Howard University Top Questions

Dear Tameka, You are a strong girl. These high school years have been rough and have taken a toll on your grades, but you never spoke up. As you proceed to the future I want you to know to never give up. There are rough waters against you and many vicious winds of doubt, but please do not give up. Today you may not have the desire to attend an HBCU or let alone Howard University, but I promise you will not regret the choice you make later on. You will have to attend a community college first, but Tameka, please do not take it for granted but use it to your advantage. Forget the parties, fight through your depression, and never skip a day of your anxiety medication. Work harder than before and soon you will be in a famous Historically Black University with hopefully no worries. Remember that education is the best investment, apply for scholarships everyday and never give up. Remember that you are doing this for your mom. Your single mother who works for you! Who slaves for a penny for your education! Fight Tameka, never give up. see you soon Future Bison Tameka

To take my time, and not trust as many people.

Even though high school might seem simple, don't put off time for anything that can be done today whether it's homework, studying, cleaning or anything else. Always stay independent and never rely on another individual to help you out because they may not always come through on their word. Your GPA is important so make sure to keep your grades first because that is your number one priority and it will aid you in the long run. I know you're very active and like to try new things, but just join a couple of organizations instead of being in everything because time management is a hard lesson to learn if your schedule stays busy. Peer pressure is common everyday, especially in college, so don't hang with the wrong crowd or do something that you know is dishonest or just plain wrong. Last, but definitely not least, put God first in everything you do, stay faithful, and keep praying because you're going to need his help daily. If you stay by God's side, you will become successful along the way and make your parents more proud than they already are.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself, I would tell myself what to do and not what to do up to this point. I would tell myself to pick the pharmacy technician major as soon as I could get out, instead of switching majors in the middle of the year, so I could be finished with school and start even more sooner at MUSC to become a pharmacist. I would tell myself to take my classes more serious, so that I could make straight A's is all of my classes. I would also tell myself that it is not as hard as it seems that you will be able to make it through and get to your dream job of being a pharmacist. If I were able to go back in time, this is exactly what I tell myself, to make sure that I would not make the same mistakes that I did now.

Dear Senior in High School Alicia Crooks, Please do not take the following advice lightly.. 1. Fill out 3 scholarships every day until you have received your Ph.D., paying for school is the hardest and most depressing thing to do in life. 2. Do not feel pressured to take math early. 3. Run for something in student government, you love student government. 4. Try-out for the dance teams for the band, you are a beautiful dancer don't feel intimidated. 5. Ask questions in class, to older students, to falculty, staff, and teachers if you confused on ANYTHING. 6. Study every day EVEN if you do not have hw. 7. Rent the books orborrow from someone all the time and actually READ the book. 8. GO TO ALL YOUR CLASSES. 9. Always take notes and record the lecture from your phone. 10. Never forget that you are an intelligent, beautiful, positive, spiritual, sexy, kind hearted, and driven young woman. Love, Your future 2014 graduate self

I would advise myself to spend more time taking advantage of more scholarships than I did. The opportunity to attend college is not cheap and I wish I would have understood that more in high school. I have always wanted to attend college out of state since I believe the experience is an incredible one. I would advise myself to brace myself and stay focus. College is still school and that is what is important. Do not waste time. I would advise myself to make the best of this opportunity each day because before you know it, four years of school are gone and all you are left with are memories. Take advantage of each and every opportunity as they present themselves

I would not take summers off, and use that time to further my education so as to never loose focus or momentum educationally.

The advice I would give myself is this. Try your best. It helps you out in the long run. Volunteer, you will need this to get a job. Don't waste time. Start college earlier, you have your whole live ahead of you but that doesn't mean you can wait a year before starting college.

When you go to college next, just try and stick it out. It's hard but we both know you can do it! Life will be so much easier if you do. If you don't then 10 years from now you will be so unhappy with yourself that you didn't follow through! It only gets harder if you try and go back to school ten years later with a stay at home pregnant wife and two children all while going to school full-time at a fast paced vocational school. Don't get me wrong, you're going to love your life, with your amazing children and the best wife you could possibly ask for but the school portion only gets harder! Good luck, i know you can do it.

In school I was a high achieving student, so oppurtunities came easy to me. In college you join an elite group of students who in high school were all high achievers. The advice that i would give myself is to live by the principle of: if i can't find a way, I will create one. College is the land of oppurtunity, but there are a multitude of other qualified students going after the same opportunities that you will be interested in. Just because you don't get those opportunities does not mean that you are not worthy. Don't be afraid to start your own initiatives, because sometimes they will take you a lot further than you can imagine.