Young Harris College Top Questions

Hey you, this is you, about three years from now. Weird I know, but listen up! You want to continue running in college and you should, it's great. You'll learn a lot about yourself and make lasting friends. Don't quit track, and rsearch the coaches. Next is school size. You started out at a small private school and transferred to an average sized high school, you're loving it! Keep increasing size, it will prepare you for the real world. Most importantly, we've reached the real topic: field of study and your future. You're great at science but you don't know exactly what you want to do with it. Physical Therapy, orthopedic surgeon, zoologist: I've looked into all of them, but by the summer before my junior year, I've realized what I've always known. We love the beach and everything about, so why not chose a career that requires to be around it, study it, preserve it, and use it to help others? Marine Bio is your calling so find a college with a good program, research, and employment rate. Also, fill out all scholarship applications you can!

The essentials are taking full accountability and responsibility for passing your courses. Intentionally put forth the due diligence towards your studies. Do the absolute best that you can. Required actions are time management skills, and test preparation methods. Moderation is almost everything. Attend class regularly. Study routinely and habitually. Find a study partner or group for every course you enroll. Teach each other the meanings of words. Practice and follow through according to the courses’ study guides. Quiz and test each other until you are ‘blue in the face.’ Take periodic study breaks. Utilize the Student Academic Success Center or hire a tutor. Practice good stress management techniques. Eat healthy food regularly for maximum energy. Stay hydrated. Avoid ‘junk food.’ Get good night’s sleep regularly. Optional actions are friends and college parties are endless. Hang with them, have fun and enjoy your ‘down time.’ Everyone needs it. Except, be mindful. Keep your partying to a minimum. Other times unwind are weekday evenings. Participate in college social clubs related to your hobbies or play on an intramural sports team. Remain focused. Feel responsible for your own progress and eventual graduation.

I would have told myself to take math first in spring and not summer semester, learning that much math in such a short period of time will wear you out. Stay confident because you'll go through colloge faster than you can snap your fingers, i started in spring 2012 and will be done fall 2013. The time spent in school will truly help us evole into something we never thought we could accomplish. After high school we truly took life by its horns and brought it to its knees, even though we will find out at the end of our college years that going into the police academy we don't need to have a degree first stay in school and achive your goal.

My advice to my high school self would be to start saving for college now! Even if you feel like you're not prepared or not ready for college right now, someday you will be. And at that time you will need as much funding as you can get. Once you find the perfect program in the field you desire to go into, it becomes a dream of yours. In order to make that dream a reality, you'll need financial assistance from grants, scholarships, and loans. It's not going to be easy, but I can promise you you'll be thankful you did it and it will deffinately pay off and make things alot easier in the long run.

If I could go back in time and tell my self one thing as a senior it would be form a study habit. In high school I was the drum major for my band and that has a pretty crazy schedule. From practice everyday but tuesday to games friday and competitions saturday I didn't have much time to study. While my grade stayed a little above average I still feel like I could have done better. I realize now that those study habits would help me to exceed my classes in college, but instead of studying being a habit year after year I am now going to have to start from scratch. If I had formed those habits in high school I would have had a lot easier time with my classes in college and I probably would have brought my grade point average up in my classes. If I had formed that routine as a senior it would have made my college life alot easier.

First off I would tell myself to try and save my money because college is expensive. But manly i would say to myself not to procrastinate because that really hurt me the first semester. Next I would tell myself to get out and make friends. If there is one regret I have about my first year in college it is that I didn't get out much. I still made friends but i think that if I got out more We would be better friends than what we are. then i would tell me to fill out more schollorships.Finally on a side note I would reasher myseal that college isn't as bad as i thought it was and to not be afraid and it will all work out in the end.

Advice that I would give myself would be to not be so worried about moving away from home. College is not a scary place but a good place to meet new people and find who you want to become later in life. I would also tell myself to stay focused on the end result. Make sure to take classes that my major required instead of other classes. College is a fun place to be but it is about school not partying. I would also tell myself to surround myself with great friends that I would not mind having the rest of my life because you might end up messing up a friendship. I would also tell myself to stay focused in class and learn how each teacher operates inorder to get the best results out of the classes.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, the advice that I would find most comforting and helpful would be not to hesitate to join organizations or clubs. I would also tell myself to be very involved in everything I could. It helps one to make friends. Another piece of advice that I would give myself would be to make sure I did not room with a friend. By rooming with a friend, a person may run the risk of losing that friend. It is very hard to room with a close friend because you may see your roommate too much and start to get irritable. It is not wise to room with a friend. Another piece of advice that I would give myself would be to make sure to study. Even though my grades are pretty good, I wish I had known to study more when I got to college. When someone says make sure to study, they mean it. The last piece of advice I would tell myself would be that the transition into college is tough but in a matter of weeks, it will only get better and easier.

The very first thing I would say to myself is check out your teachers before you decide to take them. If you don't check your teachers out you may get stuck with someone who does not teach to your learning style, or even worse, doesn't teach at all. I would also tell myself is to make a plan of action and map out what classes I would like to take previously to the semesters I would take them. If you know what classes you would like to take it gives you more flexibility when you run into an issue where a class you wanted is full. Instead of scrambling for something you can just pull out your list and figure out what else you could take. Aditionally, I would tell myself to apply for as many scholarships as possible to aid my educational journey. Lastly, I would say develope good reading and study habits NOW!

If I could go back in time to my senior year of high school, I would tell myself that I should have taken AP classes. AP classes would have helped out a lot to be better prepared for the English classes and the work that I had to do in classes. I would also tell my high school self that I should have researched more scholarships so that I would not be so stressed out trying to find scholarships. If I had researched more scholarships, I would not have to worry about my parents forking out money out of their pockets. I would also tell myself to get out of my little bubble and be open to more opportunities and challenges that I would face.