Eastern Connecticut State University Top Questions

College has been a great experience for me because I have been put in a variety of different situations. I have attended more than one college and lived both on and off campus and commuting. It was sometimes stressful living in some of these situations. Overall the variation in my life over the last couple of years has helped me to better focus and take control of my independent lifestyle. I live five hours from my family and work a minimum of thirty hours a week to support myself and to pay for school. I feel lucky to have the strong support network of family and friends back home that support me. I thank them for encouraging me to attend college for the education I have received both in and outside of the classroom.

I have tried to gain the most out of my time at Eastern Connecticut University. I have gotten involved with the Education Club, the HPE/SLM majors club. Also i want to become more involved with the Habitat for Humanity club as well. I participate in most of the intramural sports on campus and i volunteer as much as i can. With a group of students i make trips weekly to an elderly home where we play games and do arts and crafts with the residents. Also, i am a volunteer at the University's annual Day of Giving where we serve thanksgiving dinner to hundreds of homeless and poor families in the community, along with this; we sponsor a huge canned food drive and donate it to the soup kitchens in the area as well. To be honest, i really feel that with all the extra activities i engage in along with the great academic education I am receiving at the school. That the experiences and education given to me during my time here as a student has been worth every penny.

I got the chance to intern and I loved it. Being in the Field is so different then learning in the classroom and you do not even understand how important that chance is untill you take it. Having that chance was by far the greatest thing the collage did for me. Not only did I learn a lot about my field but I learned about myself. It also set me apart from others who were appying to grad school and I feel that interning is what helpped me get into the very grad school I wanted. Not only did i get this wonderful chance but I was also able to go on a trip with the school, to Ireland, England and Scotland. Traveling is life changing as is the field work. I learned about different people by being put into it. I learned about Irelands open vastness and how they are so enviromental friendly, a statement made by a local i will never forget. "engery is for the world not just us." My school gave me these chances and they are apart of who I am.

I'm a freshman in college so I still haven't gotten the chance to experience it yet. I start this fall 2010, and just graduated from highschool June 2010. Hopefully I don't get disappointed when I start to experience college life. My reasons for going to college is to get a degree, continuing my education, and hopefully get a job in my major after college. You have more better paying job oppurtunities with a degree.

The advice that I would give myself is trying my hardest. Not only that but, not talking down on myself. Following this advice my gardes could of starting off alot higher. In my math I could of tried more and not let eveything aroundme affect me personally in school. Eventhough things wasn't the best around early high shool years I could a made a brighter situation iut of a bad one. I didn't have to let myself sink down with the ship. That's why perserverance is a good quality to have throughout all of your high school years. With the quality of perserverance a student can make it through with any adversity they may come into contact with.

If I had the chance to go back in time inorder to give myself advice about college, I would make an effort to tell myself to apply for more scholarships. The cost of college expenses can get really overwhelming and can even get to a point where it is unmanageable. Having more scholarships can take off some of the stress from college life and would help me to better focus on my school work rather than how will I pay for this semester. This would be the advice I wouyold give myself to better prepare for college.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior knowing what i know now about college life and making the transition , I would give myself the advice to make sure to lay down the rules with my room mates so they wouldn't feel like they can do whatever they want. Also, to be more open about meeting new people because although I have met many wonderful people so far, there have been times where I just wasn't confident enough in the person I was to go up to others and introduce myself. I must say that i probably wasn't given any real heads up on college life , but naturally I was born to be in an intstitution that provides what i have now because I am a person who loves to learn and most importantly a person who enjoys many of the experiences he has been given. So one of the most important things I can give myself advice about when being in college and making that transition is remembering to be myself and to stay focused with whats at hand.

If I went back in time to talk to myself as a high school senior, I would definitely tell myself to apply to as many scholarships as possible. When I was a senior in high school I applied to some, but I was never really into it. Then when I came to Eastern and I had to pay for my own tuition I knew I made a mistake on not filling out as many scholarships as possible. That's definitely a big thing for me with the transition to college. When I was a senior I kept thinking to myself that no one would like me up in college, and that I would never meet any friends. I was totally wrong about that! I met alot of new friends that I really like being around all the time, so I would tell myself to just relax and be yourself and you will meet awesome new people that you could see yourself being around the rest of your life. Those are the subjects I would tell myself as a high school senior if I were to go back in time to explain college life and making the transition to it.

Do not give up so easily. Retake the SATs or else you'll waste 5 years and then end up at the college you wanted to go to at first. Do not allow the fibromyalgia to drag you down anymore. Oh, and dump your boyfriend. Trust me. Give yourself time to make friends and get out of the shell you live in. It isn't difficult to meet new people.

Hey Laura, I'm you from the future. I came to give you some help for college. We both know that looking for colleges can be more than a monotonous task so I have some basic guidelines to help relieve some stress. First of all, this year try new things. Experiment with whatever your school and community have to offer. This will help you get an idea of what you want to do the rest of your life and will help you look for a specific major. Second look for schools that have your major. If they don?t have it, don?t bother. If you don?t have a specific major, look for schools that have potential majors that look interesting. Third look for schools that fit your desires and your wallet. Although some schools look very appealing, interest from loans needs to be collected afterward. Your school should offer you great volunteer opportunities, internships, and extracurricular activities at a reasonable price. Fourth, never base your school off of someone else. Pick schools that cater to you and your needs. Lastly, go for gold! Apply to an easy, match, and reach school. Remember reach for the stars, Laura