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I would tell myslef that community college was the right choice for my first year. However, I would also say that I should transfer after the first year because transfering in credit is hard the less you have the easier the process. Being at home my first year made the transition to college much easier but I would have been totaly fine to transfer after the first year. You don't need the associates degree if you are just going to transfer on. You need to pay very close attention to making sure you are taking the correct classes to transfer. Also, transfering a large amount of credit really can be messy depending on the school.

Wow! I would tell my high school self to GET INVOLVED! My first year of college I secluded myself to one type of friend and I feel like it limited my success. Instead of having many new and different experiences I only had one and it wasn't a good one at that. I should have pledged a sorority, I should have bought those football tickets, I should have gone to that volunteer fundraiser. I would tell myself to enjoy being young with no responsibilies. Being an adult has so many responsibilities I would tell myself to live in the moment more, to be more spontaneous. I would tell myself to go out and find out who I really am. Realize, understand and live your morals in life. Don't back down, and don't apologize for who you are. Stand your ground, stay strong and life each day to its fullest!

I graduated from a small high school at 17 y/o and was the oldest of 4 who grew up in a abusive alcoholic home. My parents only had an 8th grade education, so college seemed like only a dream to me. Even though I had more than a 3.0 GPA in HS I was never praised for my grades. I was so terrified of going off to college, and was I really smart enough to be able to go to college. I went off to a technical college instead and dropped out after the first semester to start a family, now looking back I wish I had the support to go to college like many of my friends had done. At 30 y/o I received my ADN and had always dreamed of not only getting my BSN but to go on for my Masters Degree in Family Nurse Practioner. Enrolling in OKWU is like a dream come true, I may be 52 years old now but I am on my way to reaching my dreams. If I could turn back the clock I would have told myself to reach for the stars at 17.

Get involved in campus life. Getting involved makes things so much easier. Even if you weren't involved in high school, get involved in college because you will meet so many new people and make so many new friends. It will also help you by getting to know people in your classes which is good for when you need to form a study group. And make sure you study. You can't succeed if you don't study and you can't graduate if you don't succeed, so study for every class, no matter how boring it may be.

Honestly, as much as it might seem like it doesn't have to do with college, I would tell myself not to hang around the people I did and to concentrate on finding the right college for me. I would have studied harder and focused on my grades to help me earn more scholarships and extra help with college.

if i knew in high school as senoir what i did now i would be better prepared for college and study a whole lot mor e studying

There are many things that I have achieved in my college experience but some of the most evident are perseverance, leadership, relationship building, and faith. In my career field, I have learned a great deal that has equipped me to be the great nurse that I am going to become.

If I could go back in time, I would tell myself to pay as much attention to the people teaching me just as much as the material teaching me. I would say that the connections I have made with the staff and faculty here at OkWU are just as important, if not more important than what they have been teaching me. It is incredible to watch them at work, not only in their roles as educators but in their personal lives aswell. I have mad lasting friendships here at OkWU, not just with people my age, but with my professors and administrators aswell. Its these relationships that have defined my education and made it worth while. I would also tell myself to take advantage of being almost debt free and to save up and make payments on as many loans as possible while in school when they do not require payments.

If i could go back in time and talk to my self as a highschool senior I would probably tell my self to not put off homework in highschool and that even though i was able to scoot by when it came to grades that college was going to be a whole different ball game. I would also tell myself to not put off planning for college when it came to financial and that although OKWU does give financial aid to 93 percent of all students most of us dont'g get very much. I would also tell my self that even though we wherent poor or rich mom and dad made enough to provide and be comfortable but not enough to qualify for loans. Or for myself to be able to get much financial aid. I would alaso tell myself to look into as many grants and scholarships as possible and talk to my counselor about getting help. The last thing i would tell myself was how great campus life is here and how i love every minute of it even though money is something that will be a problem. But i wouldn't change it for the world!

I would tell myself to be ready to buckle down and have a mindset to study. There are many temptations in college such as parties and the new found freedom from parents that can get in the way of the number one goal, school. Also, make friends with as many classmates as possible so you can form study groups when needed. The last bit of advice i would give is to participate in more funtions that would benefit the major i have chosen.