LeTourneau University Top Questions

I have been able to learn a lot about myself and meet a lot of people that have influenced me to do things that are right and not wrong.

I would tell myself to be prepared to say hello to everyone and to practice more in my last year of high school. It's really ok to keep in touch with friends from home because when you go home for the summer and have no one to do stuff with life becomes quite boring. I would also tell myself to do a little prestudying for each class that I am enrolled in for the next semester. For me understanding the most basic part about each course before the first day of class was the best thing I could do to keep from getting lost. Also don't feel that you have to spend all day studying. Get out and do stuff with your new friends. My last piece of advice would be to be sure that you buy your books online - after asking people in your dorm if they happen to have a copy you could purchase at a lower rate. Good Luck! And get ready for the best time of your life! Remember who you are.

Find your joy in the work and it will go better in every possible way. Don't get caught up in a random girl if she shows up. She can really mess with your head and distract you from loving your work like you should. Find the balance. And don't be afraid to say hello once in a while. You don't have to be a hermit all the time.

I would tell myself that even though I have been unhappy with high school, that college is something that has a great deal of value. On-line schooling is an easier way to get a start . Don't worry about not knowing what you want to do with your life because there is plenty of time to decide that. Start with the basics, look around and see what your passion is all about as you go through school. Remember the amount of money you could earn is not always the best way to decide what you want out of life. College life is what you make it to be. If you go to party, you will not be successful in your educational endeavors. You can do a combination of both, but focus on your education as the primary goal. With an education you will accomplish a great deal. With a party lifestyle, you will have nothing more than blurred memories. Remember what you do now, is what you will be for a lifetime. Lifetimes last a whole lot longer than a few years of good times.

First of all, the education system in the United States is quite different from the education level in Malaysia. Most of the schools in Malaysia use final exams to determine a student's final grades in all the classes. However, it is still possible to procrastinate until a week or less before the final exam to catch up with all the materials covered for the particular class in high school, but not here in college. It is really important to plan out your schedule on the things you will do each week to catch up with the materials covered in each classes, and make sure that all the homeworks are turned in on time. That will definitely help you during each sectional test. Some of the classes in college include papers and assignments that will take quite a bit of time to be done, it is always a good idea to start those papers and assignments early, and not a day or two before the due dates. Finally, self-control and motivation are really important in college life, especially when you have your own laptop and Xbox, and your parents are not there to tell you what to do everyday.

As a high school senior people tend to slack a little and just want to finish with a high enough grade to graduate. I would tell myself and any other high school senior to take challanging courses in order to prepare for hard college courses. I would tell them to make good study habits starting in high school even if the course is not that hard, because I was one of those students that did not need to study at all to pass a test in high school, but that all changed when college came around. If students have good study habits and know how they study best, they will do much better in college. I would tell them to try their best in everything that they do in life because it will all pay off in the long run. I would also tell them to make sure they apply for lots of scholarships online and get a high score on their SAT and ACT so that they can get more scholarships towards their schooling.

I would say to keep an open mind when searching for schools. I hadn't expected to like Letourneau, let alone pick it. But after making it to the school and spending time in their curriculum, I have found that I thoroughly enjoy the university. The course load might be rigorous and hard, but with the right help and information I am able to get into the class and fix things. And make sure the campus life and time outside of classes is something you would enjoy, because you would spend most of the time outside of the class and amongst the other students and other people. Try to get together with other people of similar majors and study together with them. Motivate one and another to do your classwork so that you are able to get through the semester with good grades and good experiences.

Don't comprimise when it comes to looking for colleges. Narrow down your choices to colleges that have your desired major, and then start looking at campus specific details such as housing, campus design, etc. To make the most of your experience, study hard but do well in school. Academic satisfaction is key to looking back on college fondly.

Pre-college preparations often leave first generation students and parents anixous, lost, and stressed. From my experiance in searching for the right college, I learned some basic guidelines. First, pray for guidence and enlightment on what God has enstore for the student. Secondly, both should together make a list of the important features desired out of the college. Thridly, they should visit as many colleges that fit within their budget, major, and preferance. When visiting colleges, the proceptive student should interact and ask enduring questions about college experiances to the students already attending. In order to make the most of a college experiance, the student should seek their passions and morals in order to acquire joy within daily activites. When the pressure becomes overwhelming, seek advice from students, professors, and established mentors. College is more than a step into your professional career but a time to seek God and discover the plans He has for the student's social and educational life.

I believe that college is the most important time in a person?s life. It is a time when the student learns more about themselves and becoming an adult. When it comes to a person trying to decide on what school to attend they need to keep those things in mind. For some people college may seem like a time to party before having to jump into the real world, but college is the time to see how the real world works. Not to say that you cannot have fun while at college. A person can have lots of fun while at school, but if that fun is getting in the way of your education then you?re not really learning anything at all. Or to put it in other words they are not learning how the "real world" works. On a second note, a lot of people will choose a school based on how much it costs to attend. I cannot express this hard enough when I say that you cannot put a price on getting a good education. Pick a school that will give the best education possible for the career being pursued.