University of Minnesota-Duluth Top Questions

Join clubs right away! Make sure you establish good friends right away, and do not focus too much on your romantic relationships. Establish good study skills and have high expectations for yourself. Everything has the potential to get much better in college - acacdemically, socially, romantically, etc. Embrace the library and tutoring center. Live off campus, it is much better than on campus. Do not ever feel ashamed if you have to go to the counseling center - seeking help is not giving up, it is being active. You will be surprised at how many other people are in the same boat. Your experience will be awesome if you believe it will be!

Step out of your box, meet new people, and don't be so shy.

I would tell myself to enroll in a four year college and apply for first college student scholarships. I don't know how many times I've beat myself for not apply to scholarships that could have helped me pay for my college funds and help my parents out with less financial problems. Another word of advice would have been to keep away from groups that don't particularly care about their education. It caused me to be less strict in ways that I wish I would have been. Please keep away from boys. It wasn't the right time and it took away time for studying and the relationship never worked out at the end.

I would tell myself to go out there, get invovled and stick with it! Join lots of clubs and stick with them. It's a great way to learn time management skills and meet people. Now is the time to get out there and discover your talents and learn what you love, so try as many new things as you can. The education is important, but the memories will make it all worthwhile. Go out there, be yourself, meet people, and experience as much as you can.

I would tell my self to look for more scholarships because college is a lot more expensive then i thought it would be. Also i would tell my self to save more of my money instead of throwing it away on things that i really didnt need.

You study your graduation cap, flipping it over continuously, contemplating your future. It slips from your grip and falls to the floor into a pile of manwich left behind from your graduation party. You frown as your symbol of success is defiled by canned meat. You will eventually learn that success is undefinable. You have been misguided into believing sleep deprivation, grades, and results are the recipe for collegiate greatness. Understand that college is simply something you complete; life is the real experience. Skip studying sometimes to go on an adventure with friends, call your mom, or devote time to a needy cause. These are the experiences that open your eyes to opportunities you could have missed and creative solutions to problems you didn’t know you had. Dare to learn differently, don’t just study the material, understand it, relate it to your life and apply it. Get to know your professors; they strive to impact students by offering valuable insight. Appreciate the little things; time will fly by. Leave your cap in the manwich, find a new way to define success; and don’t be afraid to meander from the obvious path, conformity has never accomplished great innovation.

I would tell my high school self to focus more and take college seriuously. I was one of those students in high school who did not have to study very much to get good grades. So when I went to college I thought it would be the same way and I was very wrong. I struggled a lot my first semester and had to learn how to study for exams and take proper notes. So the adivce I would give myself would be to be realistic and know that college classes are no walk in the park.

If I could go back in time to talk to my high school senior self, there are a couple pieces of advice I would gladly share with myself. The first is that it is ok to change your mind. A lot of people go into college with a set path in their mind, thinking that they can not change their mind, but that is not the case. If you want to change your major to something that you love more, do it. College is an experience and sometimes getting the best experience means dealing with some change, but change is not bad as long as it will make you happy in the long run. The second most imporant advice I would give myself is to get involved. Join clubs that interest you and stick with them. Say hi to people in the hall. Don't be afraid to meet new people. Go to on campus events and meet people. Don't let the fear of being judged stop you from doing what you love or are interested in. If you are surrounded by people who share the same interest, ideals, and beliefs as you then who is there to judge.

Meet people and get involved, try to join many clubs and organizations. Live in the dorms, atleats your first year, it will help you get connected to people. Try not to fall behind in your classes and do well on Act.

Going back in time and talking to my former self, I would suggest doing more research in schools, apply for more scholarships, and apply earlier to internship opportunities and the like. Inform myself that there is a lot of work involved in college, but that it can be a lot of fun too; don't worry so much about it. Everything will work out just fine if you apply yourself.