East Carolina University Top Questions

You will benefit more than you can imagine from doing well on the SAT/ACT, and you really must study and take it twice, if you can. Scholarships and university programs will be made uniquely available to you with high scores and it will give you a major advantage as a student applying for classes. You will acquire distinctive social and educational experiences and connections. The importance of standardized tests cannot be stressed enough. Those advanced placement courses will really help prepare you mentally for the university environment and the more you take the better you will be. They will help you afford the courses you need, so you can take more classes you want. More importantly, you will be so pleased that you challenged yourself. That boyfriend/girlfriend, no matter who they are and how much you think of the,mis not worth sacrificing your academic potential. Be aware that you may change your mind a thousand times on your official degree program. In your first two years while you are thinking take all of your foundations credits. If you want to make friends join a club related to your field of study or your favorite extra-curricular passions.

If i could go back and talk to my senior self, i would advise me to slow down. Take different classes and manage my time. College life is different than high school life. I would advise my self on how to study and how to be patient. I would advise myself that the future is bright but i'm going to have to work hard to get to my goals. That my friends would be different and would have a different outlook on life than my high school friends. That mom is not going to always be there to help me with those class projects or term papers. That mom is not going to be there to cook for me, clean for me, or make sure i do my homework. It is all up to me. I would advise myself that i am going to have to grow up quick and start taking responsiblilty for my actions. That although i will miss my parents and siblings, this is a journey i must face alone, but knowing that my family will always just be a phone call away. Grow strong, independent, and be a leader.

My advice to my high school self would be to take school work seriously but most importantly to be yourself and not second guess decisons that you face. Make the decision that feels right and stick with it.

I would advice myself to be prepared for long hours of studying. I would advise myself to get serious about school and pay attention in class. I would advise to be organized and be responsible and the professors would not remind about any due dates for assignments. College professors expect students to read the material assigned and it is essential not to follow back on course material.

I would tell my high school self to not be afraid. I would tell her to not be afraid to try new things or meet new people. To go out and be social and have the best time that I could, because we only live once and I don't want to look back and regret not doing something. I would also tell her to equal out how much fun I have with how much schoolwork I do. Having a good time in college is important, but it is also important to learn and recieve a good education so that I can become a valued member of society and support myself.

You are going to make the best decision you will ever make in your young life fairly soon. Many people will tell you that this is a horrible idea; you will fail. Your family will be seemingly on the fence about it but will ultimately support you. I have no advice to give you because at your young age you have already learned an incredibly important lesson: to believe in yourself and your abilities. When you dropped out of high school in 2001 it was because you intrinsically knew that there were bigger and better things waiting out there for you if you reached out for them. After you recieve your GED you will travel to India and Africa in 2002, Oma and Papa will take you. When you return home you will move to Texas and get your first job and a car. From there on out you will work and travel all over the United States and Europe. You will go to college and your education will mean so much more to you now than it did in High School. You will own a home at 28 and work in your field. Keep up the good work babe.

Hello younger me! There are a few things I need to tell you to prepare yourself for this long journey they call college. It is going to be a difficult road, but you definitely cannot give up. Begin by completely preparing yourself now since your senior year is almost over. Gain better organization skills, prepare for the placement test, and make sure all of your paperwork is in to ECU early. Organization is the number one skill that will help you make it through college. That includes study skills and the way you keep track of what to study and when. I know that in high school you did not study a lot, but that has to change now. Starting with your final year you need to change your study habits and be more strict on yourself. Good study and organization skills are the only way you will survive college so work hard on them durning the summer. Remember you will make it in the end. There will be a few bumps in the road, but all you have to do is get back up and make things better.

If I could go back in time to talk to myself as a high school senior, I would most likely talk for hours about how to prepare for the changes. However, if I were to sum it up into two-hundred words, I'd probably tell myself to be ready for everything to change. The most radical change from high school to college is the level of repercussions for my actions escalating radically. Every decision I make, and every hour I spend will have rapid and massive effects. How I decided to budget my time was certainly the most difficult part of the transition. I would tell myself that I need to prioritize all of the aspects of my life, and not let my personal desires get in the way. Also I would tell myself to talk to my advisor the first day I could so I could discuss with her whether my courses match up with my goals at East Carolina University. Ultimately I would say to prioritize, plan far ahead, and learn to budget my time efficiently. If my past self had abided by those words, I could be in a lot better position than I am now.

The best advice I would give myself is to manage my time wisely and learn better study habits. Studying in college is much more time-consuming and more indepth than high school studying. When I was in high school, studying occurred each night for the class the next day. In college I have to study hours every day for classes and assignments a week or two away. The second best advice I would give myself is to make friends and get to know my teachers better outside the classroom. Teachers are more willing to help you if you make the effort to visit their offices and approach them directly with questions you might have. Put yourself out there because you never know who may be able to help you when you need it (or whom you might be able to help in return).

Well first I would start with saying that, no matter what anyone tells you, follow your heart and it will lead you to greatness. Also, not only is college about your education, it is about creating connections that will last a lifetime. I kinda messed up by staying with one group of people for most of my first year, so I would tell myself to branch out more and go find people that share similar interests. Another thing, go to a sporting event, you may not enjoy sports, but go for the interaction and for the comraderey of cheering for your school. Also some great advice that I learned from one of my professors is to never let other people's judgment affect your personal performance cause it only hurts you. The best way to counter that is to prove to that person you are confident in who you are and no longer care what they say. Grow a better backbone, it will help later on. And most of all, don't stress yourself out too much, you can't predict what is gonna happen so just be prepared for the worst and know in the end everything is alright.