Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Top Questions

I often thought ofcollege as being one of two types of places, either a place to broaden my horizon, to discover who I was on my own, or a place to go because my parents never went and I needed to be the one to make a move to better my life. Now that I am in my second semester, and even though I can only afford to attend a community college for now, I have realized that my initial views were not so obscure from reality. While college does present you with tasks that you may not enjoy, many of them are just build-offs from high school, suh as writing long research papers and taking lab tests. And yet college allows you to define yourself more than anwhere else- you start off fresh, a new set of people, a blank transcript, a blank canvas waiting for you to make the moes you want, whether it is to go from that outcast in high school to the party rockstar in college, or to allow yourself to stand up from your beliefs, your goals, and ultimately your future.

That you need to get used to studying. I never had to study in high school and when I got to college it was a big wake up. To keep an open mind. Coming for a high school of 500 people where everyone knows every one, college is a whole different world. There are many people who have completely different than those who I went to high school with. Learn to make friends out of your comfort zone. The people I grew up with are all at different schools so I would tell myself to learn how to not be so shy and make more friends especially if they are planning to go to the same college.

"Wake up! Your life starts in just a few months and every single decision you make is going to affect your future.", I would tell myself if I had the opportunity to tell my naive self as a high school senior. Although I have been at college now for five months, it still is so surreal that I am out on my own. I am forced to comtemplate every single decision put in front of me and weigh its pros and cons so that I can be sure that I make the right one and so that it will help me in the future. From things like picking out my classes, the work load I want to take on, and the even what field of study I want to go into requires much thinking and planning because these choices mold my future in ways that I never would have guessed. I wish that I had the chance to tell myselft this as a senior in high school so that i could start planning ahead and determining things such as these earlier. That way I would have known my very first sememster and would had taken only the necesarry classes first.

I would tell myself that the decisions I make in high school really affects me. Because when I decide to just get by in class it hurts because you have to take a compass test. The test decides where I start. If I do well I can graduate on time but if I don?t I will graduate a semester or two behind. Next I would tell myself that studying is more important than ever, and that the parties and social life will be there when I finish. Also that now you have to pay to get this education so don?t let your money go to waste. The most important this is getting your degree. This is what I would tell myself.

Many high school students who are starting college for the first time, think that it is like high school. They play and joke around. That is until grades come out, and to their knowledge the either barely passed the class or failed all together. This will effect their GPA average. You must be dedicated and willing to take all the time you need for your classes. You must be willing to sacrifice some of your "me" time and study. Knowing the information I know now, I would say I did a superb job in both high school and college. Although I am a freshman, I am dedicated to school. The transition from high school to college is extremely different. In high school, there are people who are very immature. In college, you are in a very mature setting. The advise i would give myself is, good job in high school, because it paid of when i got in college.

The advice I would be to myself, would be to develop my study habits. As I have moved through the years; i have realized that my studying skills aren't polished as they should be. I would also tell myself to be a more active reader, and not a passive reader. I'm just learning now, in my second year of college, how to become more involved in what I'm reading and studying. I would also tell myself to learn how to become better at not procrastinating, and avoiding my school work.