Monmouth College Top Questions

Make sure you live up your senior year. don't regret anything. Make sure you take all your final exams if you have a choice not to. Make family relationships strong before you come to college. They will be your rock through your transition.

Some advice I would give myself is to not be shy. The people that are more open to talk to others and join more things will have a better college experience. Always remember that the upper classmen were also in your position before and they can be a great help if you have any questions. Also the last thing I would tell myself is to not pack a lot of stuff because you end up not even using half the stuff that you bring up from home. So pack only the necessities.

College is the threshold to responsibility. No one reminds you to do anyting, unless theyre being nice. You wake up on time, and make sure you do everything you have to do, or you fail. No hand holding, no teachers chasing you down for missing assingments, youre literally on your own. Its a huge change , and it can be fun, but you have to take the responsibilites of independance with the freedom.

What I have gotten out of going to college was that it isn't always about grades in school. It is about what you learned and how you use it. I've also learned to be more mature and independent since I'm living on my own.

I would have told myself to go to this school first instead of starting at a community college like I did. I would say that it takes effort to be successful in college. Both in classes and in the social aspect of college. It took me two and a half years to realize that academics are really the main focus of school, and that the best way to study is in the library. I would tell myself that my track team is really the best form of support and to really invest in relationships with them. Finally I would tell myself to have fun. College is really a great experience and I needed a push to let myself enjoy that experience.

Go to as many schools as you can and make sure when you find a good school that fits sleep on it and make a sound decision. Then make sure when you decide on a school make sure it can be a good home for the future.

I would have gone to a four year college immediately out of high school. Parents and others convinced me to stay at a local community college; it was not the best choice for me. So I would say stick with your gut instinct. Find out what you truly love and stop trying to make others happy. You have to make yourself happy before you can please anyone else.

Don't consider the distance away from home or where the school is located, out in the middle of no where, but consider what you want to get of going to college and go where it feels right. The science program is amazing and the school is small enough to actually learn something with the avaiblity of being able to get to know the professors when the courses get more difficult. In the end money doesn't matter, if you get to learn so many interesting things and the experience is as good as you imagine it could be, possibly even better. Take a deep breathe and just choose where the next four years of you life will be spent because once you do that, I can promise you won't be disappointed.

First of all...BREATHE. You did it; you finally escaped from this social experiment called high school and are ready to go into the world of higher education. Remember that shy, awkward girl who spent the last four years wandering her high school with her head down, too afraid to talk to anyone? She's gone, so kiss that goodbye and say hello to the new you, because four years from now, you'll be amazed at who you've become. I have so much to tell you about, but I don't want to ruin the amazing surprises in store for you. So, remember these three things: one, GO TO CLASS. I don't care how tired you are, you need to suck it up and go. Two, whoever ends up breaking your heart in the next four years doesn't deserve your time anyways. It hurts, but it heals. Finally, follow your internal compass wherever it takes you. You will never have this kind of freedom or opportunity again, so value it, cherish it, and find your bliss. I'll see you on the other side.

Knowing what I know now, if I were to speak to myself as a high school senior, I would give one piece of advice: don't worry. As a high school senior, I was very worried about nearly every aspect of college. I was worried about making friends, doing well in classes, and keeping friends from high school. Looking back now, I realize that I worried for no reason. I realized early on that to make friends in college I just had to be myself. Once I realized that, it was easy. Getting good grades was not so easy. However, once I had a study routine everything became simpler. Surprisingly, keeping in touch with my friends from high school was a lot less difficult than I originally thought with the help of Facebook and simple phone calls. If only I had known these things before I had come to college, I could have saved myself from worrying.