Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Top Questions

I would tell myself that i don't need to worry about being home schooled and feeling inferior to the other students because i was ahead of them all along. and my 4.0 was a true 4.0. I would also tell myself that with the training that i had in tennis had set me up for success because along with home schooling and tennis both demanding items I was more than ready for college. I did however need to have more self confidence in me when i felt in competition with the other girls. I am also glad that I did not feel the need to change my values and my outlook about my choices. In other words I had all I needed to be successful in college.

I would tell myself to keep my grades up, learn how to manage my time and join organizations my freshman year.

If I were able to go back in time and talk to myself when i was a senior in High School I would tell my self to focus on my studies and study as hard as possible. I would tell my self not to be afraid to seek help if I did not understand. I would constantly remind myself perservance is the key to success. I would also pay far more attention in my weak subjects which are Math and the Sciences. I would have work alot hard with my challenging subject so that the fear that I currently have of taking these subject would have disappeared once I started college. In high school I was more focused on friends and getting into mischief, now that I am older and wiser I would have made better choice in friends and the activities I was involved in. The last bit of advice i would give is to encouraged my self to focus more and be discipline and more serious about academics all you need is motivation, determination, and commitment to be successful.

I would tell my "high school" self, that there are going to be so many different kind of challenges that you will be facing in college, never give up when times get hard. Just look at it as something you're going to overcome. Stay strong, study, and do your best. Just know that you already completed your first challenge by going to college. And thats a huge step into starting you life. In the end you'll be proud of yourself for not giving up and overcoming those challenges.

My advice to myself would not be to look at moving forward from high school to college a transition. I say this because now that I have had the chance to experience this major step towards life and reality, it is not anywhere near what you are told in high school to prepare you for college. My advice to myself would have been to pace my days as it was time for me to move on. Take all the possibilities that I could when it was time for a scholarship to be filled out and meet deadlines. College isn't easy, so it takes time, patience, and being financially stable in times of need. It isn't horrible to take out loans but you don't want to over due it. My advice would also be to make sure that I take a chance with oppurtunities to help me move forward. To also know that nothing is just given to you you have to learn to provide on your own when you are miles away. This was my step/leap to RESPONSIBILITIES!!! Also you must learn to talk to your professor when you need help! Don't get left behind!

If I had the chance to go back in time and tell my “high school self” something. I would tell myself to take my high school classes seriously, because once in college there is no one to hold your hand and there is no one to tell you what to do but you. I would also tell myself to find more funding for school because the financial aid you get from the school will be a lot during your freshman year; however, it will steadily decrease over time. And my last and final piece of advice that I would give myself is to have fun, don't work too hard, because college is where you find your true self. After college the real world takes over and you won’t have time to try to distinguish yourself.

The ability to turn back the hands of time to the summer of 2008, before I so anxiously began matriculating at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, would enable me to share words of wisdom with my then newly 18 year-old, excited and ambitious self about the realities of college life and the success that surely awaited me years down the road. Retrospectively, the young Antoinyce should have known that college is like a new chapter, an opportunity melodiously graced with new people, a new location, and, undoubtedly, challenges that had before been masked by a childlike naiveté. With all of the changes, however, I would want Antoinyce to know that college presented a pristine opportunity to shine and to learn and, ultimately, to be shaped into the woman the world would need in years to come. Surely, she must know about the difficulties of gaining and losing friends and the unfortunate reality that every situation would not work out as she imagined. As a high school senior, simply stated, my advice would be the three Ps: be Patient in learning, be Persistent in growing, and be Powerful in reaching who you have been destined to be.

If I had the opportunity to speak to myself as a high school senior I would say: Never make the same mistake twice. Shamirah, use the mistakes you have made in the past as a blueprint to how you should succeed in the future. It is never too late to turn a negative situation into a positive one. Stay on top of your studies because as soon as you take a little break you risk being able to be a step ahead. As easy as it is to fall behind it is ten times harder to catch up. Start off strong so that when you embark on your personal journey through college you won’t have to endure the agonizing pain that is failure. While the yellow brick road to success has its ditches and dead ends it is possible to bask in the glory of the Emerald City of success.

stay focus, remember you reasons for attending college. Get involved, ask for help when needed. oh yeah visit teachers office hours.

Study for the ACT. If you can get a 30 or higher, you won't have to take out loans in order to cover the cost of the hefty tuition. submit any kind of paperwork as early as possible. Apply for everything including but not lmited to: scholarships, housing, meal-plans,etc.