Mt Hood Community College Top Questions

I would tell myself to put in more effort and focus more. I did not know at that age what exactly the world would be like after college and I made choices that are still affecting me till this day. Seniors believe they have it all figured out and know what to expect but its never quite like we think it is. So if I could do it over again I'd put forth my best effort, and also stop complaining. I would enjoy my high school experience, and make it one that wouldn't hamper my future but propel. Being unprepared causes you to lose precious time that you won't get back, and knowing that now I'd try to help prepare the senior version of me.

High school is for some the best years of life and others the worst. Durring high school I had no idea what I should do in life. I knew that the world had its flaws but I didn't realize the impact that an individual can have. Over the summer I became an activist with Greenpeace, bore witness to the worlds most distructive project (the Tar Sands) and have been working on social justice issues ever since. Lending a hand to suffering people in struggle has been the most rewarding and enlightening work one can imagine. Knowing what I know now I would have encouraged myself to speak out about the gross inefficancys of the bueracracy at DDHS (Oregon's most populated high school) that forced many students to drop out facing second rate courses and indifferent staff. I would have encouraged my mild anti-military campus recrutiment activism I tinkered around with in high school and stood up to peer presure that said activism isn't "cool", looking to where it would have taken me . I believe my power to make change is in my voice. I wish I would have just listened to it in High School.

I would tell myself, to work harder at my homework, go get tutoring for the classes I was doing poorly in. I did not really understand the importance of G.P.A and SAT scores. I would bug my counselors more on scholarships, nobody pushed me to go to college. I would get more help and get people around me to help me.

First off, I would tell my past self to think long and hard about what I really, truly wanted to do with my life. What I wanted to do, or thought that I wanted to do, when I was a senior stemmed from an idea that popped into my head when I was 14. I liked the pretty things that people made on websites, so I decided one day that I wanted to be a graphic designer. I wasn't really an artistic person, I just wanted to be able to make pretty things too. Now, I've chosen a major that better suits my actual interests and skills (Modern Language), and am much more certain and excited for my future than I was then. Also, I'd instruct myself to work on developing my study habits, and not to pay attention to the pressures surrounding me. I often felt in high school that I was missing out by studying instead of going to parties and the like, but now I know that paying so much attention to my education paid off in the end, and helped to prepare me for the study skills I would need in college.

How important being in High school is and your grades and the understanding of the classes that you are takeing. I t does affect you later in life!!!!!! When you start school be organized, take good notes, and study, study and study!!! This is the key to your succsess.

If i could go back in time and tell my self anything, it would be to do the best that I can do. Instead of spending all this time goofing around and not working, get a job and save. I choose a great college to attend and it would be so much easier to pay for if I had just saved up some money. I think you should sit down and seriously decide what it is you want to be. Don't waste time and money taking random classes for a degree you don't really want. Don't let what others want of you be your decion, decide what you want in your heart and do it. It will save a lot of time and money as well. I only wish that I would have set my mind to this as a senior, I wish I had only been true to myself about what I wanted. If I had, I would be done with school now and have a rewarding career now to help take care of my family.

I was doing really poorly in high school ,I mean I graduated but not with good grades, I never imagined that having a good G.P.A is going to matter for college, there was no motivation from family or from school. if i could take back time I would try to pass all my classes with an A. and since I did so bad in math I would try to get a math tutor to help me with math. I would go to my counselor and ask for college help.

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would advise myself to join some clubs or participate in some type of extra-curricular activity. I didn't really do much in high school. I was always worried about not knowing anyone and didn't want to be in a club alone. But now I am seeing that the bonds people made in their extra-curriculars in high school are still strong, and they are able to carry them over to college. I wish I would have made some of those bonds. I feel like the friends I used to have in high school all got wrapped up in their own activities and made new friends that took my place. Also, it would be a good way to meet people. I still feel fairly new to my college, but I know it is not too late. Maybe I will look into the clubs they have to offer and join one soon.