Gordon State College Top Questions

I've met amazing people and have experienced so many great things. I've really discovered myself through my college experiences, including out of country trips, on campus involvement, and honors programs. I've attended four different schools, all four being very different from one another. After two years of searching, I've finally found my home at UMCP. I moved from a small town in Kansas to a bustling town in Maryland that is located in between Baltimore and DC. I've loved every minute of it so far and am far more comfortable and happier than I ever was in Kansas. I feel so far behind everyone I meet here, although their headstart on east-coast living has by no means discouraged me. I'm slowly learning how to live in this part of the country, and have met amazing people.

it is valuable to attend to college because most profesions in the united states wants a person who has that college deegre. since most people in the 1990's most people didnt have the luxury to get on to a computer and look up scholarships easily, as peoplle are doin now in america. But people also dont have alot . for me as an african american if i dnt get an education people will eat me alive especially in an intelucital conversation.And know some jobs like McDonald wants an employer with an high school diploma. The problem that most students have in the classroom is that it’s not entertaining them and they get bored very easily. Personally me I had a reality check especially when I found out that I Couldn’t play football. I could say I truly believed that it would help me get into college. But I also figured out that if I go ahead and get my education I wouldn’t have to worry about my GPA .The difference between school and life? In school, your thought a lesson then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.

my collange experince was good. I learned many things in my life. I learned how to communicate with other people and how to respect them. I learned many of the general education classes about our world. Its valuable to attend college becasue it gives you the ability to be a successful person in the life. it prepaires you for a better future. when you have a degree, its easer for a person to find job and to get more money to live better and to help the poor people to live bertter also. Life is full of probles so attending college teach me how to solve my problem by thinkining and proposing solutions and pick what is the best.

I was scared to start college when i graduated out of high school. It seemed bigger than life , and like a unknown scary wood on a stormy night with lightning crackling in the cloudy sky, and wolves howling at a barley vissible moon. When i finally got the courage to enroll I saw that this was completely not the case. College has oppened my eyes to a whole new world of possibilities that I never even knew exsisted. I havd worked many minimum wage jobs over the years, trying to make ends meat. I now know that there are endless possibilities in life to be whatever I want to be. It has given me the courage to chase my life long dream of being a High School teacher and Football Coach. I am the happiest I have ever been in my life and I owe it all to college.

I have gotten more responsibilty out of my college experience. When I was at home I had responsibility, but I have gotten more responsibilty being in college. When I was at home, I could ask my mom to do things for me that was related. Now I have to do everything on my own. It's been valuable to attend because if you really think about it, a degree is going take you a long way. Attending college and graduating from college also looks good on your resume. I want my resume to look excellent and I want to be successful in every way possible.

I would tell myself to be consistant in accomplishing task. Its one thing to be able to study but in order to pass you have to continuously study to keep grades up. Another thing I would tell myself is don't wait till the last minute to do things. When waiting till the last minute is very stressful. Sometimes in situations like that you don't always succeed the task, because simply you waited too late. Making schedules helps to keep things organized. Lastly would be to balance everything. In college you have a lot more responsiblities, its very important to know how to keep up with all responsiblities.

I would tell my self to make good grades and not to skip class. I learned so much in my college exerience and i've learned that if you make the grades the more money you get. i wish i could have leaned that sooner cause now im not enrolled in school cause my mother can't pay for me to go. My gpa isn't bad but not good enough. I just really wish somebody could have told me that when i was in high school . My freshmen year of college i skiped class alot and thought i could party and just chill and i thouht i could keep m grades up and do all of that at the same time but it doesn't work that way and i am making up for it now. so this is my advice for any high school seniors if you go to college to work hard , and work hard to continue.

I wouldnt change anything because i realized my senior year that i needed to go to college to succeed n life and show my mother and grandmother i can finish school and not let my life be apart of the family circle of droping out of college. Outr of all my years in high school my senior was the best. I did things i didnt even kno i had in me. Now that im in college im doin very well, better than i did in high school. Im also am going to continue to do great so i will not be another statistc in my family.

The advice that I would give myself would be stay focus on life, you never know where it could take you. When trying to prepare for the next level, don't just do enough to get by but go the extra mile because in the end it will pay off. College is a big step it's not something that happens over night you must prepare yourself for that transition. So just use your time wisely and think things through and everything will be just fine.

More than anything I'd tell myself to do the research and do the work. Nothing is more important than knowing the options and opportunities open to you. I'd tell myself to look up a variety of schools and look at exactly what they require for admission. Looking up the kinds of scholarships available in your field is also important. It's also vital to do the work: take the tests, fill out the applications, look into carreer options. Seinor year is no time to get seinoritis and take it easy; use the extra time to prepare yourself for the next few years. And, get excited. College is amazing if you're prepared.