Florida State College at Jacksonville Top Questions

Do not overload yourself. Have a degree plan and stick to it, and learn to prioritize your activities, work, and schoolwork.

What I would tell my high school self, would be something students have been wishing to say to their younger selves since the beginning of time: don't waste your freshman year partying, attend class, and don't get distracted from your goal. I'd tell myself, she's a bright young woman and don't let any one or anything dull her shine.

I would tell myself to wait until I knew what I wanted to do, instead of trying and failing at 18. I would advise myself to keep studying math and algebra, because I would need it to finish my degree, if for nothing else in life. And to start writing! There is so much writing in college course work, if it is not a part of every day life it is overwhelming.

I would definitely go back and tell myself to do way better in my studies and school work. The stress of finanial stability would be a lot easier with a bright futures scholarship.

I would tell myself to continue to focus on school and grades but I would also convince myself to better prepare for the college entrance exams. While test scores alone should not determine your ability or success in college, but it does hold a lot of power. I would also work on being a better writer as that is a skill that proves to be helpful for college essays, in college and in life in general. Do what you love so you never have to work a day in your life. Believe in yourself. Do not do things just to impress your parents or to make them happy. Ultimately, you have to be happy!

The advivce I would give myself is to start visiting colleges sooner, and declare nursing as your major right off the bat. I would tell myself how much of a pain it is to apply to nursing school and that it would have been so much easier to simply declare nursing my major going into FSU. In doing so you would avoid having to switch back to community college and miss out on all the friends you made at FSU. I would explain to High school me that there is plenty of time to work in college and that really there is nothing to worry about. Finally I would be sure to tell High School me that registration is one of the worst parts about college. I would be sure to tell myself to always register on time and avoid the community college advisors who are really and truly not very helpful to students who already have motivation and direction in their lives.

I would tell myself, not to be scared and to go into the medical field. There is a college out there that is right for me, specifically Beckfield College. That it has the one on one attention that I would need and hands on training. There are people there that truly care and will do anything to help you get the help I might need. I would also tell myself to have confidence in myself and take the ACT and SAT tests. That going to college is a decision that I wouldn't regret. That in the future the economy is bad and finding a job without a college education is extremely hard. And that my future as well as my families future depends on it.

As basic as it sounds, make sure you are self diciplined enough to attend all of your classes, do all of the assgined work and dont' focus so much on extracirricular activities.

transition to college life will be easy when one prepares for it, and neither former lifestyle, age or financial problems can hinder a right minded person from pursuing his educational dream. Althogh attending college requires extra hard work and is more tasking than high school, it motivates one to be more creative and analytical, and helps one to be able to make distinctions between real and fantasy. College is a gateway to having a bright future, what one forgo today in order to be educated, will be recouped in double in future

If I could retreat back in time and advise myself as a senior in high school about future college life, first and foremost I would tell myself it starts right now. Scholarships are very very important and, therefore, grades are the most important thing. As a high school senor, the number one thing on most students minds is how close the end is near. While the more focused student kicked into full gear and worked the hardest they've worked in their high school career, I took it a little more laid back. With parents who were somewhat pushovers and teachers who just wanted me to move on, school did not tend to come in first priority. If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, knowing what I know now about college I would make sure "past-me" truly understood how important early education is. Maintaining that information for future classes, maintainging it so that I am not forced to pay to learn it again, and most importantly earning grades that will help in supporting "future-me" through my whole college carreer.