United States Merchant Marine Academy Top Questions

I have not actually started college just yet, I have enrolled and registered though. At this point in time I have just completed the Electrical program at the Inland Empire Job Corps Center and start attending my junior college classes in August. I have gained so much from my experience here at Job Corps, and I have realized that my career choice will be Electrical Engineering. I have learned employability skills, living in a dorm environment and obtained many friends, not to mention all the Electrical knowledge. I was the only female in my class, shop leader, and completed in a good amount of time. I can wire up your entire house, before Job Corps I wouldn't have been able to tell you a single thing about anything to do with Electrical. I have learned so much and reshaped my life in so many ways because of this experience and can't wait to further my education and career.

I have gotten the opportuinity to travel around the world on a commercial vessel. I have also had to oppotunity to perform an internship with a military engineering company. Additionaly I learned how to properly study, manage 24 credits a semester, and manage the little free time that I do have.

Get ready for hell.

Going to Kings Point is the best choice you could possibly make at this point in your life. It will make a positive mark on your life and expose you to more oppertunities than you can imagine. It won't be easy, and you won't enjoy yourself nearly as much as at a normal college, but it is where you belong. Embrace the discipline regimental life offers and you will be rewarded. Don't give in to the depression on campus. The third world counties you will visit are far worse, and those people are happy more than you would expect. Never ever quit. You may not always win, but if you quit, you have no chance of winning. Kings Point is a means to very good ends. No other place offers so much oppertunity to learn, grow, and mature.

Its not going to be like you expect. You need to take a better look at other options.

Don't go to a college just because your parents want you to go to it.

Stay strong, stay focused and for God's sake stay away from drinking for the first year.

Kick ass

You are only in college once. Make hte best of it

The most crucial advice I would have to give to parents and/or students about finding the right college and making the most of the college experience is that plan to visit the college you plan to attend and don't expect your college experience to be anything like high school in any aspect.

ask a current student for advice. it is a great school, i am going to grad school for civil engineering, and getting paid to do it. i love this place, when ever i am home i want to come back, these midshipmen are my family. email me anytime for more information, we have access to all the information you will ever need and i will even meet with anyone interested. my email is "[email protected]". no matter the year, email me please. you will not regret coming here, i promise

There are three simple rules for finding the right college and to make the most of the college experience. Firstly, one can never really know what a college is like until one visits it. Secondly, even after visiting a college,

Go with a college that offers what you want to do and not location or campus size or campus appearence, you will have fun no matter where you go orhow nice thecampus is.

Know what you want to study. Choose something specialized, a "business degree" isnt worth much.

Do what interests you. It is important to study what is interesting to you or you won/t succeed.

Before making a decision to attend a college, a visit is strongly suggested so the applicant can gauge his or her liking of the school and get a feel for it. It is also neccessary that the applicant enjoys the the atmosphere the school is set in such as geographic location, climate, and setting (city vs. rural). One must also look at what career opportunities will be available to them after graduation. Most important for most parents choosing colleges with their children is financial issues, and this should probably be used as the first way to narrow down colleges. Once attending a college, it is important that the parents communicate with their children. The student should try to become active in intermural activities to make friends and to learn to budget their time with activities and schoolwork. Choosing a college is the biggest decision many will make up to that point in their life and should not be taken lightly. However, with proper research and decision making, the college experience should leave a positive, lasting impression on ones life.

Know what kind of job you want after graduation and go look into the appropriate schools for that job. Then once find a school that may be fit find out as much information about it and actually visit the school. Once at the school be willing to adjust yourself to fit the lifestyle required for success at the school.

Take every opportunity available and try to learn more about yourself and not caught up with what's around you. Be true to yourself.

My best advice is to say choose to the best of your ability, roll with the punches cause not all of your decisions are going to make you 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} happy and you just have to take life as it comes.

In my own personal college search, it wasn't about how pretty the campus was, or even what degree programs were offered. It was about options, and accomplishing a dream. Someone once told me that the best way to look at college is to "work hard for four years and have fun the rest of your life, or play hard for four years and spend the rest of your life paying it off". I would urge anyone searching for a college or university to think about the world as it is: ever-changing. Which school will better prepar you for it, and how? Once the decision is made, be prepared to learn. A college student will not just learn his course of study, but a lot more about dealing with people, and their own personal potential. Go out on the weekend with someone you normaly wouldn't talk to. Be a student of the world and pick a school that makes that experience easier.