MiraCosta College Top Questions

Go to community college. It will be the best decision you will ever make. Although I know you really want to move out and go to a big time university because you think you're all grown up, your not. Community college will help you become a responsible adult and make you find your true future career. You grow up alot here and figure out what's really important to you. You save a lot of money going to a community college and receive the same quality of education. So it may not be as fun as going to university and living in a dorm and partying all night long, but that is the beauty of it. You will get things done, and fast. You will find youself coming here and figure out who you really are. Go to MiraCosta and trust me you won't regret it. Oh, and stop caring about what everyone else will think of you in high school becuase in college it all changes. Things are differnt, including you.

I have experienced almost every aspect of college life. I have lived and studied abroad, I have lived in dorms, in off-campus housing, and with my mom. I have taken classes at a four year university as well as a two year community college. I have changed my major from international politics to public relations to photography and now to nursing. After all of this I would tell my high school senior self to follow the path that is layed in front of you, there are no short cuts, the journey is the experience. Never turn down an opportunity to learn; don't sell your self short just to take the easy way out. My college journey has been incredible and even at 25 it is not over yet; I wouldn't change anything. I have learned so much about myself and the world not only in the classroom but in the experiences outside of the classroom, so I would tell myself to live life to the fullest no matter what is thrown at you.

I grew up in a small country town that had only about 100 students in the high school. Making the transition from high school to college was hard and a culture shock. I thought college was huge, but in reality it was not that big. If I could go back and give myself advice, it would be to better prepare myself for the more difficult classes that are in college. I would also better prepare myself for exams and have better studying habits. Growing up in a small town, I found school easily successful. College however, I have to work much harder in order to be successful with my grades. I believe that the one thing that I would do differently is to better prepare myself for college in order to be successful in my college career.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, the first thing I would tell myself is not to let the pressure get to you. So what if you aren't going to a four year college straight out high school? It doesn't matter where you start your education because once you hold that degree in your hand it isn't going to say how you got it. The second piece of advice I would give myself is to get as much general education done in the community college as I can. Four year colleges are expensive, and no one is going to be paying for your education. Above all, stay strong, and stick the morals your mother taught you. A lot of things will try to slow you down, but just remember where you've come from and what you want to do and keep climbing until they hand you your diploma.

The advice I would love to have given myself would be to have really paid attention in every class I had. But mostly importantly I would have told myself and help others aswell to try hard and push hard to do great in school and to get involved in as much as I could. I would mention that even though the high school years don't seem inportant or aren't taken serious, it is really a vital part in further education and evenmy future.

I would tell myself to take it more serious, to apply for every scholarship possible and to not procrastinate on it. I would let myself know how difficult it would be without financial aid.

I live this question each and everyday as I have a younger brother in high school, and while he doesn't like it all the time, I am constantly helping him with preparation for college. I come from a family of high intellect, yet no one has ever graduated from college. They were able to find professions and become highly sucessful. Yet, in today's economy it is essential to have a degree and even more so, a master's degree or more. I love school and so does my little brother, but the question that really remains is simply, how can I afford to stay in school for 6 to 8 years? So I would tell myself to keep my grades at 4.0 (which I gradually slipped down to 3.8) and to do as much community service as possible. And the number one most important thing I would tell myself is to apply for every scholarship possible so that I may have the opportunity to get school paid for by donors who are looking for someone exactly like me: bright, young, and eager minded, ready and willing to work hard for a better and more fulfilling future.

Growing up in the home that I did, with the constant burden of finances, college seemed like a dream that would never come true. With mediocre grades and no true path to follow for school, my senior year was practically hopeless. I knew I could never afford to attend a university. So for my senior year I strove for nothing. Following graduation as I made plans to head to China to work with orphans, the daunting task of registration for a junior college overwhelmed me. I knew I needed to do something. So I registered with Mira Costa. It has changed me, it truly has. Attending Mira Costa has changed my entire outlook on life. My once empty aspirations are now filled with hope. There is a light at the end of this tunnel. I am so close to achieving my goal and I will be the first from my family to graduate from college. If I were to go back and give advice to myself as a senior I would tell myself that there is hope and I need to strive and seek after it. To never give up cause the best things in life are worth fighting for.

With everything I know now about collegeI think that the most valuable piece of advise I could give myself would be, save up and look for scholarships. I am a full-time student with 16-18 units a semester, maintain three jobs, Student Ambassador for my college, AVID Tutor at a local middle school, part time (occasional) babysitter, and financial aid student, I still can't afford to pay all of my bills and school supplies I am lucky to have supportive parents but they aren't made of monay sometime I have to deal with tings on my own and help them pay some of my bill. I pay for my own clothes, school materials, car insureance, and anything else that may pop up during the school years. I prepared in high school for scholarships but I never made the effort to apply until now. The most valuable piece of information I would give myself as a highschool student would be to work hard, volunteer alot, as I've been doing and still continue to do, and apply to as many schoolarships I can.

I would tell myself that although taking my ecology and geology course was fun in the end it will not count towards transfering. I would tell myself to take the basic of biology and start on chemistry to shorten my time in junior college. Also to have fun and you will make many good memories the first year away from home.