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The advice that i would give myself if i could go back would be to focus on my grades and not waste time on partying. I would have been able to recieve a scholarship and get in to whatever university i wanted to, and then party all i want once i was in college.

Take your chances and dont let anyone stop you for what you wanna become always know you have almost for confidence in yourself than that. remeber who you are and dont let your family or friends or even relations get in the way of your goals in life, take your step and make that pack and sstick with it. dont ever let go life has many obsticles that you can succeed in and so run them, tackle them, beat them down till you can fight it anymore but always remeber you have your heart and your soul always leading you the way to your goal and so keep going im going to be waiting in the end to see to it we will keep striving for this education is more important than you can imagine. take control lets do this!

High school seniors are constantly bombarded with advice by people who think they know best. Do this, don't do that, take this class, avoid this teacher, go out of state, stay close to home. Everyone seems to want to put their two cents in, and everyone has something different to say! It can be overwhelming. So if I had to tell myself as a high school senior something, it would be: "Stop listening to everyone else! Think about yourself. Think about your desires and needs, not what other people think that you should do; stop trying to please the rest of the world before you please yourself. After all, you know yourself better than anyone else does, so you're the best person to decide what's right. You'll be happy wherever you end up, whatever you major in, and however you choose to live your life, so don't be nervous. Don't worry about what other people have to say, and don't be scared of what they'll think. This is your time. Going to college is about becoming independent, so take a few steps on your own! Don't worry, you'll be great."

If I could go back in time and speak with myself as a high school senior, knowing what I now know about college, I would tell myself to think of college as a journey. I would tell myself to be aware that it may not be an easy journey to my destination. To remember that there will be many twists, turns, and roadblocks along the way. I would remind myself that there is not a greater investment than the time spent in college and it will be well worth it to hang in there. I would tell myself to focus on the dreams I dreamed and imagined while I was in high school and to center on these when things gets difficult. I would tell myself everyone gets discouraged at some point in college but just to persevere and it will all be worth it . The most important thing I would tell myself is to enjoy your years in college because they will be over way too soon.

I would tell myself that the days of irresponsibility and adolescence are over and the journey in finding my place in the world and within myself has begun. I have found that it is difficult to obtain acceptance among an impressionable society, but I also have the knowledge in discovering that the lasting effect I would want to share with others would be beneficial and used as a motivational tool to succeed. I would tell myself to go the extra mile in finding out what I really want out of life and to take every opportunity to identify, cultivate, and achieve those goals. In speaking to myself, I would encourage myself to be both a filter and a sponge; to differentiate between the ignorance and basic comprehension that exists, and to absorb the fundamentals needed to mold my perception into one that stands on its own.

The only advice that I would give myself if I had this opportunity is to organize and utilize your advisors. I was one of those students who thought they knew everything and never visited an adivisor. I ended up wasting a lot of time and money by choosing wrong classes and overwhelming myself. If I had the knowledge of just organizing my schedule/classes with the help of advisors I would have been done with school a long time ago.

I would love the opportunity to talk to myself as a senior. Coming into college, its easy to get lost in a crowd of people, especially attending a huge school like ASU. I would tell myself not to be afraid to branch out and try new things. In high school I was involved, but I mostly did things that i was comfortable with and stayed around people who were similar to me. If I could give my senior self advice, I would say not to be afraid to try new things now, beccause it only gets harder in college trying to find a niche. I would also say talk to everyone, not just people you already know. In college it is hard to meet people but if you have practice in learning how to meet people and find common intrests, college would be a lot easier to adjust to. My last piece of advice would be not to be discouraged at first. It will take time to adjust and figure out where you are supposed to be and to find people you will make lasting friendships with.

If I could go back in time to last year as a high school student I would've done more reasearch. Its that simple. I should've done more reasearch on the campus, job availabiltiy, where to live, and even about the city that the campus was located. When all my financial aid, classes and room was all done and they told me that information that was all I knew. Luckily I love being a sun devil and I want to continue my education here at Arizona State University, but if I had known the extream of what it would cost to attend I would've applied to the campus jobs and jobs that around the campus to help me have some extra money to help with the cost. Now that I've seen how much school really does cost I wish I would've applied for scholarships because now I know that the extra money would've never hurt and that I needed it. These are things that I tell my friends who are now still in high school to do because I wish I had someone to tell me.

If I could go back and give myself any sort of advice, there would only be two things I would recommend. First, start looking and applying for scholarships EARLY. My biggest mistake was not looking for enough schoalrships and having to put myself in a huge amount of debt. Secondly, I would tell all high school seniors TO NOT PROCRASTINATE. Procrastanation is easy to do when you are occupied with other things or too busy having fun but it will come back and haunt you.

I would advise myself to take advantage of more scholarship opportunities and to prepare myself to be more open-minded entering college. I was reserved for most of the first semester freshman year and I would recommend myself to meet more people and join in more extra curricular activities, and really become more involved in the school and on campus. I hoped that I had done so in order to fully experience college life. I would also advise myself to keep looking at scholarship opportunities and not give up looking more because times are still tough and every dollar still helps. My transition from my sheltered life was also rough so I would also recommend my senior self to train more in becoming independent because entering freshman year with no parents to rely on at an out of state college was a real shock. Really preparing myself to leave the state and enveloping myself in a college atmosphere and creating independence as an adult would be my first advice to myself or any high school senior for that matter, and that i should really take full advantage of my time spent at school.