Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Top Questions

Finding money for school is lke a game, find the best ones give it your all and you will win. Be open to new experiences and new people and being true to yourself and not allow others to change your beliefs. Make lots of friends who can push you in the right direction. Get to know professors not just when you need help. Do lots of networking in order to get on the job expeience or internships that could land you a great job outside of school. Have fun these are the best years of your life!

As the door slowly opened I stood to greet—well myself. She slowly came in and silently studied me. “So you’re supposed to be the older me?” the young 18-year-old eventually asked. I nodded. I had practiced multiple times how I would tell the younger version of myself to apply harder than ever for scholarships. It’s hard for me to forget my first two years of college and how much the financial aspect affected me. The numerous times I broke down because I felt so guilty of the financial burden I was putting on my parents. However, I knew time was running out and there was something so much more important that needed to be said. “You are enough, no matter what anyone tells you.” The 18-year-old tried to look tough as she covered her eyes with her hand. I walked over and gave her a tight hug until she stopped sobbing. Entirely too quickly, there was a knock on the door and she had to go back to class. In the empty room I smiled to myself, those were the words I always wished someone would say to me. Finally someone did.

APPLY FOR MORE SCHOLARSHIPS! That is the biggest thing, because now seeing my parents struggle to pay for me to go to college out of pocket is hard and i wish they did not have to go through that.

Appearing in a hologram to my high school self. Saying, “I don’t have much time, I want you to listen very carefully and do what I say precisely. Your senior year of High School is the most critical year concerning your academics, it’s your last chance to show the world what you can do. I want you to focus really hard on your grades and achieve a 4.0 grade point average or very close to it. College is not easy and you have to be better than just average. That is not all; within this year, I also want you to take a SAT prep course and start your scholarship searching. Please don’t wait until the end of the year like I did, because it was too late for me. Eric, good luck on your endeavors. If you follow my advice, your senior year may be a little tough but your college years would be less stressful financially because this would allow you to transition into college on scholarships and decrease your future financial burdens of student loan.

What advice I would give myself is do not let anyone opinions or ideas influence my decision-making skills. When I was back in high school everyone would voice their opinions about the way I took school so seriously when in the end I had chosen to go to a Historically Black College/ University (HBCU). I would feel less worthy than I am due to the fact I was felt that all my hard work would down the drain. Late at night I would contemplate on whether or not I actually wanted to go to this university- Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University (FAMU) and if I did decide I was going to go would I be able to survive in the real world. Also, I felt that I would not be able to establish myself in the career world because people would not take my degree serious. Now that I am a 1st year Broadcast Journalism major at FAMU I can see that the faulty information that was fed to me in high school is gradually alleviating due to the fact that I have met successful African American individuals that have graduated from this university with honors.

If i can go back in time as a high school senior , i would probably tell myself to study for those friday tests and midweek pop-quizzes. I would also tell my self that staying up late watching action movies are a waste of energy and i would regret it in the moring like i always do. Also i would change they way how i thought of college and do more research that was necessary for that particular college. Instead of focusing on sports , parties and friends. I would also want to change the fact that i should learn to write valuable information down for different things i need for college , cause i forgot a whole bunch of things i really needed for college and had to wait one whole week to get. I would also tell myself as a high school senior that multi-tasking should only be done for those who can multi-task. Running , chewing gum and talking on the phone was the biggest mistake i did which everytime i think about it gives me a headache, despite the fact that i ran into the wall not paying attention multitasking and bite my tongue the same time.

Speaking to my highschool self, I would tell her that high school is just the trial run and the beginning of a discovery of my future self. I would tell my former self to broaden her future outlook and aim for the stars and do not be afraid of the unknown, for it is in the unknown that you usually find how strong you are and how limitless you can be. I would tell my former self to become a sponge and take in as many positive experiences possible, while allowing all experience to help shape and mold you.

I would tell myself that it is easy to get caught up in the freedoms of college. It is easy to become distracted from school work when you start to gain adult responsibilities. Staying focused on the purpose of being in college should constantly be your priority. A academic/social life balance is key, but you can not ruin a great opportunity to excel in your higher education over to much social activity. Also, take advantage of opportunities to appy your learned skills. One day someone will pay you for these skills, excercise them as much as you can so that you will be proficient in your field of study.

When I arrived at a college readiness workshop, I did not realize how something as trivial as winning a door prize would help in unleashing the winner inside of me, but boy was I wrong. As I flipped through the pages of my prize, I felt like I had been given a map to Treasure Island, while a four-leaf clover had simultaneously fallen into my lap. That is just what Patrick O’ Brien’s book turned out to be for me: a miracle. This book left me feeling as if I was not only ready for the educational and extracurricular encounters that lie ahead, but also those of the world.For many students, college is the time to live free, have fun, and savor one’s youth; Patrick O’Brien, author of the college success book Making College Count, made some valid points in his book. O’Brien stated that students can continue to do all those things and still build a firm foundation for their future; however, education and extracurricular activities should be a student’s top priority as students will not only be building a firm foundation for their futures, but will have fun while doing so.

If I could go back in time the advice I would give myself is to work harder on my grades which would result in a better GPA because it would've helped me to get into a different college of my choice. I would also tell myself to take more AP (Advanced Placement) classes and really focus on the material and passing the class because those AP credits would be very helpful with my college experience in that it would've shortened my time and the amount of classes I'd have to take once enrolled in colege. In addition to that I would tell myself to really stay determined in college and always study and keep my grades up from the beginning because you can't slack off in the beginning and then try to save your grades at the end. Plus retaking classes is not something you would want to have to do considering it can harm your chances with getting into medical school.