University of Kentucky Top Questions

It is alright to go somewhere where you don't know anyone. It is your life, go to a school not because your friends go there, or because it is easiest to go there, but because you will be happy there. At the University of Kentucky you will be happy. The people are friendly, the professors are helpful, and they have anything you could want. They have the social opportunities of a large campus, with the academic ones of a smaller school. The classes will be challenging, but the professors are more than willing to help, so ask them. They want you to ask if you are unclear, they have to sit in their offices during office hours either way. Dorm life will be hard for a bit, but you will learn a lot from it, it is an essential part of your college career. Though many times there will be people who think, believe and feel differently than you do not think that it is a bad thing. It will help you establish your beliefs, or even change them. College is a whole new outlook on life, be sure to make the most of it.

If i could go back and talk to myself in high school i would tell myself to learn to study. After one semester in college i have realized that not having the ability to study has hindered me from achieving the grades that i want. In high school i never had to study so i never took the time to learn how and now i seriously regret it. I would also tell myself to be more selective about who i choose to live with. This year i chose a girl who has been my friend forever, but she has kept from experiencing college. I have learned college is about the grade but also about experiencing life on your own, these two things is whats makes a student successful in my opinion.

Take it slow. Appreciate the things you are learning, don't look at is as school, like at it as a process or program that is teaching you the skills you need to survive in this world. In today's age, you are at a large disadvantage without a good education. Take school seriously but don't become overwhelmed or consumed by your work, enjoy life and take a deap breathe. Also, don't ever be afraid to as others for help, including your instructors, after all that is what they are paid for. College is a different world so have a plan and set your mind to finish it. It is easy to get caught up in things that will prevent you from doing your best in college. Get involved with the student life and make lots of friends but make sure that you never forget why your there and what your going in debt for. Never be afraid to talk to someone, it is hard handling everything on your own and you will not be the only one going through it, I promise. Aim high and do your best, good luck.

If I had the abilty to go back in time and give myself advice, there would be a couple different areas that I would put emphasis on. First and foremost, I would tell myself about the importance of finding friends that have the same morals that I do. This is important because it assures me that I stay on track with my life goals and don't change the person I am. The second piece of advice I would give myself is to get involved early, especially since my goals was to attend graduate school. One area I would highly recommend is talking with professors and finding some way to get involved in research at UK. Unfortunatly, I found out and tried to late to get involved in research. I would make this a very important point to myself because through research at UK you are able to meet some of the world experts in physiology. It is through these people that I could have used to get steller letter of recommendations and also they would have been able to give me great insight into other areas within the health fields.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself I would tell myself to take everything a little bit more serious. Knowing what I know now I wish I could tell myself to grind out those four years, not just to get good grades, but to actually discipline myself, understand why I needed to learn what I learned, take some responsibility for my life instead of letting everyone hold my hand through everything, and to push my body a little harder in the weight room for sports. I'd let myself know that scraping by in school will just make me scrape by for the next four years in college also. So give it a little bit more effort.

"The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values". These words, written by Norman Thomas, are the advice I would give myself if I could go back to my high schools years looking into college. I feel most people compromise their values and beliefs for a politically accepted and popular lifestyle that is constantly seeking self-fulfillment and pleasure. I would encourage myself and others to hold our values close to you, and not forget about them as if they were dust in the wind. I feel by holding your values, loyalties, and beliefs in proportion to everything you do is what will define your college career, future career, and ultimately your happiness and fulfillment in this life. Without these standards to hold there are no limitations, no guidelines, and no perimeters to keep you accountable in what you do. Without limitations there can't be goals to be set, and without goals to be set, accomplishments can never be met. Ultimately a life lived without any accomplishments is a life without satisfaction, joy, happiness, and meaning.

If I were to be able to go back in time to high school, I would change a couple things. First, I would tell myself to study and try harder in math. I believe that I didn't try as hard as I could and therefore I should have been able to learn more. Next, I would have told myself to take more time and look at a lot of colleges rather than just a couple. I believe this would have helped because I would have had another option I could fall back on. Last, I would have just tried to enjoy high school and the teachers more. This is because in college you are more independent and don't know what you have until in it gone. I believe that most high school seniors take for granite the fact that the teachers are more willing to help them so much.

I would tell myself to remember who I was, as a social butterfly of high school. If I were to choose the same path and start college a semester later than everyone else, I would tell myself not to be so shy. Although it didn't seem like it, there would be plenty of other new students on campus, and everyone would still be willing to make new friends. There is no need to be scared that people will shun me for being the new girl. Just get out there and talk to people! Make new friends! Spring semester is no different from Fall semester. Being stressed out all the time about not having people to hang out with and talk to will only make me depressed and take too much of my focus off of my studies. A social life will be there, waiting for me, I only have to step up and embrace the opportunity.

I'd tell me that I need to change my study habits. In high school, showing up gets you a B, with a little work, you get an A. There are points everywhere. In college, you need to work for every single point that you can get, and every single point matters. I'd also tell me to get used to cleaning my own room, no one is going to do it for me.

Advice from my older self would have been great when I was a senior in high school. I would tell my younger self to stay on top of calculus; it is not nearly as easy as it was in high school. Don?t get caught up in your sorority, after all it is just a business, and you don?t fit in with those girls. Stand up to your advising counselor let her know that her advice and direction for classes could mean thousands of dollars you won?t be in debt. As much as UK preaches about listening to the student body they are only after their interests, trying to be a top 20 university while cutting scholarship funds, going green while naming the new Wildcat Lodge the Coal Lodge for UK Basketball players. It?s all a money game. Moving off campus is not very smart, the house rent is overpriced and the house should be condemned. If I would listen I?d tell myself UK looks great but once the newness wears off you?re stuck with too much debt, stay home go to the University of Louisville. College is more than just going to class.