Warner Pacific College Top Questions

I am more successful, passionate, driven, and joyful today than I have ever been. As a 27 years old sophomore college transfer student, I've gained several important lessons I wish I'd known while preparing for college life. I'd tell myself: Don't let worry dictate your future. Breathe! If you feel anxious without a plan, make one. Anxiety is fleeting. A plan will give you roots. Remember challenges are completed one at a time. Even if you don't know what you want to do in life yet, you will find your passion. Once you do, embrace it with every fiber and let it drive you. Do yesterday what is due tomorrow. Learn from a recovering procrastinator. Why squeeze by when you can excel? You are not an island. People really are out there waiting to help you succeed. My first college years were spent fighting to do it by myself when I really needed help. It took dropping out to make me realize my mistake. Lastly, be happy and believe in yourself. You are wonderful, worthy of success, and most importantly, completely capable. Your dreams are attainable if you're willing to reach for them.

If I could give myself advice from now as a senior in high school I would tell myself to take a full schedule, take advantage of participating in as many activities as possible, and to take advancedcollege level classes. I would tell myself to enjoy this time as a kid by participating in activities. I was a cheerleader and an outdoor school student leader but I would tell myself to run for student council. I also took as limited schedule as I could and I wish that someone would have told me to take college level classes and take a full eight classes to spend as much time at school as possible. The last peice of advice I would give myself it to not work so much because you're going to work the rest of your life because you have to. I would tell myself to take time off to enjoy my senior year in high school because you never get those times back.

I would tell myself that there is nothing to be afraid of. The first year of college is really hard for almost everyone, and that's not a bad thing. It's a year of emormous change and transition. Surround yourself with people who will lift you up and encourage you to be the absolute best you can be; people who will make you laugh and smile when all you want to do is give in to the pain of life. And life will get painful, trust me on that. It always does at some point. But rainbows only come after a rainstorm and sometimes those rainstorms are sent to cleanse you of something that may be harming you. Don't forget to face each day with fearless ferocity and remember to love everyone you meet in a very intentional way. You never know what each day will hold and you never know who is struggling just as much as you are. So be gracious, hold your head high, cry when appropriate, laugh always, and just be yourself. Live a life full of courageous love every single day.

Being a freshman in college I can say it is very different than what I expected from what I have seen in the movies. The most important advice I would tell myself is to not be as afraid to go to college. My experience really is not bad at all, I actually enjoy college. I have many mentors and supporters to help me get through my first year of college. I would say that I wish I had saved up more money for this year for personal expenses, but other than that, college is a great experience.

I have grown as an adult. Learned way more then what I already knew. I have made so many new friends that I am not that shy anymore. I have learned more about myself and what I want to do in the future and how I will accomplish that.

This year has been the best experience of my life so far. Living on-campus has been a great way to meet and bond with my classmates. I have loved my classes. The professors are genuinely interested in the students and desire to help us achieve our goals, stretch our boundaries and help us to become the best we can be. The academic emphasis is high but not to the point of intimidation and discouragement. There is an excellent balance of organized social events to encourange school spirit. I am an athlete so additional experiences are available to me. I have enjoyed the comradory of working out as a team and travelling to various locations for competitions. I appreciate the opportunity to be on my own in a smaller caring environment. I now understand when my parents said that living away from home provides a whole education that you cannot get in a classroom. I love everything about my school experience this year.

I have not yet been to college. It is very important to me to attend due to the fact that i intend on providing for myself in my future. I also would like a job and career that is something that interests me and keeps me busy. A profession in law seems to be a good match for me due to my experience working in the law field for the past 8 months of my life. i am interested, and learning a lot from my current job and would like to move up.

Well, at the moment I'm not attending college, but I am starting in the month of febuary, I can't tell you what I've gotten, but I can tell you what I'm expecting. What I want out of college is the structure, training, and discpline to use my artistic, and creative skills to better myself as, first, and foremost an artist, but also to give me the exprience I need to take my passion for art, and turn it into somthing I can spend the rest of my life doing. I know it will be a very hard, long road but I have the drive, passion, and ambition to succeed. What I really want out of college, is to know I accomplished somthing. I always used to talk about doing alot of things, but I never followed through, but now I am getting my life together, and doing somthing that I love. I'm gonna give it my all, and wether or not I make it, I will not allow myself to fail. I can't, I have this one shot to do somthing a chance to change my life. I WILL succeed.

Growing up someone told me, "Anyone can take away your car, house, and just about anything you own, but NO ONE can take away your education". That has stuck in my head all throughout my life as I went through school. Out of my entire family I am the first person to attend college and will be the first to graduate. Graduating college is very important to me. I have currently finished my first two years of college and doing GREAT with almost a 4.0 GPA. I have been selected into the Phi Theta Kappa National Honors Society where I am recognized for my outstanding academic achievement. I feel that I have great potential and determination to make a difference within my family and life. I am pursuing a degree in Broadcast Journalism. It is my dream to be a news anchor and inform people about current events and local, state, and national new. College will be a huge achievement for me if money does not keep me from it! Hopefully I can continue on my journey with out any major obsticales.

Over the last five months I have gained a sense of self dependency. I am aloud to make my own decisions and deal with the consequences, both good and bad, without someone to catch me. I have learned how to take care of myself and be strong while still being a participating member of a community. I have found a sense of belonging and family in a place other than my home and have had an emotional support I couldn?t find anywhere else.