Cameron University Top Questions

I have enjoyed the satisfaction of succeeding. I realize that it is important to get a degree to earn a living. I love learning new things and applying them to everyday life.

I have a renewed sense of purpose. I choose to go back to school after working in the Medical Equipment field and seeing alot of our elderly patients who were being hospitalized or passing away due to lack of care in the surrounding rural community. I choose to return to school after losing my job and decided in nursing I could have the most impact. My returning to school has given my children the chance to see that you are never to old to improve yourself, and to never stop learning and growing as a person. It has opened up a whole new world of opportunity for me.

My college experience is actually quite unique. I graduated high school in December, 2009. I attended Cameron University in the spring semester of 2010. I am currently attending Oklahoma State University. Had I not attended Cameron, I know for a fact that I would have packed up and came home from Stillwater. Cameron is a wonderful transition-school for anyone who is not quite ready to pack up and move out. The faculty is wonderful and provides the whole college curriculum experience. However, the atmosphere is a little more relaxed and cushioned to personally fit ones schedule. I worked full time at our local Chick-fil-A while attending college full time (14 hours) and I did not have a problem maintaining my grade point average. Truly, Cameron taught me time management and all about setting priorities, long term and short term goals. Cameron prepared me for the future, which in my opinion, is exactly what college is for.

I would tell myself to not be afraid of the college life because it is like high school. Everything in college is the same except I have to put more work and dedication into it. Going to college is what I wanted to do for a long time therefore, I would tell myself not to procrastinate in my school work and become more involved in study groups and clubs. Also I wold tell myself to get books in advance for my classes and get help from my professors if I need it.

I would tell myself to study harder because in college you have to study a lot more in college. Also you have to pay attention more in class because this will benefit you in college. I would tell myself that college is much harder than high school . You should never procrastinate on homework or studying. Making this transition is very different from high school. The main thing i would tell myself is to just try a litte hard because it will benefit you in the end.

If I could go back in time, I would go back to tell myself to stick with it. Don?t be afraid to walk up to someone and ask a question about campus. There are many on campuses that are just like you and don?t know where to go and need help. I would also tell myself to have some nerve and start the conversation with a classmate. That conversation can lead to you both working together to get through class. It could also lead to a lifetime friend.

8:27am. I knew where I would find my senior self. During my high school years, I would always stay in the same general area on campus before school started and during the lunch break, talking with friends. That is something I should have fixed during my freshman year; I could have been studying. Luckily, I have been given this one shot to get myself better prepared. He, or should I say "I", was not too happy to see me; and ditto for me. After some time, I was able to get through to him and finally explain what college was like and that I was here to give him advice. I told him that he needed to study more and do better than those other B average students because anyone can do that, and that an A stands out better and stronger. I also told him that he needed to take the ACT because where he will be going, the SAT can screw him up by making him take the remedial classes. And the last piece of advice that I gave him was to start applying for scholarships so that he won't have to take out loans.

If I could go back in time and give myself advice about college and finances I would say, do not worry about your gas consumption, the prices of gasoline are going to drop drastically and the amount you will have to pay in order to have that smaller truck is more in the long run. Just be sure and check the fluids in old blue for now.

Some advice I would give myself if I could go back in time would be to pay more attention in my high school classes. I would also tell myself to take a few colleges classes. I regret takng college algebra and government at my high school instead of going just a few blocks away and taking it at Cameron. Now I have to retake those classes. Telling myself to take these classes while in high school would get me a head start on credit hours and also would help me transition into college life easier.

I would tell myself to not take it easy. When I enrolled for senior year as a sophomore, I thought to myself, "I've got one more year and then I'm out!" I knew I was going to college, but wanted to take a year off of school to just relax and "find myself." I took really easy credit courses (courses you only take to get credit and not really to learn anything), I didn't apply for any scholarships, and was basically the poster child for the Not Going Anywhere in Life genre of teenager. I truly wish I could go back and tell myself about how hard getting financial aid is. Had I applied while in school, I could have gotten help from teachers and friends, and there are so many scholarships that are only for graduating seniors. Now, in college, people look at you like you're crazy when you say you don't know how to write a scholarship essay. Isn't that something you learned in high school? they'll say... And I'll reply with a hearty, "I wish."