Saint Leo University Top Questions

I would tell myself to break out of my shell and meet new people. Although I have made new friends here at school, I haven't really broken out of my shell. I would tell myself to join groups and clubs and become active in school. Don't be afraid to talk to students in my classes. Allow myself to move out of my comfort zone and expand my horizons.

If I was starting anew fresh out of high school, I would have taken the full scholarship I was given to Chico Univerisity. I did enter a local college for a year, but started a family and put my educational interest aside. Life is harder when you work for someone else doing what ever there is available for an income. Like Gardening, Totoring, Egg Gathering on a production farm. Low income , usually something you would not spend the rest of you life doing and all because you did not take the time to better your education. I have found my self returning to colleges gathering a few more points here and there tring to complete my real goal. Ofcourse it's to late now to enter the work force, for I am 62 and can say from experiance pursue your goal as soon as you figure out what it might be and stick with it no matter what life throws at you. Lfe could be a lot more fun and maybe a lot less difficult if with a higher education you get the job that pays better and is something you enjoy doing, rather then chasing nickles all your life.

If i could go back in time, i would not procrasinate with filling out scholarships to pay for college instead of just expecting i would get the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship because of my grades, not knowing my SAT scores would be 100 points under required scores. I see now that tuition will go up, and i will struggle to pay for my education just barely scraping up change and asking people here and there for some money to pay off the hundreds of dollars for the first semester just so i can take classes the next. Life would be alot easier if I had the scholarship money to sit on to take care of everything financially. I would also have less stress and would have never had to ever touch student loans that were offered to me, but being more proactive in filling out scholarships is what i would definately do if i could go back in time.

The advice I would give myself is to make sure that I apply for a lot of scholarships because its not easy when you have a single parent to just pay for your way through school and to make sure I make the grades I need to get myself into an excellent university. Also to make sure that I have completed everything I need to for the colleges that I applied for in order to recieve any scholarship that they were offering to all students as well. The most important thing I would tell myself is that I should make sure that my FASFA is done early and not late to make sure I recieve everything for financial aid because its not easy when you have to make a lot of payments being at a four yeat university.

I would tell myself that I needed to be more focused on my high school grades. It is important to retain the information during high school because it is needed to continue a college education. I would also tell myself that I need to save save save! I have no clue what I spent money on during high school, but I wish I would have saved it because it would be very helpful today! I would also tell myself not to rush my life. I didn't realize how quickly life passes by. I would not have become so wrapped up in high school drama because it doesn't matter. In my life today, I have become the person I wish I could have been in high school. It is important to be well-rounded and diverse because in todays world, you come across many people. My advice to all high school seniors is to listen to the ones ahead of you, they do know what they are talking about and do not criticize your teachers. Remember, they are being paid to teach you, therefore, you are only as smart as they are!

I would say self you need to make the best of high school and get involved with school every way possible. Challenge yourself to excel in every school subject because what you are learning now may not seem important but it will make sense in the future. Study more, read more, join a club, play a sport, get involved in community activities, and study hard for the SAT would be at the top of my list. Being an active member of a club, volunteering, or playing a sport will look good on your college application as well as an excellent SAT score. These things will get you into a great college and you would not have to settle for a junior college. Although high school may not be all that fun here is where you prepare yourself for college and adult life. College is an extension of high school and what you are learning now will certainly teach you how to excel in college as well as in your adult life. You will revisit most of the subjects that you are being taught and if you study hard and retain the information you will do well.

To go directly into college from highschool. Don't wait a year or two because that will turn into 5 years, then 10, etc. Before you know it, you will be married with grown children and wondering if it is even worth doing at your age. Marriage and children can wait if it is meant to be. But education should be a priority.

Go to college right after high school and make the right chose in Witch College you go to.

I would tell myself to finish and not be lured away by a high paying job in a field I knew that I would not want to remain in for the rest of my life. If you have a plan that includes college, stick to it and work hard, but leave time for fun. College really should be thought of as a safe place to transition from a high schooler with plans who plans into grow into a productive citizen. Use the tools you have been given to make a success of the life that you want and don't let anyone discourage you. It will be hard to separate yourself from the practical things in life and its very possible that you coul get sidetracked, but try not to forget your dreams and plans and spend the next twenty years still feeling like that high schooler just let loose in the real world.

Ray, above all else, if you start this process continue with it and do not stop until the task is completed. I started college when I was young. I completed 3 full years and decided to stop going full time and go part time instead. My attention was diverted. Now it is 25 years later and I am picking up where I left off. The difference is, now I have numerous responsibilities, not least of which is helping a 19 years old daughter shoulder the responsiblity of paying for her college education. My education comes on a pay as I go basis. I have applied for numerous scholarships and have been fortunate to have recieved two thus far. They were not large, but they were blessings none the less. When I have to pay out of pocket, the opportunity to go is much more limited and I am slowed down. I love my family with all my heart lucky they are in my life. I really need the help though now because my funds are limited and time is passing me by. Get your education while your single with fewer responsibilities. The rest will take care of itself later. Goodluck.