Jarvis Christian College Top Questions

The advice I would give myself if I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior would be to become a better test taker. I always had good grades in school, because of all the homework and busy work, and I would do okay on the tests, but not always great. No matter how much I studied, I just was not a good test taker, I didn't have those test taking skills and the correct studying methods. Tests are extremely important in college, you may have multiple classes throughout your college career that are only tests, I learned that the hard way. It has made making good grades in college a lot harder for me than I ever imagined it would be. I always thought it would be the same as high school, making good grades by doing all my work and then doing alright on the tests. College proved me wrong and it is definitely an uphill battle I have been fighting going through my college career, but I have gained ground and continue to improve.

Make sure that you get your finacial aiid out the way first. Go to a school that offers your major. Dont let issues at home stop you from pursuing your dreams. Last be not least always stay true to yourself and dont ever change for no one unless you're changing for good.

I would tell my high school slef that you should've took more initiative and found more schools to look at besides the ones the school provided information for.

Well I am a college athlete and I was also a high school athlete. One thing I would advise myself is that I absolutely have to focus on my grades before anything else. I would tell myself to work hard as far as school work because things are only going to get harder if you don't. Another reason grades are so important is that you can receive scholarship money for you GPA. Any college student knows that scholarships are everything. Nobody wants to pay a whole bunch of loans back so whenever you are able to receive a scholarship you hop on it. That's another thing I would have told myself when it comes to scholarships. Apply for as many as you can because you will always need them. I wish I could have told myself to get on that my whole senior year just in case my grades weren't all the way there. Even being an athlete you can't just depend on that because not all schools give student athletes scholarship money.

I would tell my high school self, never give up. College isn't all of what you think. You have continue to work hard. You're independent, so you have to know how to support and provide for yourself. Don't think everything and anything will be handed to you. You have to work for what you want. Make sure that you start applying and getting ready for college early; don't wait til the last minute. Apply for as many scholarships aas possible. Most of all you are your own problem and you must be your own solution. It doesn't get easy after high school.

I would advice myself to develop more efficient student habits, to stay focused on the ciriculums we used throughout the many years of school edcation. Take education seriously, and become more organized in the routines and completions of my coursework. Make short term sacrafices for long term success make adult like decsions. Prep for the real world workplace and life.

Four years of your life is a short period of time to focus and do your best when you consider that it will affect the rest of your life. It is imperative that when you graduate that you have given 110{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}. In the long run, the return on your investment will quadruple and it will set the stage for all things to come. And lastly, when you make day to day decisions, remember to be uplifting and positive in social as well as academic situations. You will find that if you hold yourself in high esteem, your friends will follow.

The advice I would give myself if I could go back to my senior year in high school, would be a better note taker. I did not realize that note taking would be such a big contributor to understanding the class. I know how to take notes from the book, but listening to a teacher lecture and taking notes in the meantime is something that I wish I worked on.

Dear Eric, I am you in 2011. You got a lot going on in your life right now, huh? I want you to know that I love you. You'll get through all of this, I know its a lot. Take your time, there is no rush to find all the answers. Find a good therapist to help with all the family stuff right now. Take some time to travel the world before going to college, go to Bali, Kauai, and Europe for a couple of years if you can. Wait to have kids until your at least 35. You're parents can't help you with tuition costs so apply for as many scholarships as you can so you can go to the U of A like you want, then check out CIIS for their Integral Counseling graduate program. I know Danielle crushed your heart. It will take a while but you will meet other women that love you deeply and that you love too. When you go to college, take the courses that really inspire you, with the teachers that really get you. You learn best in those environments. Learn speedreading too, it really comes in handy.

Before I went off to college I told myself then not to get caught up in any drama. I wasn't about drama in high school but I knew that in college it would be a whole different environment. So if I could go back and talk to myself I would tell myself the exact thing again. I would also tell myself that when times get rough with school work just keep on pushing and the award will come in the long run.