Mt Hood Community College Top Questions

Even though you will graduate without any difficulties, do not slack off. Study, do your homework, continue to get good grades! Be as involved as possible in school and extracurricular activities and volunteering, it really does look good on college applications, scholarship applications, and even job applications. Retake SAT and ACT after taking preparation classes to increase your scores. This is important to get scholarships for college. Do not take a year off before college, it grows into much more than a year! Focus on school, not work. If work is becoming more important, find a new job! Just keep on pushing through to finish school. Get your bachelor's degree as soon as possible. Do not take any breaks -- that's what Summer is for. The first 2 years, go to community college (smaller classes, less cost of tuition, easier to transition to college life) to get through general studies, pick a major, transfer to a local 4 year college, and go for it... FINISH! You can do it! Do it now... do not put it off.

"Brandon, Wake up! Your friends are all preparing for college, filing their FAFSA's, and picking out pictures to hang in their dorms. And you..well you're worrying about whether or not you set the DVR for tonights' episode of 'Modern Family'. Spend this time exhausting every resource the the high school offers. Apply for every scholarship, work study, and any other financial aid you can get your hands on. Seek out help in the scholarships office in the 500 Hall. You know, that one hallway you accidently walked into when you were lost during Freshman orientation? There are so many resources available and hardly any of the students realize it. Athletics are important, yes. They define you, build character and work ethic. But manage your time better. Work on homework rather than going out. Apply yourself as a student just as much as you've applied yourself as an athlete. You can be the first person in your family to graduate college. You're building your future right now, and you don't even realize it." -Future Brandon

If I had the chance to go back in time I would tell my senior self to save as much as possible. College is expensive especially the one I chose. I would tell myself to get a job as soon as I found out about this college. I would want myself to have a little nest egg since I might move to a totally different state. I would also say to live in the state for a year before starting, since the college offers a scholarship to residents of the state. I would tell myself to ask about all the other scholarships they offer. Now that I know I realized I could have $25,000-$40,000 just from the scholarships from the school. Lastly I would tell myself to apply to thousands of scholarships/grants instead of just the handful I filled out. Basically every single piece of advice I would give my younger self would be all financial. I think if I would have done these things If I would have known about these factors before I started. I believe if I would have known all of this I might not be in the situation Im in today.

I would convince myself to take a class or two in college while I still attend high school.

Congratulation we made it to senior year! Now, this may sound weird but this is you writing from the future and I have some advice about college. First and foremost, fill out your FAFSA application as soon as possible, you have no idea how long a line can form until you arrive at the financial aid office on deadline day. We both know how much you hate asking for help but you need to break out of your shell. Don't be afraid to ask for help, from anyone. Even if you think you understand the lesson! Go through your notes after class and come up with some question. High school was easy, all you had to do was show up but in college you have to show up and prepared to spend hours at the library. Go to your instructors office hours. And please just remember this one thing about college, don't buy your books from the schools bookstore! You will most likely only read it for one class and if you try to sell it back you'll probably only get twenty dollars for a hundred dollar book. So, please buy or rent them online. Good luck.

If I could go back in time to when I was a high school senior and knowing what I know about college life today I'd tell myself that it can be tough especially when you are doing it yourself without help but if you stick in there and try your hardest to get good grades and pass classes it will help you in the long run be able to get into a job that you would like to do for a living. It makes it easier to transition to college if you give your selves a little extra time to consider which college would match you and to not stress on the little thing. that is what i would tell myself.

If I could go back in time to my senior year in high school a lot would change in my life. My first piece of advice would be to apply to four year colleges and follow through with them. I would make myself work part time and not try to balance full time warehouse house work with school. I would make sure that I followed through with the police cadet program and above all make sure I took the advice from the school advisors serious and realized that they knew what they were talking about from experience. If there was that magic button to make up those mistakes then I would without hesitation press it and know that I would do better, not only for myself but for my family and friends as well.

If I was given the chance to go back and talk to myself as a senior in high school, I would give myself encouragement on how to survive college. I would tell myself to work hard at the things you set out to do. Often, natural ability is not as important as desire and work ethic in college and that there is nothing you cannot accomplish with the right mind set. I would also encourage myself make a better effort at building relationships in college. I would advice myself to go out of my comfort zone and make at least an attempt to introduce yourself to others in my classes. The opportunity of lifelong friendships and meaningful encounters begin by simply introducing yourself to others.

I think that firstly, if I were a senior in high school and I saw myself from today, I would probably be pretty shocked for a bit. However, once that initial shock was over I would listen to Emily 2010 tell me these words of wisdom about college: It's important to understand how to balance out your life. Marching band is fun and very cool, but studying is important. Sure myspace and facebook are fun to be on, but not when it comes down to doing your homework. Make sure not to study too hard though, because college is that time in your life when you learn who you really are; go out there and have fun with it! Make friends and get involved in groups and for sure go to a play or a concert. College can be tough sometimes, but it's totally worth it in the end. These are tips that I wish I really could go back in time and tell my senior self because when I was in college at the end of 2008, the stress of everything got to me. Now, however, I am totally ready to take on college once again!

The first thing I would tell myself is don't be afraid to jump in head first! College is fun and can be challenging. Stop worrying so much about your 'first impression' and trying to 'fit in'. Most of the teachers here are super cool. It's nothing like high school and your love it. Work here is a lot harder then in high school. Well that is to be expected. It's a lot harder to keep up if you slack off so try and break that procrastination habit now! If you stay on top of the work, though it can be hard, your going to do just fine! Make sure to look into all the resources you can. They are there to help you, use them. At least at Mt Hood Community College, you have a wide rage of people who are in all walks of life and education. Don't be afraid to ask questions or speak up in class, it can lead to very interesting talks. College is fun and fast paced, so if you keep up on your work, and don't stress out, you'll do just fine. Trust me, I've been there.