{"id":312,"date":"2017-04-18T12:46:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T19:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/?p=312"},"modified":"2017-04-20T12:58:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T19:58:51","slug":"letter-to-future-scholars-hard-work-pays-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/letter-to-future-scholars-hard-work-pays-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to Future Scholars: Hard Work Pays Off!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;14&#8243; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><b>Submission by: <\/b>Alberto G.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_313\" style=\"width: 392px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/student-studying.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313\" class=\" wp-image-313\" src=\"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/student-studying-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/student-studying-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/student-studying-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/student-studying-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/student-studying-1080x718.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Work as hard as you can, but when you need a break, be sure to take it!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The most important thing that I can tell an incoming student is to work as hard as possible, even if that means not sleeping. The reward will come slowly but surely. I have tried my hardest this semester and can say that I\u2019m having a better time now than I did in high school, both academically and socially.<\/p>\n<p>Very often I find myself sleeping for only 3-6 hours a day because of schoolwork. But hey! I\u2019ll repeat it again: IT\u2019S ALL WORTH IT!! If you need a break, take it. Go to a party. Visit friends and family. Take a trip. Treat yourself for your own sanity, but don\u2019t let that affect your grades. Always put school first. ALWAYS!<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;14&#8243; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;] Submission by: Alberto G. The most important thing that I can tell an incoming student is to work as hard as possible, even if that means not sleeping. The reward will come slowly but surely. I have tried my hardest this semester and can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[6,23,21,20],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letter-to-future-scholars","tag-compact-scholars-program","tag-letter-to-future-scholars","tag-san-diego-state","tag-sdsu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}