Carthage College Top Questions

Keep your time open to allow for spontanious adventures and activities. Do not put pressure on yourself to be the best student in the school but instead strive to be the best student that you can be. Keep positive relationships with faculty and staff. Friends you meet freshman year will not be there Junior year unless they truely care. Do not worry about this. It takes time to meet those that will truely stick by you. Everyone changes once they taste the freedom of college so choose who you spend that freedom with wisely. Call your mother more than once a month, you will miss her eventually. Do not over commit to organizations but instead find your true passion and run with it. Remember though that this passion might change and when that happens it is okay. Breathe often and smile lots. Don't wait until your Junior year to get a real coffee pot....trust me it will be better if you have it your freshman year.

What you learn in college take it seriously. Get classes where teachers are willing to help you step by step and build a relationship with the professors, you will need need allies when you graduate. Do not miss out on a big opportunity you could have, just because you are afriad of change, loosing a friendship, or even a relationship with a boyfriend/girlfriend. About relationships, do not worry about your love life right now, because it is a huge distraction. Alos, really try to undestand your finances, use your money wisely know what you are really spending it on. When it may come to an assignment or test, its very important to not freak out, relax really stay calm and maybe listen to some Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, classical, maybe some smooth jazz, etc, to calm your nerves. Really go to class, you are paying for, no slacking off and take Cornell notes. Cornell notes are an easy way to really understand what you learned that day in class, thanks to Walter Pauk. If you are moving out of your parents home, and getting a dorm or an apartment, call your family, let them kno how you feel.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to get more involved during the first semester of freshaman year. First semester I was focused on trying to adjust to living with another person that I did not know and trying to get good grades. These were great goals to have, but I wish I would have been involved in more than one organization on campus. That way I would have met more people who share my interests in the beginning of the year and having new friends would have helped make the transition a bit easier for me. Overall, I wish I had been more involved at first, but now I am trying to make up for that.

If i could give my high school self any advice, it would be to put more time into studying and enforcing good sleeping habits. Studying and sleep are very important to a college student. If you don not get enough sleep, it is harder to focus and you could fall behind. I wish I had enforced a more strict study routine on myself so that I would not have to create one when I came to college.

As a high school student, I was more focused on working. As a Junior and Senior in high school I worked at a local grocery store anticipating the fact that paying for collage would be a heavy burden that will soon enough fall on my shoulders. What I had actually forgotten was to focus on actually discovering my major and being more involved in school as well as community. I knew that I wanted to go to college, however I did not know what major I wanted to pursue. Also, being more involved in school and giving back to the community would have helped me stay more on track of my academic achievements. I believe that being involved makes students more in check and more attentive to their academic achievement.

Don't allow anyone but yourself make the choice for you or alter your decision. Think about yourself academically, and think about not only what the college has to offer you, but what you have to offer the college. Socially, college is going to be the time of your life wherever you go, but you're paying for an education so your studies are the most important thing. Take the time to research your major and find out as much as possible about the program at the school you are looking at and compare it to other schools to see where you might best fit. Whatever you do, do not compromise your happiness for what you think your parents, friends, or significant other might want. This is your experience, your education, and one of the most important decisions you have faced up to this point in your life. You will know you have made the right choice when at the end of the day you have no regrets about your decision, you're happy, and most of all excited to start this new chapter in your life.

Get involved in as many things as possible early on. It is a great way to meet people and make friends that have similar intersts as you. Also, be open to trying new things and always keep an open mind. Take your class work seriously and always stay ahead of the curve when it comes to studying and doing homework. Take advantage of the help that the school offers regarding your school work.

Everyone has different experiences in high school and college but going back to tell yourself one thing would be important to everyone. Out of everything I know now I would pick to tell my high school self “Don’t slack”. I know this is short but I was a big slacker and would put things off until last minute, I did graduate a year earlier and was a very well rounded person but telling my younger inexperienced self to not slack would have improved my education and might have had an impact on myself today. Today i do not slack, today I do not do anything I did in my high school years, ergo, and I am a whole new person. However, if I could go back and tell me younger self one thing it would be not to slack.

Trust yourself. It could take time but you'll find your niche and place at college. You know what works for you, so keep doing it. Dont change who you are becuase youre afraid it wont be good enough in a new envrionment. Trust yourself and who you've become over the past 18 years and dont be afraid to pursue your dreams.

If I could go and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself so much. I would tell myself to be ready to do more work and never lose the syllabus that the teacher gives at the begining of the class because the teachers will not always warn you about assaignments that will be due. I'd tell myself not to be so shy and make friends. Last but not least i would tell myself to either get many scholarships or chosse a cheaper school that is more affordable.