University of Hawaii Maui College Top Questions

Pick a professional degree, stay focused, never give up, persevere, and you will reap the rewards for the rest of your life!

If I where a senior in high school again I would have started college then right out of high school than by now I probably be working in my new career by now and not struggling like I am now. But no matter what I will not give up, I really want to get through all of my struggles because I want to succeed and be a role model for my Daughter.

Everything matters. Try your best. Ask for help when you need it. That's what your teachers are there for. If you don't get the help you need, go to someone else and ask again. Take as much hard classes as you can handle (especially math and science). "As much as you can handle" is an important part of that advice, so you absorb it, but especially the "math and science" part. If you take it in high school, it's only going to make it easier in college, or, you may not have to take it again at all. If you cruise too much now, you're going to be paying for it later, with interest (that means extra added cost, as in suffering and hardship). Pay up front, meaning work hard now, and pay less in the long run, meaning life will be easier for you, you'll be able to enjoy life more. You're only a high schooler for a short time, you are an adult for longer, so if you have to suffer a short time, while you're in high school, that's better than suffering a long time, as an adult.

Benjamin, Don't give up! Stay focused and on task. There is so much time for fun and activities that you do not have to focus so much on having the "time of your life" right now. Be yourself and remember who you are and where you come from. Help others, focus on your goals and see them through. Sieze the day!!!

Even though everyone is pressuring you to go to a school out of state, or a "good school", you must realize that it's very expensive. If you want to go to an out of state school, find one that is relatively inexpensive if you want a degree there, or just see what life is like on the mainland. However, I think you'll be fine at a school in state. The best thing you could do is build your base with general classes at a community college (since it's much cheaper than at a university) and then transfer to a university once you can't take anything else at the community college. You have to realize that an education is expensive, but only worth it if you put in the effort. I recommend finding some type of motivation that will pull you through each day, you don't want to find yourself questioning what you're doing halfway through a semester. That's dangerous for your grades. If you don't know why you're doing what you're doing, then step back and think before you move forward. Life's not easy, but it can be fun.

I would tell myself to take my time and think about what I want to study in school. Remind myself that my education is not free, it cost money and it take time. I would also remind myself to stay focused and to work hard to obtain my goals in life, no one will acheive them for me.

Advice for parents, Make sure not to push a College or University on your child, just because its a well known name and its the school you went to, doesnt mean it will be right for your child. It is their choice and they should know what they want or have an idea of what kind of school they are intrested in. Students, make sure to research a lot of schools, and to know how you work, and what environment you will work best in. For me, what I did was make a list of all the things I wanted in my school such as, my major, lots of activites, small classrooms, a good student center, diversity, cost, and much more. It really helped me to narrow my choices, and to choose the best school for me. And once you made your decision, the best advice I could give to a first time student, is to put school first, its not worth settling in, then having to start over.

Be prepared and don't wait till the last minute. College is a great experience and you want to make sure your in the right enviornment to learn and feel good. You can always change your mind but it is good to have an idea of what and where you want to be. Education is knowledge and knowledge is power. Do what you feel is right and don't let anyone pressure you to make a choice you don't want. Go with it and be filled with knoweldge and new experiences.

The best way to find the the right college is to try a comminty collage first. To try out some classes and then go out to find the one you thing is best for you. Other then that just try out other thing to find what you think you can do. Or find things you like. That about it for that.

I would say going on a tour at the school you are planning on going helps, and just by talking to the people up front in the admission office, looking at the different classes that they offer. Never hurts to try the school just to see how you like the environment of the classes and the teachers.