Hillsborough Community College Top Questions

If i could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, the advice I would give myself is that that maybe you should have filled out more scholarships and gone to the 4 year university. Community college isn't bad but that job you got right out of high school that offered to pay for all you school, doesn't do too well in the recession and you get laid off. No more schooling, you get a good job that pays decent but when your family starts, and trust me it will start sooner then expected you would have wished you got a higher paying job and you can only get that with a degree. That is what i would tell my high school self about college life and the transition.

I would tell myself to make sure to do everything I can to get an A in my prospective college courses, and to not let working wear me out enough to not do my homework. I'd also tell myself to learn to relax, and take my time and do my assignments correctly so my grades actually reflect the work I do.

Do you not ever sleep on your classes because C's will get you absolutely nowhere. Save and use your money wisely because the books are not cheap. Do not write or highlight too much within a textbooko because it makes the value go down. If you have a deadline, so everything you can to make it because you mostly likely will not get a second chance.

As a 40+ year old woman returning to school I could give myself the lecture of a lifetime. I would tell myself exactly what I have told my children, who are both starting school with me, do this for yourself not for anyone else. You need to have college to advance in the workplace, to open doors for you to become successful, and to begin a career that will offer you, your spouse and your children stability and security. Don't give up and definately don't quit. You can work, go to college and raise a child if you put your heart, soul and mind into it. Without college you will struggle with meaningless jobs that do not fulfill you because you are always looking for something more but it is out of your reach because you do not have a college degree.

The advice that I would give myself is to work harder. The College life is hard, but working hard in high school, it does give you a great advantage. I would tell my self not to worry about the money issue, and not to worry about anyone else. I know that i would have had the ablilty to make a great deal of myself. And to always Look up. Things will be hard, but things will get better, just stick to what your heart tells you, thats always the right path.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior and give myself advice about college life and making that transition, I would tell myself to stay focused on what I need and to use every bit of my time wisely instead of squandering it with my own desires. I would tell myself that time is a very valuable gift and how I use it will determine my future. If I choose to squander my time with my own desires, I would find attending college successfully to be one of the hardest tasks I would ever have. On the other hand, if I choose to stay focused on my needs and seek counsel from my parents and other elders who have gone through my experiences in life, and if I choose to put aside my heart's desires for a while, I would have the time to prepare myself for what could be the most difficult time of my life. I leave myself with these words: "What you do right now is not for now; it is for later."

Study engineering seriously, that is where all the money and most of the jobs are.

I wish that when I was in high school I could tell my self... to always read the course description to make sure you are intrested in and the second thing is to always GO TO CLASS. The first taste of freedom often plays with the students mind and we tend to not go to class, but this is a mistake that I have learned from and wish I would have known my senior year in high school.

I would tell myself to take as many AP and dual enroll classes as possible. Not only will they count towards your degree thus making the cost of college less, they really prepare you for the self discipline needed to succeed. I would also tell myself to learn how to study correctly. Many of the classes only have a few tests which may encompass your entire grade for the class. There are no homework checks like in HS where extra points may be given so knowing how to study will get results. Finally I would tell myself that not everyone is well adjusted enough to live away at school so returning home to attend the local community college should not be looked at as a failure.

Every time I think about the things that I did and did not do during high school I say this to myself: If u had the opportunity to go back to high school you should not spend your time doing nonproductive things. College is a really serious matter, it is almost the beginning of your new future, and it only depends on what you do to know what you would obtain. Heidi, you should work on building that new future now that you are a senior in high school. Do whatever it takes you to start and finish college knowing that only with your and God's help, your life could change forever. Do not be the passive student who just live the moment, be the terrific student, not thinking as a student but as a builder, the builder of your life.