Pasco-Hernando State College Top Questions

I would say to start college right away and not to wait. There is the construction secretary job but it won't always be there and both can be done at the same time. Start looking at other scholarships in summer of 2009 when the one you have is suddenly not enough. Make sure to use ratemyprofessor.com to check on the professors and buys books online or used if you can. Don't procrastinate on what you want to do as far as your major or degree and get the right advisor, preferably Ahmy. Sign up for classes as far in advance as possible because you can always change it later. The first year will be a bit overwhelming but make sure to ask questions and be more open with people in your class or out. You should also call the right staff members at college about whatever questions come to mind and be active in some club or group, although your parents will warn you that it might not be a good idea. Be involved in some of the college activities though, that way you will have a better experience.

Today's society is fast paced with a bottom line mentality often neglectful of past memories and milestones. As everyone knows, hindsight is 20/20, yet a trip to the past would warrant only one sentence of advice- " Live life to the fullest, cherish every moment and venture on every opportunity". High school is a critical point in life and a period of transition. In high school self discovery is at the forefront so it is important to remain open and accepting of thoughts, views and possibilities. Moreover, it is important to set goals yet expect and allow room for alterations, bumps and road blocks. Everyone has aspirations and dreams of the future but not everyone is afforded the same opportunities to make their dreams come true; so follow your passion and never forget who you are and the steps you have taken to get to today. Leave an imprint, a footstep, every where you go, as the road traveled is far more meaningful than the destinantion.

Simply find what makes you happy in life and go for it. Don't base decisions on money or what you like others want for you; decide for yourself what your true passion in life is.

To really take my studies seriously and do the homework it pays of in the end. I would also tell myself to do dual enrollment that way I wouldent have to pay for the classes. Use your schools available rescources.

I would tell myself to focus on the task at hand. I would also tell myself to do the best of my abilites and have fun while doing it. I am national honor student with a 3.89 GPA. I have no problems with working hard and achieveing my goals. I just need help in the financial department. Please consider me, I really need it. Thank You

I would tell myself not to be so stressed out and nervous about college life or the transition, because that is what everyone makes it out to be, but in truth college life is a lot easier and more fun than high school life, the petty drama is gone.

I would tell myself to start looking for more scholarships than I did. I did not spend enough time looking for scholarship in high school making it difficult for me to pay for college. I would also tell myself to make more friends in college than I did. Other than that college has been somewhat easy for me.

If I could go bacj to myself, as a high school student, the advise I would give is to just apply myself in every way possible. I wouuld tell myself that the trasition between high school and college isnt easy. That college is one of the most important things a person does in their life, and is not something to take lightly. I would tell myself to continue to study hard during high school, becuase it'll get me further later in life. I realize now that the important things always need to come first, I would tell myself that spending a little extra time on homework, or studying a little harder for that next big test, and search for scholarships becuase college is a necessary expense., will do me better than procrastinanting. Knowning everything that I do now, I would have to emphasize to my high school self that it might not seem significant, but all of my academic decisions will play a crutial role in my college life, and I need to make them wisely

As I saw myself walking in to the building to take that GED test. I would wish, I could have toId myself, that even if I had to take this test, because my transcripts were missing that doesn't make me a quiter or a failure. That no matter what people said, "Like you'll probably won't make it in a four year or possible even a two year." that you can get through that two year college so quit worrying, it might take you a while, so don't give up. I would tell myself that I might not have a lot of money because lets face it I'm not rich and so what if I couldn't buy some new books for college and had to settle for used or that the money for tution might not be there I would still get there. As I was walking into that office to register for college I would stop myself and tell myself that even that I may be scared to death of making the wrong choices and not sure what direction to head I would make it, that I should be proud and keep going forward.

If I could go back and give myself advise in high school, as a senior, I would tell myself that what I do now, in high school, is the foundation for the rest of my life. Following high school I enlisted in teh United States navy, and Looking back on it now, i don't see it as a bad decision, but as one that I feel now I should have waited until finishing my education to do. I realize now that as unimportant as it seemed then, putting more effort would have made my college life go so much more smoothly. During my senior year I was informed about the Dual Enrollment Program offered by the community college I attend now. my grade point average was 0.2 point off to be elligible, and I would really reitterate to myself how much easier thing would have been if i had taken the opportunity I was given, becuase college would have been paid for. I would have to tell myself that college is really no joke, that it takes hard work and long hours, but that eventually it will get me where I want to be.