Where should I go?

The next thing to figure out in your quest to college awesomeness is consider schools that you would like to go to. Though money is a huge issue, it is also important that you find a school that fits you. Location is usually a big issue, so find a school in the area you want. Then make sure the school has the degree that you would like to have. Another thing to look at is the schools values and what they seem to stand for. It's important to know what your school represents because it might conflict with your own values. So if the school fits your criteria with regards to location, degrees, and values, then it could be a good idea to go ahead and visit the school to see what's cool. Your college experience will be completely dependent on the school that you attend, so make sure it is the right school for you.

Lack of Effort

Sometimes it's easy as a high school student to see college as this far off world that will be presented to you when the time is right. The problem with this mindset is that there is a lack of effort when the SAT comes around. With a solid SAT score, high school students can literally save thousands of dollars in scholarships for college. If the effort is there, you can definitely obtain a sizable reward.

Why it's important to learn.

My mindset in high school was to get the grades that I needed to get scholarships so I could go to college. Although college is an awesome goal to have as a high school student, it is also important to remember that you are there to learn. I lost sight of that because of my constant infatuation with college and all of it's greatness. There were so many important things that I should have learned in high school that I didn't, and now I am regretting the wasted time. Yes, I did get the grades to get into college, but what good are the grades when you don't retain the knowledge. It's important to realize that we are in school to learn, first and foremost, which will help us to get the scholarships and get the jobs and make the money. Remember, first things first; learn the stuff during the years your supposed to learn.

New Leaf

Now it's time to get serious. It's time to talk about things I want all high school students to know about college. Lets start with freshman year in high school. For some reason, a lot of high school students get it into their heads that freshman year grades are no big deal and they can get good grades junior and senior year and still be fine. The problem with that logic is that it doesn't work that way. Colleges look at your cumulative GPA, so that includes all your academic years in high school. There is no reason to take a year off. You're barely starting your academic career. It's time to put your thinking cap on and learn as much as you can, before the money even becomes a part of your education.

The Little Things

There is a cause and effect in every situation in life. A person who eats garbage all their life and becomes overweight, will say that it's their body and they will do what they want with it. One thing that they don't think about is that it will effect the way that other people view them. It isn't merely a look of disgust from pedestrians that will effect them. As an employer in this economy, when hiring an applicant I want to bring aboard someone who is proficient and low maintenance. Saving money is the name of the game. If I have two equally qualified applicants and one of them is obese while the other isn't, I am going to go with the one who theoretically will have less health issues. Most people wouldn't have that issue cross their mind as they down the box of donuts while watching The Biggest Loser. If the world trend becomes proficiency, high technology with little waste as it seems to be, the larger people with indeed be, the biggest losers.

Shut Down

It seems that Dunder Mifflin has been taken out! But the Christmas miracle has appeared in the productivity of the Scranton branch, who has earned the chance to work for a new distribution company. The show lives on, despite the collapse of Dunder Mifflin Paper Co.

Oh Michael

What do you say when someone does what they have always done, but on a larger scale? Michael promised a class of third graders that he would pay there college tuition when they graduate high school. Many of them did graduate which was a huge problem for Michael considering he has no money. So Michael shows up to the class and offers the students free laptop batteries, which wasn't a suprise to me because it merely showed that he was being his normal self. Someone once said, "Insanity is doing the same thing, and expecting different results." It's insane to think that Michael would have done better.