It was pretty exciting and scary to go to college when I was around your age. I thought SAT was the hardest thing I'll ever face in my entire life, which is proven to be very not true. I also thought that my life would be totally different when I get to college. Well....the life won't be totally different, but there definitely would be some change in your life.
Before I get into the deep stuffs, I wanna briefly tell you how my college life has been so far. I am currently in UMBC, trying to finish my core classes as soon as possible. My major is mathematics, which I am assuming not many of you will be after.
Anyways, I got into UMBC in August 2006. It's funny that I do not really remember about my first days in UMBC. All I remember was that I was so into the campus ministry that I was introduced by one of nuna in my church. All I did first year was going to campus ministry meetings, playing playstation II with SunBae and friends in the ministry, playing bball like everyday, and procrastinating to study for exams until the day before. I can tell you that I had pretty good GPA too the very first semester.
However, I had downfall on the very second semester. I met couple of new friends, and I got really close to one of these new friends. (If you know what I mean....k) However, because I was pretty immature, things got out of control and I was not able to do anything for two weeks, which cost me probation from the scholarship committee. I was never able to recover my GPA from then. Actually, not just my GPA, but also my spiritual lifestyle, too.
I cannot tell you exactly when I was saved, but I can tell you when I made a vow to God that I wanted to be a praise leader. It was at Father's Heart retreat back in when I was in junior, around your age. Then I was really passionate to worship and praise God in my senior years in college. I was going to the morning prayer everyday for about a semester back then. In my christian life, I was never passionate like that until now.
However, after what happened in second semester, I was trying so hard to make up my grade, so I was getting farther away from God. Funnier thing is, because I was getting apart from God, I was also getting far away with my friends, too. Because I was studying by myself, there was no one who could be accountable for me. I eventually was falling apart in every aspect.
My life story itself is not something that can be admirable or to be set as a good example. I really wish that none of you will follow what mistakes I made. I told you this story to let you know who I am before giving you any advise about college. I am not giving you these messages as a teacher or superior, but as a fellow brother who wants to warn those coming behind. All these messages are not just from my experience, but also from many others that who were once in a same situation as you were.
I don't wanna tell you how to do well in classes. I am not gonna tell you which major is good for you or which college is good for you either. There are many experts out there for those subjects, and I'm pretty sure you guys know better than I do. What I am gonna tell you is about how to live a christian lifestyle in the campus, for there's nothing more important to us than glorify God through close relationship with Him.
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Very first thing I want to say is "Know what you say."
Second thing I want to say is "Know what you believe."
Third thing I want to say is "Know yourself."
Last thing I want to say is "Know what God has for you."
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