University of Hawaii Maui College Top Questions

This will be my first year attend college. I would like to get the experience I need to run my super pet store. I will learn how to keep my books in order. I will learn everything i need to know. Im not letting anything get in my way. Im going to do whatever i have to do. Its what makes me happy. Having my own pet store will be a dream come true. At this time im a medical biller and not very happy. I sit on my tail for 8 hr a day and thats just not me. I have a reptile rescue right now and this is what I love doing. Taken care of animals. Thats me

Assurance. At thirty years old, I've been a bad student before but mostly because I wasn't doing what I loved. I've found my passion and my spot on the Dean's List proves it. School comes easily and for once I LOVE IT! The best part of my college experience was the reassurance that someday I will share my passion with the world.

I live at home while attending Maui Community College. As soon as I graduated high school, I continued my education at MCC. I've paid for college out of my own pockets, ever since I've been a student. I attended college full-time and worked full time most of my college career. The main reason why I wanted to stay home and attend college is so I could work and pay my way through it. I've learned how to take care of my responsibilities while attending college at home. I’ve become independent while staying on the island. I've also been able to provide for my family at the same time. My family and I are really close. Having a college on Maui, has allowed me to work so I can help my family. I’ve been able to get an education while working. My college experience is valuable to me because I was able to pay my way through it myself and take care of my families needs. If I had gone to any other college, I wouldn't be able to survive with the tuition and my family would be lost as well.

I have been able to broaden my employment opportunities with my college experience. It is teaching me to become more self-sufficient and more confident with my life decisions. Doing college later in life makes me realize the importance of a higher education. I now apply my new knowledge and experience with the work I do, as an educational assistant for children in grades six to eighth. It is fulfilling to be able to help younger students to learn their academics. School exercises my mind and is what I value most. My recent semester in a Hawaiian studies class was one of the best experiences in collge to date. I surprised myself by writing a report that impressed my professor so much, he suggested to print it in a newspaper. It's so exciting to know that I have a potential worth public exposure. In school, I am able to meet new people and learn new ways to study or understand a subject with a different point of view. Upon completing a Bachelor's degree in Business, I will then be well equipped with the necessary skills and discipline to run my own business and operate a non-profit organization.

I am a student over 40 with 3 children. I will be attending college with my oldest son. I am determined to do well for myself and to be a role model and mentor for my children. I want to show them that you can change your life for the better at any age.

I would tell myself that college is going to be a great growing up experience. It takes time to mature and through being on your own and applying your skills to reality, maturity is inevitable. Although you may think your friends are the most important aspect of your life in high school, in college everything changes. You will meet new friends who you will grow to respect and admire. Life is about making choices, especially as a young adult. You must learn to be yourself and know yourself in order to become a well rounded adult. Learn to love and respect yourself first, then love and respect will come from others.

The advice I would give my high school self, is to not join the Air Force to try and escape my problems. Leaving problems unsolved is always going to come back and bite you. So leaving here with so many issues unresolved will not do you any good. Stay here, get yourself into shape , mentally, physically, and emotionally. Going to college at Maui Community College is rather enjoyable and overall a rather relaxing environment to learn. Meeting new people is wonderful, as well as being able to sit anywhere on campus and being able to find a quiet place for your own. Just hang in there, you are almost done with high school and will soon have more freedoms as you go into college.

first, do not take too many classes! no want over load again lol. look at schools with an open mind, not just what i think i want to do. talk with my h.s. counselor a LOT!

I would advise myself to prepare for the future. Preferrably, start from my Jr . year but Sr. year is good. Get excellent grades-a must, preferrably honor rolls. Volunteer several organizations, preferrably four to five, or more-if time allows and if my grades is strong. My volunteer services would consist of areas in health field/humanitarian. Perhaps, hospitals, clinics, care homes, private care homes, habitat for humanity, animal shelter, schools, the homeless shelters, food bank, salvation army, churches and/or any non-profit organizations. I would also work part-time for some kind of income and give me some job experience. Ofcourse seek my counselors advise to plan/prepare for college life-apply for scholarships/grants. Because knowledge is power. I would learn sign language, foreign language, and take classes that'll benefit me, likewise benefit in whatever I'm doing throughout my life-therefore benefitting humanity.

As I grew up in a household of only a single mother and two younger brothers I have struggled all through my senior year of high school. Therefore, the advice I would give to myself would be to strive for the best now, in high school, because it is the base of your college career. In addition, I would tell myself to go beyond my expectations on what my future goals are and do the best that I can do. Knowingly that I am now in college and exciding my expectations by being the president of a student run catering club and being in competitions that I could only dream about are in is just the beginning of my college career. Indeed, I believe that if I did tell myself that I would be helping others as well as myself. Lastly, being raised by my mother has taught me to help others and they will help you. And that?s an advice I would give to anyone besides myself in high school.