Citadel Military College of South Carolina Top Questions

I would tell myself to learn to grow up over the summer, Start getting up at a resonable hour and be productive. Its a fact of life that we all will grow up at some point. You might as well start early and get used to the fact that no one will take care of me. The biggest transition from highschool to college is that you need to start taking care of yourself. You get alittle bit more freedom in college, but you also have more responsibilities.

Enlist in the Army right out of high school. I would be further along in my military career, and I would have had the financial aid I needed to finish school on time.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I could say many things. First and foremost I would say, "You need to apply to colleges early and not wait until the last minute. You are not rich and trust me the less loans the merrier" because no one wants to be engulfed in debt. Secondly, I would say: "Laziness will lead to your own destruction if let it" do not sleep in, do not take classes before 10am, and do not procrastinate. Lastly, I would let myself know that college is a one of a kind experience. I'll be an adult and my future will be right at my finger tips.

From past accounts of the terrifying college experience, GCC proved to all that it is a place of acceptance and not fear. The faculty and students are friendly and are eager to learn. The alumni are focused on the education and vary from age. One professor, Dr. Connley, has made an amazing impact on my life and I think of the interesting concepts she taught me. Overall, GCC has and will always be an open, welcoming and diverse college that will never shut out any. For as long as I can remember, I always dreamed of helping others in the medical field, and becoming a doctor has been my dream. She is a single mother who works hard to make sure my sister and I have everything we need. The only thing I can do for now is concentrate on my education so that one day, after I graduate, I can repay her for everything she has given me. I am glad to say that I have received straight A's my first semester in college, those grades are for my mother. If I do receive any help from you, just let me say one thing, thank you.

The Citadel has showed me how to become more responsible and how to use my time wisely. Even though it is a military school it transforms ordinary people into responsible, depenable, honest leaders in society.

For the last four years of my life, I have devoted my time to an establishment that has presented me with several challenges. Everyday I would wake up with the realization that I was thirteen hours away from home, in the Southern part of the United States, and that brief moment before I got out of bed would probably be the best part of my day. I am a female from Fremont, Ohio, and I attend The Citadel. As I began my studies and militaristic lifestyle so too did my hardships. I questioned my desire to put myself through the tasks assigned and remain at the school for the next four years. One morning, I slumped down the stairs in transition between classes. I was in a particularly depressed mood because of the events that had just unfolded. A poster caught my eye: it was a picture of Muhammad Ali and a quote below him stating, “Impossible is Nothing.” I uttered under my breath that he was right to think that and quickly scurried on to my next class. I remember thinking that everything was going to be fine. It struck me there that nothing was impossible.

Ive gotten a idea of what is to be taken advantage of in life and taken everything little thing into account.

If I were able to go back in time and talk to myself while I was preparing for college the first thing I would tell myself would to be to make sure that I did all the necessary research on the Schools that I was looking into. If I wasn?t able to go to the campus I should be picking apart everything I could find on the college. Also, I would tell myself that even though I was looking at schools based on their ROTC?s I shouldn?t completely dismiss my major. I should pick out a school that had both the exact major I wanted as well as a reputable ROTC, don?t settle. I'd tell myself not to be so eager to run away from my home but if I felt the need that I would discover that everything I thought I was running from is actually the things that I wanted and needed the most. Finally, I would tell myself to relax. I am a good student and curriculum will be no problem for me. Friends might be harder to find, but the ones I do find will be the best in the world.

As a high shool senior, i wouldnt have done anythign much different. I would have tried to make more money to help out my parents. Currently my parents are struggling paying for both me and my brother and are having a real hard time, so if i was able to raise a couple thousand dollars over the year to put into a college fund i know i would have done somethign better.

If I could go back in time I would tell my self only one thing. I would be to not worry about what lies ahead. The reason why I would only say this is because if I knew exactly what happened in college I wouldn't be able to expereince it the same way. I wouldn't go though all the needless stress of know knowing where to go or what to do. I wouldn't be sick to my stomach and not be able to sleep at all the night before. Exspecially going to the Citadel I wouldn't get to experience the whole "Knobby" freshman culture-shock. In addition to that, if I did tell my self what to expect, I would know what to avoid and what to do and what not to do instead of learning it all on my own and learning from my past experinces. So that is why if I could go back in time and talk to my self I would only tell my self not to worry because things will be tough but you will come out in one piece at the end of it.