University of Nevada-Reno Top Questions

Dear youunger Razia, I know life is hard but I truly wish you would stop thinking that the world is going to end every three seconds. Now with that out of the way let me tell you what you should do to get ready for college. Your high school pays for college applications and all your college entry exams. Take advantage of them, stop being lazy and utilize them. Study for your ACT and get better than a 22, you are much brighter than that. Study harder for your AP classes, trust me it will make life so much easier. If you pass Calculus, English and American Government you will not I repeat will not have to take out a loan your freshman year. Last but not least do not give up and strive. Strive until you know that at the end of the day you made everyone in your family proud, especially your mother, she deserves is and you know it. Being where I am today is difficult but if you can take a few more hours out of your day and can pull through the last few months you'll succeed. Love, Older me.

Relax and enjoy the ride. The thought of starting college for the first time was very intimidating and stressful for me. Even more so than the average student being that I'm a young single mother. All college students suffer from late nights of studying, lack of sleep and financial woes, right? But considering I am a single mother I already go through all of these struggles, so my thoughts are how could I possibly take on more?! Although I had my doubts and worries I still took the jump and decided to further my education, and I'm so glad I did! It has dramatically changed my life for the better. Yes, college is hard, but is it do-able? Absolutely! I can now say I'm one of the few statisics of young single mothers that is furthering my education! So if I could go back in time I would tell myself this is one of the most rewarding challeges of your life so don't worry, just relax and enjoy the ride.

As a high school senior, I stressed for months about college. I wanted to attend the most prestigious and showy university just to impress my peers and parents, so I neglected the most important aspect about higher education: the education. If I could travel back in time to speak to my neurotic seventeen-year-old self, I would tell myself not to let the reputation of the university take precedence in my college decision. Every college offers an education, but what matters most is how I take advantage of the education to reach my full potential and succeed. I would remind myself that experts, geniuses, and professionals don’t all hail from the Ivy Leagues. I would share to the younger me remarkable people at my normal but respecatable university: my brilliant calculus professor who actually made me enjoy math, my helpful chemistry T.A. who’s always eager to help me comprehend the lecture, and the ten-year-old boy-genius in my calculus class. Cathy, it doesn't matter where you end up because you will adapt and succeed thanks to your hard work ethic and high expectation for yourself. Have fun as a senior!

I am currently a freshman at the University of Nevada, Reno majoring in Nursing. In order to be accepted into the Orvis School of Nursing, I must have a 4.0 nursing GPA plus outside experience. After attending UNR for my first semester of college I have realized that earning a 4.0 in college is not as easy as it was for me in high school. After analyzing my weaknesses from last semester, I have decided it all goes back to poor study habits developed in high school. In high school, as long as I went to class and did my homework, I could get good grades on tests and easily pass with straight A's. Now that I am in college and I am learning more advanced information at a quicker pace, getting good grades on tests is not so easy. If I went back in time and had a talk with myself, I would tell myself to quit procrastinating and to get in the habit of studying and reading daily. If I had begun to do this in high school, instead of now, college would be a lot easier and would be less stressful and more fun.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would have a lot to say. My biggest point would be to make every minute of every situation. Its kind of cliche but live every day like its your last and be grateful of what you have. Dont be timid, go into College with a Bang! Meet new people, these are the best days of your life. I went into college shy and nervous. Dont! Depending on whose at College with you, most of the people there dont know your background. Your fresh, you can be anyone you want to be. No one knows about your highschool life. Your a new person, you can effect them in anyway you want.

I would advise a study group for college study. This group will motivate one another for an optimistic outcome in each course. This is a way to get to know peers, along with another view or aspect of a subject in which something about the topic is not understood clearly. Other opinions may positively influence a self-assurance as a group.

Dear Jessica, If I could go back in time and give you one peice of advice as a high school senior, knowing what I know now as a college student, it would be this....Your fears, worries, and doubts were all apart of the plan. I know you didn't always trust the pathway that you were traveling down. Sure you got sidetracked with other things, yet you still beleived. I know you never knew how you were going to pay for college, yet you found a way. I know you never knew what University you were going to attend, but know you do. I know you always wanted to be a nurse, and you will be the best if you just beleive in yourself. I knew you would be able to overcome your fears, worries, and doubts. I knew you would fight, I knew you would be powerful enough to stick with it and beleive in your dreams. As your favorite qoute by coach carter says, "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure"- Coach Carter. Be powerful and beleive, it is all apart of the plan.

If I had the opportunity to go back and talk to myself, as a high school senior. I would tell myself what i finally chose to have as a major. If I knew what I wanted to do then, I would have focused more a better plan and finding the right school. I would also say how college is one of the best experiences, anyone can have. No matter what we want to do in life, going to college and getting an education will always being important.

To start off, I have to state what a great essay question this is because I always wish I would've known what I know now back then. The first piece of advice I would give myself is to apply for scholarships every single day. The one major thing that will get in the way of getting an education is financial needs. Many people have paid for college through scholarships alone so applying for as many as possible is the most benefitial. Another piece of advice I would give myself is to prepare for some hard work because high school is nothing like college. For many students, high school was a breeze to pass, but college requires ten times the work. You have to commit to some hard core studying and focus. The transition from high school to college isn't an easy one, but as long as you keep up with your studies and also remember and never forget that you must do everything yourself, you will be just fine. I think that is some of the best advice I could give to myself and others.

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would definitely tell myself to consider my options more. I don't come from a lot of money, and to pay for my education, we are taking out loans and relying on scholarships. With this in mind, I didn't think that I could afford out of state schools and, therefore, didn't apply to or look into many schools. I am learning to appreciate the university I chose because of the people I'm meeting and being able to see my family frequently; however, I wish I would have ventured out into the world more and went out of my comfort zone to a new area that I may not be familiar with. I know I'm going to have a great college experience at UNR, but I do wish I would have looked into all of my options rather than choosing the one that seemed like the most affordable and that my parents wanted me at.