Hampton University Top Questions

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a highschool senior the advice that I would give myself is to stay focused. Many students enter their senior year with the thought that they do not have to put in as much work as they had in the past years because they are almost finished with highschool. In my opinion your senior year is the most important year in highschool for the simple fact that colleges are looking at you with a magnifying glass. If your grades are not where they need to be, you could risk your future. Stay on track when it comes to applying to schools, as well as scholarships. Do not be focused on what others are doing , at this time in your life you should be focused on yourself as well as your future. Stick to your dreams, set goals, then accomplish them. Be yourself. Be the best that you can be. Remember, " Good, better, best ...Never let it rest...Until your good is better... and your better is best".

If I was armed with the information that I know today about college life and making the transition, I would encourage myself to relax when thinking about the social aspect of college but approach studying with a vengeance. It is so easy to be overwhelmed by the change in the social scene. If you keep in mind that all freshmen are going thru the same angst, you realize that you are sharing similar experiences that first year with every other freshman. In addition, it was important to me to identify with a group of women like me who always ensured their actions honor the ladies that they are. Those women were not hard to find. Graduating from an inner city IB school prepared me for the volume of work required at college but you get a lot of free time. You must use your time wisely and study as often as possible to stay ahead of the game. In summary, knowing when to go hard and when to relax are both critical to your personal and professional growth in college.

Before you go to college, make sure you have a plan. Financial matters is a great way to start planning. I recommend attending community college first because it takes most of the financial burden off you. At the community college, make sure you enroll in a general education program and that ALL your classes transfer; that is very important!!! Also, be sure that all your classes transfer towards your intended degree, at the transfer institution. While in school do your very best because, your grades will take you far and there are great grants and scholarships for hard-working students. There will be some hardships along the way, but remember that your legacy starts with you, later you'll realize it was all worth it. Make sure in college that you look at the syllabus, that is where all your information and assignments are. Most teachers will remind you of upcoming assignments and some will not. Nevertheless, I recommend that you read your syllabus anyway, so that none of the assignments will sneak up on you. Remember after high school, education is no longer free! Value it both morally and financially. Best wishes!

I have had a great experience at Hampton University.The only advice I would give is to try to get involved a little bit earlier with community service as a freshman while you have a lighter course load. Also stay in constant contact with the financial aid department and try to get as many scholarships as possible because it does get much harder as the years go by.

Hi Khairee, I am you from the future, 2013. Look, I came back to give you some words of advice; Ky, college is hard and expensive, so what you need to do is prepare yourself. Start working now, do more community service, scholarships, and save money to help mom pay for our tuition; before you apply to certain universities, do some research and see which universities will give you money and help you afford to stay in school. Also, stick to psychology as your major; you may believe that our mom wants you to go for business management because that type of major will help you get a job, but you are totally wrong. She wants us to go for what we want and what our passion is; and as of right now, psychology is our passion (and music too). Actually speaking of music, join the choir and take vocal lessons. Singing will help you release your stress and help you avoid drama. Besides all of that, the most important thing I want to tell you is to travel; get involve with study abroad programs and get started on learning foreign languages. Believe in yourself, Ky because you got this!

Knowing what I know now about college life and making the transition, some advice I would give to myslef would to definitely prepare more for the work load. Having senioritis did not prepare me to the heavy workload I'm getting now. The ransition is very rough from being completely lazy to full speed with work, tests, quizzes and presentations. I would also give myself advice about being physically in shape. Though students attend college for academics, it can also contribute to your life physically. Living on a big campus and not being able to have a car causes a lot on the body. I would have prepared myself better if I was in shape and exercised regularly. Lastly, I would prepare myself to be separated brom family. Living in Virginia, with my family in California is very hard due to me missing them a lot, but I'm learning what it means to be independent as an adult.

To go back in time, and give my self advice as a high school senior. I will tell myself 3 tips for helping me to succeed in college. Those tips are one stay true to myself, meaning no matter what everybody else is doing, always stick to my morals and faith. The reason for that is if you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything. As an entering freshmen, I want to been seen as a person who stays true to herself and what she believes in. The second tip, I will give myself is every choice has a consequence. Consequences come in bad or good outcomes, for instance in college their will always be parties, but not many tests to study for. So telling myself that I need to think about things before I rush into them, since I don’t know what could be the outcome from one choice. Last tip for college, is don’t be afraid to ask for help. Coming from a family that does not have a high school background, does add to my factor of me not knowing things others might know. Thus, asking questions will only benefit me.

Knowing what I know now about college life and making the transition to college, if I could go back in time to talk to myself as a high school senior, I would definitely tell myself to focus more on Scholarship searches and applications. Regardless of it tuition and room & board are paid for, college comes with lots of other fees, including books, clubs and organizations, as well as, spending money for extracurriculars. I would also tell myself to not be afraid to jump in head first when it came to being involved on campus and making friends. Being nervous about talking to others and making friends can cause you to lose out on life long friendships and relationships.

I would advise myself to look for all the financial aid possible out there because college is really expensive . I also would tell myself to look more into what Univeristy top majors are.

If I had a time car that let me travel back into time and let me visit my high school day I would encourage myself my push harder. I would also tell myself that you need to do it for yourself and not everyone around you. If I could go back in time I would also tell myself that dedication is key and in order to succeed you have to be more dedicated