West Texas A & M University Top Questions

I have wonderful memories with friends, having fun with different group projects in class, and learning how to be away from my friends and family for long periods of time. I have learned academically, socially, and emotionally. I think that if I hadn't gone to this school I would never be as independent and strong as I am now.

What I have gotten out of my college experience so far would have to be the fact I have found myself. Yes, I've found myself in the first 4 months of college. I knew coming to college I would start to wonder, "who I am." I've wanted to go out of high school, start anew, and open a new door with new opportunities. These opportunites have given me the advantages of a college student in a small city of 10,000. Generally, I am such a shy person that's always in her room, watching outside the window noticing people with people. But now I am completely out of my comfort zone, and I'm doing things I have never done before. This college tests me for everything in life. College is so valuable to attend because what you gain in college, you can't gain anywhere else. In college, like I've said, you learn what you're capable of. You learn if you're able to make it in this hard world. You learn what it takes to live a life that you can't live anywhere or any place else.

In just a few months at West Texas A&M I have learned so much about Mass Communications, my chosen field. Every professor I have has a firm grasp on what they teach because they have gone out into the real world and experienced what their field is like and they do not just depend on academic knowledge. Plus, as a man from a secluded rural area of Texas, I have learned a great deal about different lifestyles, like the bits and pieces of Chinese culture that my Chinese roommate has taught me. This university gets a very diverse student pool with students being from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. All the guest speakers the students get hear is also a great eye-opener of the world, one prominant speaker being Somaly Mam. A Cambodian native actively fighting against child prostitution in her home country. So when you go to WT you not get to learn about whatever academic field you choose to study, but also the world as a whole.

The biggest thing I have gotten from my college experience is the opportunity to understand the way I think and learn, especially in relation to the way other people think and learn. I am more in-tune with myself, the way my body works, and the way my brain works. I have also been forced to meet new people and understand others in much the same way. Understanding that everyone works, learns, feels, and understands things differently is quickly becoming a cornerstone to the way I think and communicate my thoughts and ideas with others, and affects especially the way I perform and compose music as a means of expressing my ideas in a way that as many people as possible will also understand.

I went back to college at 26 and graduated at 30. It was the best experience I had. I studied abroad in Italy, learned art and learned myself. I can't wait to go back to graduate school to have the opportunities again.

If I could go back and change one thing and one thing only as a high school senior I would say I would love to have been more organized. I have discovered that organization is the single most important asset one can have is precisely organization and from this virtue many more will branch out. Fitting many activities, such as 18 credit hours, two jobs, practice for two hours, at least, every day, and fraternity meetings and activities into one day is very possible but only through organization. I wish I would have been more organized as a high school senior and applied for more scholarships.

If I could go back in time and tell myself something my senior year of high school, I would tell myself to take Biology AP and Anatomy & Physiology. These are my hard classes this semester and I wish I had any sort of background in them! My high school offered so many college prep courses and I wish I would have taken advantage of them. I would also tell myself to save up some money before I went to college, so I wouldn?t have to get a job. It is so hard to work part time and take a full load of classes while maintaining a 3.75 GPA! The last thing I would tell myself is to prepare for the most fun you?ll ever have. I would say, ?College is a huge step up from living with your parents. Make the most of it and be responsible with your new freedom.?

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, while knowing what I know now, I would tell myself to be a little bit more open to change. I was so against moving into the on-campus housing that I fought tooth and nail against my mother about the topic, even though, in the end, she won and I ended up in the dorms. But now that I have lived in the dorms since August, I am glad that I did move in and (gradually) accepted the change. I would have missed out on alot by living at home and commuting every day. I'm glad I had that extra push, even though I feel quity still for being so inconsiderate to my mother, seeing as her advice and kind words then are what make me happy now.

If I could go back in time and have a conversation with myself about college life and the choices I made that impacted my current future, I would tell myself to attend a community college to gain credits before going off to West Texas A&M. That way I could be ahead of the game, and spend less money on credits. I would tell myself to apply for more scholarships, and get a summer job to help pay for my expenses that have caused troubles for my parents. I would tell myself to work hard during my senior year and strive for the best grades possible in my dual credit, and regular high school classes. All these changes would make my future much easier on myself and my parents.

Well Tayo, let me just say it is true what your teachers are telling you it is all about. No one "baby's you" in college. You actually have to do stuff for yourself. When your in college you set your hours to go to class, you have to deal with making sure your tuition is payed on time, amongst other things. Some major differences i can tell you from high school to college, paying for your textbooks. Yes you have to purchase your textbooks which can add up to hundreds of dollars. Waking up by yourself to, might be an issue, your dad cant be there to wake you up anymore. It will soon be your responsibility to go to class on time. Bottom line Tayo is that there is no more room for Procrastination. Your professors will expect more from you, and you must meet their standards. Don't stress too much their are falculty that will help you, not lead you, but help you reach whatever goal you set for your academic career.