University of St Thomas-Saint Paul Top Questions

Don't wish your senior year away. Enjoy your time with your family. Your first year at college will come soon enough. Prepare yourself to feel many new feelings...happy, sad, homesick, and sometimes you don't even know what you are feeling. Take the time to get to know yourself and understand yourself. My biggest advise I could give someone is do not be AFRAID, we could all learn from that one. There is nothing to fear....take a chance say "yes" to something you might want to do but worried about what others think. If you BELIEVE in yourself, everything will fall into place, might not be in your timeframe, but it will. In the end it will be okay, and if its not, then its not the end.

to work hard, study hard so that i could receive better grades as the ones i am receiving now! i have learnt that it is through hard working and being focused and determined, i can achieve best result. also taking my time making a difference in my community. i t is something that i have learnt as i am nw volunteering at feed my starving to pack food so that they can be shipped to different underdeveloped countries.

I would tell my high school senior self to give a lot of thought towards coming up with a list of the three aspects of a college that are most important to me. Focus on schools that seem to emphasize these aspects on their website as well as through the individuals you talk to at the college. I would encourage myself to talk to the students that attend the university because they can describe the experience that you could potentially have at that school. Who better understands college life at the college than the students? Finally, I would reassure myself that, although this is the biggest decision you've made for yourself thus far, many of the schools you are looking at are terrific, filled with professors who want to help you and students that will want to be your friend. It is an important choice, but there is not only one school in the nation that is perfect for you. Listen to your head, but mostly your heart, and you cannot make a wrong choice because you will have done your best.

Recollections of my senior year are comprised by anxiously awaiting acceptance letters, competing against myself for the best possible GPA, while biting my fingernails trying to figure out how to pay for college. I went to a college preparatory school, founded on academic excellence and C.L.A.S.S. I recall getting annoyed after I got asked for the hundredth time, ?Where are you going to college, and what will you major in?? I did not come from a well off background. I had to work for everything I have, and money was a huge issue when deciding where to attend school. If I could talk to myself during the bitter sweet year of lasts, I would say, "prioritize; write out a list of YOUR needs and desires, nothing is permenant, you don't know what time will bring you." I would remind myself that I have slaved over my education, therefore I already ensured the money. Also I would say, "There will be times in your college freshman year, when you will want to give up, you will feel like you won't make it, but perservering will shape you into the best person you can possibly be."

I love college; however, the one thing I would tell me to make the transition is to enjoy what you have because when you have to pack up and go to school, things won't be there. I remember when I first left for school I thought it was gonna be very easy, but some parts were very hard. Certain things I took for granted. I missed having a refrigerator full of food, soft toliet paper, and my dog wagging his tail everytime I came home. I didn't really realize how much those simple things meant to me. I would tell myself that these things are a luxury and to have these things in the future, college is the time to work, so take the first few weeks serisouly, study and make a schedule. College is the start of your life so have fun, but take it serisouly.

Before I answer this question I would like to notify you that I have thought about this prompt and there is only one piece of advice I would give myself: be yourself. I realize how simple this statement is, but after completing my first semester I understand what it means. Statements like "be yourself" and "never give up" are far too often disregarded and overlooked. In my case, I entered college as vulnerable and ready for change. I even changed how I acted. I was very outgoing and quickly found that people liked me. I created a new persona. As time passed, I began disliking this new persona because it drained me. In other words, I knew the James that everyone knew was not me. An epiphany hit me, Why would I want to be someone that I did not like? What would they think about the old me? Do i care? Then I remembered "?Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.? Dr. Seuss quote reminded me the importance of identity. So I would say, just be yourself.

Mitch you have what it takes to be a good and successful person, make sure that you live up to that potential everyday. You also need to take advantage of every opportunity that high school offers. Mitch listen to your teachers, especially Mrs. Dimock, she knows a lot about life, she is a wonderful person, and she is trying to prepare you for college. Mitch don't be in such a hurry to graduate from high school as it has been a wonderful experience for you and has prepared you well for college. Breathe in every bit of knowledge that you can and live high school life to its fullest. Next year will be full of challenges and obstacles that you must solve on your own. Being independent is great but it does not come without its challenges. The transition to college life is very difficult and sometimes I wish I could go back to the simple life and let my parents take care of me. Growing up is hard, fun, rewarding, and exciting. Meeting new friends is great, but it takes time to bulid relationships. Take time to smell the roses!!! Live, laugh, and have fun!!

There are many similarities and differences between high school and college life. It is extremely important that high school students are given practical guidance for making intelligent and ethical decisions throughout their future college years. Having been a college student for several years I have a large reservoir of advice that would give to myself as a high school senior if I had the opportunity. One piece of advice I would give is to focus on meeting new people on campus. Any experience one might have is always enhanced by the presence of friends. Making connections with students and the faculty will be an important step in securing a prosperous future. Furthermore, one should keep an open mind about new ideas and beliefs. Universities expose students to new realms of intellectual endeavor. It is important that one must not block novel concepts encountered in the classroom. Thinking for oneself is essential for a flourishing and fully functional intellectual. Proper assistance allows for a smooth transition between these two crucial phases of a young adult's life. It is the responsibility of those who have had these experiences to help others create a substantial future for themselves and their peers.

The only piece of advice I would give myself is to not worry so much about it, everything will turn out fine because God doesn't make you go through something He won't help you out of.

Dear Lee, Don't worry about college; just get in and go from there. Don't live on campus - Mom is going to die of cancer; spend the time at home. Don't quit and take a break like you want. It's way harder to go back than it is to finish right away. Plus, if you go straight through, Mom will see you graduate before she dies. You'll regret it if you don't. Starting out is the easy part of the whole college thing (studying is the hard part!) so don't sweat it! Love, YourfutureSelf