Union College-Lincoln Top Questions

If I could go back and speak to myself in my final year of high school, I would look that driven seventeen year old in the eye and say, "You do not need to be perfect. That belief will only drain you. College will provide you with greater challenges than you know, so save your energy for that. You need only do your best, and after that let it rest. If you do this, when you enter college you will know how to work until the words blur into lines and you fight through the wall that tells you to stop, but you will not push yourself so hard that your health packs up and leaves you and that bird called joy flies away. And if you can accept that not only do you not need to be perfect, but that you cannot be perfect, then when you enter college - your first taste of adulthood - and mistakes are inevitably made, you will be able to forgive yourself. So find balance now and you will discover that it leads to success later."

I would advice myself to let the transition happen normally and that you aren't the only one scared. I would also tell my high school self to get a better act score. Last thing I would tell her would be to go out and don't be afraid to make new friends.

The advice I would give myself would be the following: 1) Take more college classes Junior and Senior years of academy, getting credits out of the way is really nice. 2) Enjoy free time while you have it 2) Look foreward to not very much drama 3) Keep up the grades it helps with scholarships

As an underage college student, I would tell myself if I was back in highschool that I would need to start studying for everything a lot more and more often. College is very serious and depending on you, you'll become someone. I really enjoy colege because it's a time where you have to be responsible and CAN NOT fool around on your studies, kid of like you do in highschool, especially in your senior year. College is a place to know what your responsabilities are and learn to keep good track of everything you do.

If I could go back in time to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself that there will always be things on your checklist. You will never have a day that you can say, "Wow, there is not one thing I have to do." Give up trying to mark everything off, give up constantly having to work endlessly, and give up trying to be so... perfect. Because when you are dead, there will still be things on my checklist, and if you spend your life trying to mark everything off, you won't be a human being. You will regret your life, you will regret that you didn't have fun, you will regret not hanging out with your friends, you will regret not spending time with your family. You don't want to be known as the girl who marks things off her checklist, you want to be known as the girl who loves life and gave her life to God's purpose for her: helping those in need and loving Him deeply.

If I was able to go back in time to talk to myself when I was in high school I would tell myself that I need to practice on studying a bit more and try to get great grades. It would be my freshmen year in high school, because I know I did not do all that well. I would also tell myself that I need to practice writting more, because over the next couple of years I would have a lot of homework that deals with essays. I would also try to practice reading over everything that I write and fix what needs to be fix. I would also work harder on getting my lisence and not let my parents tell me that it is not important to have. Even if I did not have a car to drive to start will, I can at least have my lisence and work on getting a car.

First I would go into college with a different mind-set than I did at the time. I did not do very well and therefore I did not finish. Since I have gone back to school at a later stage in life, I feel that it was helpful to start out at a community college. It has helped to get the feel for the expectations of college classes. Which in turn helps to build confidence and successes. In any realm of life this is a big part of the battle, knowing that you are capable of not only being able to reach your goals, but be successful at it! Education is one of the most important things a person can attain. Yes it does take commitment and discipline to do this but the rewards will far outweigh it. Try to stay focused and surround yourself with others that are making good choices and have similar goals. There are times for fun and relationship building but it must not be the main reason for attending college. Those that feel a large colleg or university is more for them try to find an organization that you can join.

When my senior year rolled around, I took as little classes as I could, just because I wanted an easy year. There were college classes being offered at the community college by our school, but I did not care and just wanted to get out of school. Now looking back on it, I wish I would have taken more classes at my high school and also enrolled in some classes at the community college. I wish I would have pushed myself more and worked even harder than I did. I had pretty good grades my entire high school experience and they were great my senior year, but I still wish I would have taken more classes and took classes at the college.

Don't do anything rash. When you try to get as far away from home you sometimes realize that maybe it wasn't the distance you needed, but rather the freedom to express yourself. I am a homebody and want to be close to my friends, I came to Union to make a change in myself, but realized that going this far from home wasn't the change I needed. I could have changed at a school that was closer to home.

Don't be afraid to talk to people you normally wouldn't talk to. Don't hold back.