Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Top Questions

My college experience has taught me to be more responsible. I have realized that there are no easy grades, and that each student must work hard to earn each grade. I have learned to utilize each resource offered to us, and how to better manage my time. I value this experience because it is helping me become the person I will be in the future.

I have gotten two degrees out of it, making the whole college experience very much worth it.

I think the most important thing I have received from the college education I have received so far is an increased ability to solve issues and problems in critical and creative ways. Louisiana State University is preparing me to be my own individual and to look at the world from many different perspectives. College is a mind opening experience and that is why it is valuable to attend. Professors in LSU's liberal arts department value the original purpose of higher education, and that is to expand the mind and create a well rounded individual who is able to function in many different and diverse environments. These are ideas that many university departments have forgotten, moving toward narrow specific curriculums that produce an assembly line of students all taught to think and react in the same predictable ways.

My college experience has been so hands on I know that when I go out into the work world and start my carrer I will be prepared and I will know how to handle my job as an EMT and that has been such a big help for me. I know that with my certification someday somewhere I will be able to use the skills I have learned to save someones life and know I did everything possible to do my job to my fullest capabilities and that in its self is very rewarding. A college education is something that will stay with your forever and it not only helps your discover who you are but its helps you find what is right for you. I have gotten so much and I am grateful everyday for it.

My college experience has been unique, but absolutely enriching and educational in more ways than one. I first went to a small private school, but I had to transfer the next year because of financial reasons. I learned a lot there, both about what was important and what really didn?t matter. At first I thought it was perfect: the teachers and classes were among the best in the country, the campus is gorgeous, and it's much smaller than my high school. However, I soon realized that the teachers, campus, and prestige really didn?t matter if I couldn?t find happiness. So I decided to go where I would be happiest: a place with, yes, less prestige and not quite as high-quality classes as a private liberal arts school, but with trusted long-time friends and an environment that could make me feel at home. Some may say my first year was a waste of time and money, but I know that if I had never experienced it I never would have learned what really makes me happy and what makes living worthwhile. As they say in the commercials, such a lesson is truly priceless.

If I could go back in time to talk to myself as a high school senior, I would have advised myself to save more and spend less. I would have advised myself to take more mathematics classes, and I would have convinced myself to schedule my classes differently. I would have scheduled my freshman classes so that I would have taken less unnecessary classes and more stuff directly relevent to my major, and I would have taken them at different times. I waited till later in my college career to take some of the higher level classes, only for those classes not to be available when I wanted to take them. I would have advised myself not to wait.

Attending an all girls' private school for five years certainly kept me sheltered and protected from the world. When asked,"If you had a chance to go back in time and give myself advice as a high school senior about college, what would I say?", many ideas come to my mind. However, the most prominent piece of advice I keep coming back to is "let go and let God." I would say to relax and trust that God will take care of you, no matter the obstacles or difficulties that persist.

"Think for yourself and don't let others persuade your decisions." That's what I would tell myself as a high school senior. Approaching graduation as a senior in high school is both exciting and frightening. It's the moment in your life when you are almost an adult and have to begin making decisions on your own without parental guidance. In my case, I didn't know what I wanted to persue once I got to college. My passion was broadcast journalism, but my parents persuaded me that biology/pre-med was a better route to take. I can't blame them for wanting their child to become a doctor. However, my freshman year was a miserable experience. Classes were painfully boring and extremely difficult for me. By my sophomore year I changed my major to broadcast journalism. I wish I would have started out in this field because it would have made the high school/college transition much easier and much more pleasant. I learned to think for myself and choose what's best for me, and I believe that is one of the most rewarding things I've gotten out of my college experience so far.

Paige, you need to pay attention! College is not going to be easy and you say you know that but you will not be prepared at all. Go to class and do not be lazy and just skip because you do not feel like going. When it comes to studying set time to do so..sit down and memorize and not right before the test. Be well organized and know what is going on in your classes to stay on top of things. When you fall behind it is harder to get back on top so do not let that hapend becasue you know your parents will be so furuous when you get bad grades going to and out-of-state school. Be aware.

If I can go back through time to when I was a high school senior, knowing what I know now about college life and making the transition, my advice to myself is get done with all my classes before Christmas break, so I can work on getting all my scholarships and grants applications, and paperwork all sorted out and done with before the day I became a high school graduate. If I knew how hard it was to get scholarships and grants, I would have finished all the paperwork during my senior year, but of course, I didn't. I slacked off after Christmas break and thought being accepted for scholarships and grants will the easy part during my last year of high school, but I was so wrong. And I was scared of graduating that year, scared of being away from my family and friends for four years and living on my own while I attend college by myself. My advice to myself is to get done with classes before Christmas break, so I can get all my scholarships and grants applications, and paperwork all sorted out and done with before the day I became a high school graduate.