Arkansas Tech University Top Questions

I would tell myself not to slack off at all. If you can, live off campus as soon as possible. Your family will have to learn to survive without you and you will be able to get some freedom from the family. Feel free to do what you want and join whatever club or organization you want. If your parents have a problem with it, tough, you've been held back from experiencing life since high school. Even if you feel like you are alone, don't forget about the friends you have, on-campus and off.

If I could go back in time and warn myself about how difficult the transition would be, the first thing I would warn myself about would be long hours. Long hours of studying, missing home, and getting used to roommate. I messed up my freshman year of college because I wasn't used to the stenuous amount of studying I would need to do to uphold good grades. Therefore, my grades weren't as good as they were in high school and my scholarship was affected by it. Getting used to roommate took a lot of time as well. Everyone goes in hoping for someone just like them, but it seemed as if my college chose someone, for me, that was completely opposite. I had to learn her ways just as well as she had to learn mine, and in the end I came out with a great friend. Missing home is something most, if not all, people go through. It's hard to come back after a rough day of school to no mom or dad there to offer a word of advice or a big hug for comfort. For these reasons, college is one big adustment.

Know what I know now, I would tell myself to enjoy college life as much as possible. Get involved in the college and the students. Savor every moment because you can't get that time back. In regards to a career choice, make sure that you research all interests before pursuing one. Slow down and take everything in. Learn about all that interests you and even what you may think you want to learn about. When you get older and have your family, you may end up at a place you that you would never expect. Trust in God that you are going in the direction that He wants you go; be open to things that are unexpected.

Some choices we make throughout the stages of life can affect the foundation of one?s future. A significant choice of mine was to not obtain a four-year college degree. This did not lead to all regretful consequences, however it was a momentous decision. If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would have said ?do it now!? It took me four and a half years to obtain an Associates Degree General Science. I realized that I could combine my natural talent in Math and Science and my interest in Ethics. I am now a full time Medical Assistant. I work extremely hard and feel that it is an unservice to not only me but the patients I work with to not continue my education. Being in the medical field I have finally found what has sparked my interest. If I could go back in time I would have attended a four-year college. This decision has prolonged me in obtaining a Bachelor?s Degree, but has also brought me to my interest in a rewarding medical career.

Throughout my life, I have always been told that ?the difference in try and triumph is a little umph.? I always understood this concept but I never really considered it to the extent that I do now. During my senior year, my parents had urged me to apply for scholarships. I did apply for several, but looking back I wish I would have doubled my effort. I would spend at most an hour a week looking for scholarships and only applying to the ones that were quick multiple choice surveys; I would not even consider applications that required an essay. Now as a paying student at Arkansas Tech University, I have come to understand what my parents were trying to prepare me for. I have developed a deep sense of envy for those at my universtiy that do not have the burdeon of student loans. As a college student looking back, the best advice I can give a high school senior looking to attending a university is to apply for scholarships. While this may require a little more work and effort during your senior year, it will be a graduation present that keeps on giving even after the big day.

I would tell myself that it is very important to stay motivated. I would make sure that, as a freshmen, I understood the impotance of putting school as a first priority.

My first year of college I went to a different univeristy. I could have had my tuition paid for if I would have chosen ATU first. I did not and therefore I am receiving no financial aid. I have applied for numerous scholarships over the past year and a half but have not received anything. I have gone to the president of the university and other administration to attempt to earn scholarship but have yet to earn any. If I could go back, I would shoose the school that paid for my college due to financial struggles.

I would say make the most of everything. Learn something from every class, you are paying for it and it is required for a reason, to make you a more worldly person while in college and mostly, after college. These four (or more) years are the last to be exposed to different things. After college most people go to a job that they will keep for a while and their daily lives are repeated. In college, the day is unpredictable with the people and classes you can take. Whether you think you are learing, or not, weeks and years later you will remember something from each of your classes and realize it was good for something. The knowledge you are exposed to in college is much more than in high school, its unique and precious.

Don't worry about a thing. Remain alert and your eyes and ears open.

apply to this school. Get a job. Save as much money as you can.