Southeastern Oklahoma State University Top Questions

If I was inclined to tell my younger self something, I would ask myself to open up; don't be judgmental. Start asking difficult questions now, instead of later. Manage your time and save your money. Don't depend on others so much. Hold your head up; you've got love waiting for you. It's closer than you think. But in reality, I would not tell my younger self anything at all. To me, experience and self-discovery are the most important things we go through in life. Perhaps, by telling myself to be prepared for this or that, I would be holding myself back in some way. College has been a difficult, challenging, and also very interesting experience. I have grown as a person in too many ways to count, and somewhere along the way I learned how to actively persue the highest parts of Maslow's theories. Having done the hard work, and learned from it, I have become a more knowledgeable individual than I would be had I been warned of all of this beforehand.

to start early because when you get older its much harder

Don't give up. Try as hard as you can, and don't let yourself get down. If you wait, it only gets harder.

You have good grades. You can get into a big school with an honor's program, just look harder. Don't settle for a junior college, you won't learn anything there. They say that Junior Colleges will save you money in the long run but you can't get into an honor's program as a transfer student. Keep looking for a university that will pay for you to come. While college should fun and enjoyable, that's not the reason you're going. People don't tend to like people who are booksmart, and people who get good grades. I guess they feel inferior or something. But you like to study, you're really good at school. So don't let what other people say about you turn you away. You'll feel like a loner sometimes, but in the end it will all be worth it. It'll be great when you graduate college with honors, knowing that the four years you spent working so hard payed off in the end.

In high school I was a young arrogant teenager that thought he knew everything. Now I realize that my foolishness then is coming back to haunt me now. The advice that I would give would be to take high school seriously and learn as much as I possibly could instead of goofing around. Taking the step off the ledge into the real world has literally taken my life to a whole new level.

The first thing I would tell myself would be to look at more options before picking one of the most expensive schools in the state. The second thing would be to go straight to Southeastern instead of where I went my freshman year. I would say to learn good study habits in high school so you will have it when you go to college. I would also say go for all the scholarships that apply to you before it is too late and you are looking everywhere for the money just for school.

It takes time to make an adjustment to college life. I would tell myself to know what it is that I want to do with my life.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself during my senior year... I would tell myself that college is a lot different then what you see on television, and the transition is not going to be easy. Get ready to hit the books because not everything is as easy cheesy as the classes in high school. If you think that looking over study material once time will get you an A, then you are in for a big surprise. I'd also say that there is a huge difference between 8:00 a.m. classes and 10:00 a.m. classes. You should use your free time wisely to get all of your work completed. Make sure that you are aware of when and where every class is before your first day of school, and if you have any questions then never be afraid to ask someone. Allow yourself to open up to other people so that you can acquire new friendships. When times get rough, don't give up; you have to push yourself . Also, have the initiative to learn as much as you can because college will open many doors for your future.

The best advice I would give myself would be to take some time off of school. I personally was undecided about my future for years after high school and changed my major 5 times during college and felt like it was a waste of time and MONEY!

I would apply for more scholarships. Financial aid is hard to come by and it is difficult to come up with the money when you run out of financial aid before you run out of expenses.