University of California-Davis Top Questions

I would tell myself, do something outrageous. Do something that will put your face in the paper... or milk cartons. Do something that will make a big impact on the community and the world. Make your life interesting.

College is a lot different than high school. Most of the time, you'll need to teach yourself the material. If you need help, don't be afraid to ask for help from professors or TAs. You don't want to fall behind in class because if you do, you'll be behind most of the time. Always study everyday for each class because it'll help when it comes to taking midterms and finals. Don't wait until the last day to study; you'll most likely fail if you do that.

"Don't Worry." If a time machine were ever invented, I would go back and talk to myself as a high school senior. I would relieve myself of my worries and hope that I would be able to have a more enjoyable stress-free senior year. "Life goes on wherever you choose to go and it is possible to obtain happiness there, but the choice that I made in my senior year allowed me to achieve what I believe is the happiest I would ever be in college."

Understand that the workload is not hard. The classes are more demanding of your attention but you gain so much more. Take advantage of all of your college's student services. Do not limit yourself to your comfort zone and make conversation with people to build a nice network and an enjoyable college experience.

I would tell myself to prepare for every test and class thouroughly and take every class seriously. Dont be shy, meet new people and make new friends. Live every day to the fullest and dont hold anything back. and To have fun.

I would tell myself that school is more about learning the material and being able to appy it in life than it is about memorizing to get good grades. I would also tell myself that i need to pick a school based on my person needs than its reputation, because you learn who you are in college and it needs to fit you and your personal needs to be succesfull.

The advice I would give myself is really quite simple: do not be afraid to let your personallity show. To often my freshmen year was I uncharacteristically timid or softspoken just because I did not feel like people would enjoy my charismatic and flamboyant actual personallity. I was afraid that people would find it overbearing or simply to over the top; in effect I feared it would be a limit on the friendships I could make. Alas, I was wrong and when I did be myself I made stronger friendships more easily. I would tell my high school senior self to not be afraid of my ecentricities and to embrace my personallity and reassure myself that people will enjoy the true me. I could not give myself any greater advice than that which forms strong friendships.

Although skepticism and careful deliberation are important skills, your time at college is very limited so don't spend it in a state of doubt. UC Davis is a very large campus, take advantage of everything that it has to offer. Rather than being intimidated by this campus and the people in it, you must embrace them; they are why you are here. once you move on to that campus, forget fear, forget nostalgia, and forget regret. Remember that you would not have gotten accepted if you did not belong here and that you are exactly who you need to be. To be clear, I am describing a state of mind and in order to experience these things you must be confident, hungry, and foolish. Anything and everything that is relevant to your interests is what you should be doing because ultimately all that matters is that you do what you love, so that you may not only enjoy your work, but also do great work. Always remember that the best inspirations start with love. Take my advise, but also take responsibility. Bad things can only happen to you when you abdicate responsibility.

If I could talk to a younger me, I would encourage myself to get involved more at school. I would make sure to tell myself to not worry so much about finances, or having a job, but to enjoy the people around me at school and on my sports teams. I would tell myself to join clubs so that I would have the feeling of belonging to something at the place that I spent most of my teenage years at. I also would have told myself to read the books that were assigned in my classes more in detail, so that I would have more classic books under my belt as I made my way to college. This would have been helpful in my endevours at university for references and understanding about the culture of knowledge that I am surrounded by. The most important thing, despite everything else, would be involvement with my fellow classmates. This kind of involvement would have help me become a better communicator in class settings. Being able to articulare your opinions and thoughts in the academic world is key to making your education worthwhile, and setting you on the path to success in the world.

If I could talk to myself as a high school senior, I would advise myself to apply to and attend UC Davis because it is the best fit for me. Davis is a college town with a very wholesome, safe atmosphere, as opposed to universities located in bigger cities. Also, UCD offers a fantastic pre-vet program in which I am very interested. The courses offered for the Animal Science undergraduate major are very comprehensive and interesting. I came to UC Davis with a few of my very closest friends from high school which I have both regretted and relished. I would advise my high school self to embrace the new people I would meet in college while trying to stay close to my old friends. It is very difficult to let go of the known and accept the unknown, but not accepting the known means not accepting new opportunities to meet people.