Florida State College at Jacksonville Top Questions

Dear seventeen year old Ashlen, You're about to start your senior year and you have no idea what you want to do next year for college. No worries, cheering at Tumble Tech this year will help you figure it out. You have probably already accepted the fact that you will not get into an university, but still do whatever it takes to finish language credit! It's not fun to take french in college. Enjoy your senior year and don't take it for granted, it goes by way too fast, even though the thought of graduation seems millons of years away. During your second semester of school you will finally decide to move four hours away to Jacksonville to live with your brother. I know you're scared but, it will all set into place! Enjoy your time with your friends because they will fade out of your life soon. I wish you the best of luck and I know you will adjust well. College is a huge difference from high school and being away from home is even more difficult so, thank mom and dad for all they sacraficed during your senior year. Best of luck!

When every you get your Pell Grant no matter how tempting it is save that money. After two yers you could have enough for rent for 6 months. Also, when ever scholarship oppurtunities become avalible do not wait until the last minute to decide to do them. Do them as soon as possible.

The advice I would give myself if I were to go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior is that when you do go to college you should study hard and not just get the good grades to get by to graduate. Try and finish school before persuing anything else in your life. You never know what life will bring you and if you don't finish you will have to go back later. Sometimes that later could be after having a family or when you want a change in a job.

SAVE MONEY AND LIVE AT HOME! If you have the opportunity to live with your parents, even though it may be a pain, do it! It will be well worth it in the end. Take every opportunity you can to save as much as you can. Always say yes to new opportunities. Even if it is something that may seem silly, like a bowling outing with strangers or speed dating, give it a shot! You never know who you might meet and what might come out of it.

I would tell myself to go straight to c ollege after graduation. The longer you told out the harder it get's. I would also mention to myself that i am a server of 10 years now and connot provide for my family. Going to school getting a career is everything in the future

If I could go back in time and discuss college life with my senior self, I would advise her to not take time off after graduating, as well as not to worry about hanging out with friends but instead to go through with the sat and act test, even if it made her extremely tired with the surgery that she had just had. I would encourage her to study, and tlet he know that college is much better than highschool.

I graduated High School at 17 , man i was so ready to just live on my own i rushed into it. I would tell my self Gracious have a plan, sit down and really just focus, think about your future! Now i have a son, Its crazy because i never wanted kids until i was like 28! i just say live the college life and still hit the books.

I know very well of how anxious you are to make the next step of your life, but try to plan ahead more carefully since life is not how it always seems to be. Congratulation on getting accepted into the university of your choice, be sure to have a backup plan just in case things does not work out. Apply to another school, just in case this one does not work out, and try to get some scholarship or financial aid fundings, because as it turned out, college is more expensive then we could have ever imagined. Do not be saddened by the dissapointments to come, for it is just like mom used to say, it is and always will be god's will for all that is to come, so stay strong.

Apply for scholarships and don't disregard the fast-food industry when job-hunting. You're going to need every cent you can get your hands on. Don't worry about the classes, you'll handle them just fine, just be sure you fill out everything you need in order to allow the finaicial aid to go through, or you'll have a little bump to contend with. And cherish your summer, I know you're not going to do much in the way of job or scholarship hunting, but don't spend it, and then feel like there wasn't anything special about it when you look back on what you did.

Although I completed High School with a GPA of 3.75, I would have taken my courses more seriously and paid more attention to form (in writing papers) as well as substance. I also would have spent more time developing better studdy habits.