Brigham Young University-Hawaii Top Questions

Wake up Brittney and look around you. What are you doing with your life? You want to be a Neo Natal Nurse right? Then what your doing right now, do you think that it's going to help you achieve this? Lets face the facts if you really want a fighting chance in life, in pursuing a good career and doing what you really want to do then you need to get on the ball of things and start getting your grades together. You need to start putting together a plan instead of thinking that it's just High School. High School is the stepping stone in the real world. If you don't take that step and do well then your going to fall on your face and it's going to be so much harder to get back up and make it to the top. Look at the world around you, read the newspaper, watch the news, absord in whats really going on out there and get yourself ready for it. Your education is number one in your life if you want to become a nurse. Education is the only way to get there.

If I could go back I would like to tell myself to take school seriously. I wasted time after highschool and it took a long time to repair the damage I did to my grades, so I could get into a good college. I wish I could have been more focused on what was important in life, getting an education. It has taken years away from my life that could have been spent getting an education and a real job. I wish I could have saved my money so I didn't have to work full while I try to stay on top of school. And ulitmatly I wish I could have seen that it would have been better to leave home to start my schooling on my own, and leave behind my old life and friends that i wasted so much time with.

If I could go back in time and talk to my high school self, I would tell myself not to sweat the small stuff, to enjoy life, and life is sometimes difficult but you will get through it. I would also advise myself to go to bed earlier and sleep in when you can, because someday you will miss being able to get enough sleep!

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself everything I now tell my younger sister. I would tell myself to enjoy every minute at home with family because once you leave, you will miss them more than anything and it will never be the same again. I would tell myself not too worry about what everyone else thinks beacuse in college, those people simply will not matter anymore. We will all go different directions and grow in different ways. I would tell myself to work as hard as possible to get good grades and have good study habits because in college it only gets harder. The most important thing I would tell myself or anyone to strengthen a relationship with that person closest too you becasue you will want and need them more than anything when you are miles away and feel like everything is changing. You will want and need someone there that knows you to help you through the transition. And lastly I would say never settle for less. If you have a dream, go for it. You can do anything you set your mind too do.

I would'nt advise myself to do anything. My plan was to attend this school since middle school and I made it happen. I would have advised myself to save every penny I could, but with those spent pennies, I made memories with friends growing up I wouldn't change for the world.

I would have told myself to do all of my homework and to try my best in my classes. Looking back it seems that it may not have been important to get a great GPA as I was accepted into this college anyways, but I see that the importance of working hard in highschool is the formation of good study habits that would benefit anyone who makes the transition from high school to college life. I would have taught myself that it's not about cramming last minute and just doing the required coursework to get by but rather a consistent, diligent effort to learn the material presented in class. In high school it seems that you only need to get good grades to get into college and actually learning the material isn't important. I would teach myself that in college the material being presented isn't just for a degree, it's knowledge for life. Sitting in classes with future doctors and chemists, you don't want to see someone who simply learns the information to pass the test and then forgets. You want them to be knowlegeable to be able to help in their respective fields. Learn.

If I were able to go back in time and tell myself what I know now I would tell myself to be better prepared to apply for funding such as scholarships and grants and to work more hours to save for university. I would tell myself to study harder and to care more about my grade 12 year more than what I did. I would advise myself to be prepared for a "culture shock" in that university is much different from high school in all dynamics. I would tell myself to appreciate my family more and to not take them for granted and to be prepared to live on my own without family right there with me by my side.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself to finish school as soon as possible. I would tell myself that I need to finish because now I am a 49 year old mother of 7 and I'm trying to go back to school. It's harder now to finish than when I had the chance when I was younger. I need to be able to provide for my family in case of emergencies. I'd tell myself to not give up on school and to press forward. Don't let the kids or family hold you back and let them be a motivation. Once you start college make sure you finish right away and consecutively. Education will help you and your family to strive in the future. That is just a little bit of what I'd tell myself if I went back in time.

I would have told myself two important things. 1) to save money and 2) to apply for as many scholarships as possible. You will never regret the time and effort you spent trying to save money and apply for scholarships. As far as the transition goes, I wish I would have been more social in high school. It's a lot easier to transition and make new friends in college if you practiced being outgoing in high school.

Should I be afforded the opportunity to go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would advice myself to practice, learn, and acquire the skills of self-discipline, self-reliance, and provident living. I will tell myself: "College life can be very distracting, there are a lot of things clamoring for your attention. It is so easy to be carried away into unfruitful paths and become out of touch with reality. It takes self discipline to be able to set your priorities right and determine what is worth your attention. Most of your failures will come not because your have focused on the wrong things at the expense of the right, but rather because you have focused on important things at the expense of the most important. Learn to prioritize; determine what is worth your time and attention. College life is demanding, emotionally, financially, and otherwise. It requires all the maturity you can muster. Learn to be responsible for yourself; learn to save; learn to give, givers never lack. Cultivate a positive attitude and learn to be alone, your grandest revelations will come as you are on your own, pondering."