a blast travelling abroad, made new friendships that I value probably more than anything else in my college experience, and genuinely felt like I have helped the community. I have learned about art, music, philosophy, science, history, and human culture. College thus far has been an incredible experience in my life, and I am looking forward to what lies ahead for the rest of my college career.

I would tell myself to prepare better, and to start looking into colleges earlier. Also I would have saved more money, so i can financially afford school.

My first semester in college made a profound change in how I defined myself and understood life. Given the chance to talk to myself as a high school senior I would offer a challenge. College is a serious matter and is worth working hard for. I knew then that the world was a complicated and dangerous place and some day it would be my turn to enter it without childhood safeties, but where was my place? How do I fit in on the complex scene? I can now answer that such a purposeful position is not something just handed over on someone's eighteenth birthday party, it is created and earned. The freedom is mine to work for what is good or to lay back and watch my life fall apart. So I would challenge my earlier self to consider this as I became frustrated with applications, finances, and rigorous classes. Do I want to become a man of honor? Do I want to help repair the faults of the world that confront me? Yes! Do I want comrades in this crazy world, both to protect and to keep me alive? Yes! Then get to work.

Don't put off the application process. Taking a year off is a really good idea but you should still go through the process so then it's even easier when you apply to school again at the end of 2009/2010. Speaking of which, you should start your application process right at the beginning of the 2009/2010 school year. This will give you enough time to critique your work and look into colleges more in depth. You will learn a lot about your self in the year you take off. You will learn you love to write social commentaries but what you really want to do is teach High School Art. You can still do writing on the side, but you need a degree to teach so get that done and keep the writing as a hobby. Maybe you'll make a living off both, who knows. But make sure you get the most out of your major.