Carrington College-Phoenix North Top Questions

I would tell my young self that I can succeed. There are many ways to attend college with scholarships and loans to help pay for your education. The time is now, do not put your education and learning on hold. The most important thing you can do for yourself before you start a family is to be the best you can be. Get that education and become self reliant. Be a strong latino woman and get that education before you have children. You will show your children that education is a high priority, you will have a great career instead of a dead end job, and most importantly, you will be able to take care of yourself and your future children. The most important thing you can do is get that education and give back to the community, reach out to our youth and express the importance of an education. You are our future!

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would let that person know how important having a degree is in landing a job. When I was in high school I didn't think internships were a good idea but now I know that is another way to get your foot in the door, so I would highly suggest them to the young kid. I would also tell myself not to wait until I'm 22 to start college. One more thing I would my senior self know is how bad the economy will become over the next eight years. It would be important to land a job and save money just in case something happens.

Since I am 43 years old at this moment, I would tell myself to go to college right after graduating high school and not wait until I am 40 years old to start going back to school. It is much more difficult trying to balance work, family, and school. I was accepted into the Nursing Program at Purdue North Central right out of high school, and I had decided to take time off from school. One of the biggest mistakes I have ever made in my life, but our choices all have consequences. I would tell myself sometimes life expectations do not always happen the way we want them and that life is not fair sometimes. Everyone has choices to make and it is these choices that determine our path in life. I would tell myself that four years is really not that long of a time to be in school, because time goes by in a blink of an eye. At 18, it may not seem like that until you wake up one day and you are over 40 years old and wonder where did the time go. Be determined, persistant, study hard, and enjoy your time in school.

Do it now, learn all that you can while you are young enough to make something more of yourself in the future.

I believe I would tell myself to learn to be more orginized. Being able to orginize your time and work will vastly imporve your chances at success. Orginize, orginize, orginize.

I have gained a level of confidence that I didnt have before returning to college. This confidence level has been very instrumental to both my personal and professional life.

It is valuable to attend college so you can make a better life for yourself and maybe down the road your own family. It is also important for your mind and body. It is important to challenge yourself.

So far I have not gotten anything. I am currently enrolled in Brown Mackie College in Phoenix Arizona. My first class starts on September 1st 2010. My major is Healthcare Administration. First I should let you know both of my parents are deceased. After losing my mother I went into a depressed state which lasted for years. But I did have 2 sons both are adults now.One of my sons was born mentally challenged and a learning disabilty. So I had to take care of them by working dead end jobs just to survive. I finally decided to get an entry level position as a medical bill collector. I put 15 years into it and after a while it is not what I was looking for still not happy. I always end up getting laid off meaning I have to start my life all over again. Updating resumes,looking for another job and applying for unemployment. Well I 'm tired now I need to better myself by educating myself.That was something I put off in my life. No more excuses. No children now they are adults. So its time for Jacqueline to live her life and be happy.

The most important lesson in my entire college experience is proving to myself that I can do whatever I am willing to work for. After two failed attempts at "traditional" colleges, I stopped pursuing higher education because I thought it was something I could not successfully do. I learned that there is a time and season for every person, and my time and season to graduate college is now. It has been valuable to attend college because I recognize how important education is. You cannot succeed in this world without some kind of education or training. Finding a college that will help you meet your goals is essential to your success. When you have found that college and start working toward a degree that interests you, the world begins to open up and you find ways to be a better person than you ever imagined you could be. What is more valuable in life than knowing you have given it your all and made the world a better place?

I have gotten a new sense of myself from my recent college attendance. I have not attended school for 40 years and now I am part of an online college that respects my ideas. I fit in completely with the rest of the class and throughly enjoy going to class. I have learned new things about myself in the first 2 classes of my program. I have learned how to interact with the class as well as post in the discussion forum. I am looking forward to the next 18 months in college and hope to win this scholorship to help me pay for the program. I have learned that I know a lot more than I thought.