Austin College Top Questions

Just enjoy the process. This experience will NEVER happen again. You're going to a different state with a completly different culture. You have never seen the college you're goingto be attending. While everybody hates their roomate, you will become good friends with yours, even though he is gone for the start of the year. You'll meet great people and pledge a fraternity, something you never thougt you'd do. So much happens in college. Just enjoy the process and take it all in, becuase it is a great time.

One of the greatest aspects of people are their intelligence. In highschool, although I made very good grades, learning was boring to me and I was completely uniterested in the material. I would say that I would tell myself to read books of my interest to learn as much as i can. College really opens your eyes to the realities of the world and compelled me to want to learn more. Also I realized how little highschool popularity affects you once you move off to college. Everyone that was in your grade does their own thing, everyone in your college doesnt care if you were popular or not because they dont know you. It is a fresh start. So young Cody, make the best grades you can, focus on learning your interest and dont worry about fitting in in highschool, do what you love because your peers around you in highschool now wont matter when you leave for college.

Upon graduation from high school, I was confident, successful and destined for greatness. Then I showed up to move into my dorm as a college freshman. Suddenly, I was insecure and unsure of myself. I believe that most students feel scared moving away from home and going to college but looking back I believe that was the biggest waste of time and energy. If I could have given myself advice about making the transition to college life, I would tell myself to not worry, relax, and hold onto the same confidence and success I achieved as a high school graduate. I believe that confident and successful people are attractive. People want to be around other people who are trying to improve themself. Lastly, I would tell myself to take advantage of every opportunity that arose throughout those four years. Looking back, there were many opportunities I had, such as study abroad, that I regret not taking advantage of. I believe that during those years of college , I could have broadened my perspective so much more than I allowed. Upon realizing this, I try to take advantage of every learning opportunity that arises to me.

It's funny, everyone warns that life outside of high school is "the real world", that it's big, and scary, and mean out there. To be quite honest, life can change in a moment, or even in the span of months, but when it gets hard, pursue goals, chase dreams, and never cast away ambition. Life goes on. When the world threatens to take away the opportunities within reach, find a way to succeed. When it feels like the burdens of existence are crashing down all at once (for some this may not happen in college, but it's bound to happen eventually) strive forward. There is only one life to live, and only a limited amount of time to discover yourself. Hard times reflect the person within, so cherish even the time spent in tears, in stress, in frustration, and in praying; because fighting to survive generates and molds the real individual, not the facade. Discover yourself.

Just have fun and get to know all the people around you. It's a wonderful school and you'll definitely fit in. Don't worry and remember to focus on your school work.

My college experience has allowed me to expand my knowledge of my chosen profession and has made me secure in the knowledge that I was on the right path. It has been so valuable to attend my college because my teachers and fellow students provide a fun learning environment that keeps me focused and eager to to learn more as well as anxious to keep moving forward. If I had to take only one thing away with me from my college experience, it would be that I am now able to assert myself more ina learning environment and that I now have three times the confidence I had in myself before I went in.

I have gotten so much more than just knowledge from my college experience. It truly is a unique experience starting this brand new chapter in my life. Specifically in my situation, being the only student from Alaska at my school, I first felt it was a little bit difficult to connect to other students at first and was timid to strike up a conversation. However, in these past 4 months I have grown and developed so much as a person through putting myself out there and giving myself the opportunity to meet new and incredible people. Not to mention the fact that academically I have been challenged like never before and it has really made me gain an appreciation for the tough classes I took throughout the years. Overall my college experience so far has been pretty incredible, and although home is very far away I have even managed to stop feeling so homesick by allowing myself to experience the wonderful opportunities offered at my school.

Allow me talk about what makes me a good student. However, since "good" is a relative term that can be described from many different angles and perspectives, I would merely have to start this essay by saying that I am not a kind of student who can be categorized as good or bad one. Many people commonly view “good” as antithesis of bad. But I believe that it can also be used in a context of being different and standing out (especially from professors), yet also being normal and not being a sore thumb standing out (especially among peers). And I believe that being good is a willingness to be contempt with whatever choices that they have made. Good is only as good as how good that person is at making good choice. And as for me? “I” think I am a good student. Not only because of the way I act around professors or peers, nor only because I make choices that I accept whether the result turns out well or not, but also because at least I have acquired the skill to think critically, and apply to describe how “good” student I am.

If I could go back in time and tell myself anything, it would be to enjoy high school a little bit more and appreciate the relationships with I had with the people around me. As I attended school in a small town with a close knit community, I took those relationships for granted and now miss them fiercely. In addition, I would have definitely told myself to save some of the money from the two jobs I had, because walking onto campus with $20 in your bank account is not the best thing to do. I would tell myself that my parents cannot afford to support me financially at school and to learn some financial responsiblity so that they don't suffer for my lack of it. Finally, I would advise myself to develop some study habits and dicipline because I had none when I began college and it severely hurt me academically. I feel that the last one is the most important, because thats the one that has been a challenge to me, and still is in my second year of college.

I was highly involved throughout high school in a variety of extracurricular activities. I'd tell myself to try and balance my study time with my activities more productively. Study harder, make better grades, allowing for more scholarships. Something else that would have contributed to more scholarships, take the SAT more the once. Improve your score, get more scholarships. Dealing with scholarships, I would tell myself to, "Apply for way more"! There were so many that I just let the deadlines slip away and figured, oh, there will be more to come. Yet, just think of all that money that I was giving others the opportunities to get. A character aspect that I feel would have allowed me to advance in high school and lessen hardships during the transition to college, competiveness. Not in a spiteful way, just enough to prepare myself for freshman year and the furthering of my education at a four year school. In a social aspect I would advise me to embrace the unknown of future roommates, groups, organizations, etc. I?d be a part of. To just go for it without losing sight of myself and enjoying the growth that comes along with the new.