Carthage College Top Questions

College has become the place where I am finally discovering who I truly am, and who I am meant to be. No one can do this for me except myself. It is up to me to start a journey, follow it, and slowly begin to understand my full potential. If I could go back to the high school version of me, I?d remind myself of this. I?d tell myself that things will go wrong, I will be heartbroken, and I will be disappointed. But, that is what comes along with the transition into what I truly am. Experiences, good and bad, are beneficial to my growth. College will be hard, I would tell myself, and some days I won?t know where to turn, but I must continue to push forward, be happy with who I am and eventually fall in love with who I am becoming. Overall I would tell this younger version of myself that college is the point in my life where I finally need to let go of inhibitions, open up, and receive everything in a way in which it can contribute to my growth as the adult I always hope I?d become.

I chose my college based on my best friend and boyfriend because I wanted to keep them both in my life. If I could go back into high school and be a senior again, I would have dumped my boyfriend to prevent the future complications in my college life. I didn't take the college application process seriously enough because I never realized it was so intense and time consuming, I waited longer than I should have to make a decision because I was scared so I put it off. I would go back and tell myself there is no reason to be scared, just reasons to be excited and happy for a fresh new start.

College life will be the best four years of your life as long as you take charge of it. When you walk on to campus the first day smile, and talk to people. Everyone wants a friend be that friend. Get involved on campus sign up for everything and attend four organizations. This will help you to network through campus and give you things to do for fun. When you go to classes get to know your professors, they want you to succeed but that doesn't mean they will spoon feed you. Also try Greek life, even if it doesn't seem like your thing at least rush, and see if they pick you. You can always say no. Most importantly set up priorities with your school work and budget your time! Time managment is something not many college students have but it makes your life that much easier.

If I was able to go back in time, and speak to myself as a high school senior, I would advise myself to do things very differently. Firstly, when applying to colleges, I would advise myself to apply to more than just one school. I ended up attending Carthage because it was the only university I applied to. When applying for colleges, I would also advise myself to look into colleges away from home. The fact that I am living at home while attending college takes away many of the aspects of college life that I would have liked to experience. Living on campus away from one's family is an important aspect of college life, and without it I'm concered that once I \ live on my own, I will have much difficulty. I feel that if I had made the decison to live on campus rather than off of campus, I would have developed a larger social group, thus making school more enjoyable for me. Finally, I would have urged myself to apply for more scholarships, to ease my debt.

Julieus, before you decide on where you want to go to college dig deep into your heart and forget the costs because you will find that going to a school just because it's more affordable will make you unhappy. When you go to college take your medicine everyday and take your illness seriously because you will miss alot of classes in the hospital if you don't. Remember who you are and where you come because you will meet people in college who are constantly demanding that you concede to their expectations of you. Cherish those you have in your life now because they will likely not be the same as you remember them. Lastly cherish your family because they are all you can rely on in this world and you will need them more than you ever knew. Good Luck.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself not to worry too much about the transition into college. I would say that friends are easy to find, school staff members are friendly and helpful, and people in general seem to be nicer than they were in high school. As long as you don?t procrastinate, study, and keep yourself in shape, you?ll be fine.

I would tell myself that, college isn't that scary. Sure there are finals and papers...but thats with any learning institution. I would also tell myself that I don't need to be nervous about meeting people, there are tons of people who are just as anxious and nervous as I am. I would say to myself that professors are not scary stuck up people (most of them anyway), they are great people and have tons of knowledge and experiance and life stories and lessons from that experiance...the they are just waiting to tell you. I would also tell myself to stop worrying so much , enjoy college and freshmen year, and enjoy every experiance...thier can only be bigger and better thing in my future.

Chris Beaumont If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would give myself one piece of advice using a quote from the gospel of Mark about the parable of the sower. Jesus explained to the people about the seed which had fallen among thorns, saying: ?Those sown among thorns are another sort. They are the people who hear the word, but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the craving for other things intrude and choke the word, and it bears no fruit. But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold." (Mark 4 18-20) I would advise myself to detach from selfish and material things. Now I know the only things containing true value are acts of humility, kindness, and compassion. A person will ultimately be judged by their thoughts, character, and demeanor not by social, financial, or physical means or boundaries. I would give myself this advice because it is a lesson that although grasped by some earlier or later in life, still must be comprehended since it is the promising essence of humanity.

The advice I would give myself would be to take college classes while still in high school because I know that I could have passed the classes and the fact the classes would have been cheaper. Not only would I have took college classes while in high school, but I would have took more college preparatory classes so that I would just have the college class experience. I also would have applied for more schools than what I applied for instead of settling for the school that is close to my family. I should have took more of a chance so that I would not have regrets about not making the right choice, but I have no regrets because now that I stayed close to family I was able to get prepared for my next college because it will be bigger. As a high school senior I did good, but I just should have applied for more colleges.

My advice would focus on the challenges and obstacles of growing up and becoming an adult. When your're young, the world is finite, where any dream imagineable can be attained. This pure, rather naive ideology is utterly shattered when the transition from childhood to the teenage years occurs by which an individual is exposed to social expectations and pressures of the real world. Reflecting back on my younger self, the concept of going to college, getting an apartment and working a job seemed relatively straightforward and easy to accomplish; oh how I was in for a rude awakening! The society in which we live makes it incredibly difficult for students to balance a full-time job with attending school full-time and makes supporting oneself independently almost impossible. In conclusion, I would advise myself that the world is a cruel and oftentimes unforgiveable place that requires a strong-willed, independent mindset capable of balancing priorities and life's pleasures. Even though fate might not always play in your favor, you must always remember that any bad situation will only get better in time and that hope is man's greatest attribute.