University of Nevada-Reno Top Questions

Hey Eric, here are a few things that you would want to know about yourself 3 years down the road. First off, don't go to WNC to play baseball. You don't care about baseball enough to play it in college. Follow your heart and push yourself to play football at a JC. Work hard in the class room and the weight room to get good grades like you have been and to get bigger to play running back. Second, when things don't work out like they have in the past don't get down on yourself. Things will get better just give them time. Lastly, listen to your parents. They know a ton more then you do even if you think you know everything. They love you and would do anything for you so remember that. But just keep being your true self and you will be just fine. Go into everything with an open-mind and strive to better yourself everyday.

To my High School self, Relax! Stop trying to make everyone around you happy and take some time to do something for yourself. Don't dwell on the things you can't change, but take charge of your life and work to better yourself. When you go to college quit your job back home, the money your making isn't going to make up for missing every weekend of your freshman year. Most importantly, get help for your eating disorder. You aren't okay and it's only going to get worse. Being skinny won't make your lame boyfriend like you more and in fact he is going to dump you for that girl in your french class. Don't cry over him, someone better comes along in a couple of years. The first night Thomas asks you to dinner skip the shrimp alfredo, food poisoning kind of ruins the evening. Last, when Thomas asks you to go ice skating before Mary's birthday dinner wear something cute, your getting engaged!

If I could go back and speak to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself to not be in such a rush to grow up. I would tell myself how hard it really is to go from a high school senior living at home to a college freshman moving out. I would try to help myself learn not to take anything for granted and to learn to accept change. Although there would be many things that I would tell myself, I woul not change a minute of my senior year of high school. Without having that year, I would not have learned some of the lessons that I did learn. I may have been young and naive, but I definitely needed to learn through the mistakes that I made.

Dear self, It's your senior year, and although playing in state championship games and keeping up with your relationship is important to you at the moment, these things are only temporary and you need to start focusing on planning for your future. High school is easy and shouldn't be a time to be stressed about every unimportant detail of your life. Enjoy it and live in the moment, take plenty of pictures and make lots of memories. In college, you'll sometimes find yourself wanting to go back. Also, spend as much time with your family as you can, and never take your mom for granted, because even though she sometimes cooks the same dish for dinner once every week, you'll miss homecooked meals. Most importantly though, understand the importance of education as your sitting in your boring Molecular Biology class. Self motivation is key when you get into the big leagues. Practice making good study habits now so that you don't have to pull an all nighter for your first exam. Education in high school prepares you for college. Education after high school prepares you for a lifelong career. Be smart and make good choices.

Highschool is a crucial part of life for young adults. There are a lot of oppertunities and direction that one generally isn't just given nor taught. There are a ton of influences of both good and bad in highschool. First off, I unfortunetely never made it to my senior year in highschool. I was under the influence of the bad kind. I dropped out and later joined the military. Thats how I can attend college now. If I was to go back and in some sort of way and kick some sense into my high school self, it would have to be to stay in school and dont be a fool. I would warn him of how much catching up he would have to do in order to be an Engineer. Heck, I would have told him to get better grades and apply himself; try harder because having your nose in the books is actually really cool. All this popularity stuff goes right out the window when high school is over. That is how life works. I would remind myself once more that finding myself through school would be much more rewarding than pushing school aside.

I would go back and tell myself something very important. Stop messing around! I goofed off far to much when I was in high school and I know I could have done much better when it comes to school work. I focused to much on insignificant things like girls and going out. I know that having fun is important but I spent way too much time on these things that did not better me as a person. I would also tell myself to get involved in other clubs. I wanted to become a politician back in senior year, but instead of following my dreams I was unwilling to put in the work nessesary to reach my goal.

I went back in time as high school senior the first thing i would tell myself is to concentrate in college and be single. Which means NO BOYFRIEND, they're just a distraction. I would also tell myself the situation I'm in the future. Which I chose to have a boyfriend and we live together. Now we both have to work to pay rent, bills, pay for our meals and LESS concentration in college. Which means bad grades. You notice the WE? Yes, we its no longer me, myself, and I. Why? Because I chose to have a boyfriend and now I am paying for the consequences like pay for things I shouldn't be paying yet, well, at least not until I'm established and have a great career. Its not a great life. I would tell myself, "Dont you want to be someone successful and be someone in life? Because I'd wish that in the future. So go to college, get good grades, get a degree in management or become an RN. This people who go and concentrate in college get paid the BIG BUCKS! And stay AWAY from trade schools. Community College is way better.

If I could give my high school self any advice, it would be to work harder, because it would be worth it, and to break bad habits. Procrastinating here doesn't work. It would also be a good thing to take some more college level classes in high school, just to get a little ahead. Being more involved, and finding hobbies would be something good to do and have as well. Time management is so important! If I would have learned that earlier on in my life, I wouldn't be having such a hard time with it now. If I had known what I know, then.. Then I would be a much more successful person now.

If I could go back in time and give myself advice about college it would be to take risks. Being a college junior now I wish I had gotten more involved back when I was a freshman. It took me some time to break out of my shell, and if I had more initiative as a freshman I would have more opportunities today. I would tell myself to join the travel abroad program for the purpose of becoming more familiar with other areas of the world and gaining some real world experiences. I would also tell myself to speak up in class and to join clubs on campus. Putting myself out there around campus would have given me more of the college experience and made my time at the University of Nevada, Reno productive and worth while. Although I am satisfied with my progress thus far, I could have done much more valuable things with my time if I had taken more chances and opportunities as an incoming freshman.

Science is fun. I know it’s hard to believe, but you can achieve success if you just believe in that one truth. The fear, the complex, and the comments dad said, that “science does not come naturally to women,” is utterly false. Believe in yourself. UNR has your future in Wildlife, so start working on saving so you can transfer and move there. Once you’re there, stay focused, it will turn out all right. The family needs you, yes, but you need to focus on your future, on your education, on your career. Never give up. You are a lot stronger than you give yourself credit, and while you’ll face many hardships and losses along the way, know that in the end, it will pay off. You will fall in love with the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation program. You will find yourself devoted to the field and mesmerized by the professors who want to see you succeed. You will find classmates and colleagues who share your values and beliefs. And above all else, you will find the confidence to succeed.