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Do not give up. Stay in college when you go. Try your absolute hardest. Lake dallas prepared you for nothing, you will need to try so much harder. You will feel like you are a failure, and that you have no life, but you will be okay. Actually open your text books, and take more dual credit classes, and get involved in more activities.

I got my GED at 21 so I was never a high school senior. However, if I could talk to myself while I was finishing my GED I would advise to spend more time focusing on my plans for the future instead of living in the moment. I would advise to focus on the importance of a GPA. I would also point out the importance of establishing good study habits. I have found finances to be a great source of frustration and worry, knowing this I would advise keeping up with loan amounts and try to focus on borrowing as little as possible. It's also important to limit the time spent in college. I would also emphasize that it's important to find your educational goal and intended degree early to limit the unnecessary courses one takes. I would encourage myself not to assume I can't be an A student or establish clear and valuable goals. Overall my best advice would stay focused and absorb as much information as possible. And never doubt the value of education.

I quit school before my senior year. However if I were speaking to myself when I got my GED I would say, "Don't wait, continue on. Try hard and dont give up." You can do this!" The most important thing I would want me to have known is my own potential and that I can and will succeed and acomplish and to believe in myself. Id also say you will be ok! Hang in there. College isnt high school. No bullies!

"There are going to be ups and downs towards reaching your goals but never give up on your dreams." I came up with this piece of advice from my own personal college life experience. When I was still a high school senior, I didn’t think my college life was going to be problematic. I thought it was going to be easy but as soon as I enrolled in college; I discovered I was wrong. I’ve had problems throughout my college years that I didn’t know how to find a solution to. As a consequence, I just felt like dropping out of college because I couldn’t tolerate it any longer. I couldn’t tolerate not having sufficient money to pay for my tuition and books but also for not having enough money for gas because I lived so far from college. I just wanted to give up but I didn’t. I realized that I love to learn and that there will be difficult times but that’s no reason to discontinue my education. If I was selected as the winner of this scholarship, I could reach my goals and accomplish my dreams.

Knowing what I know now about making the transition to college life, I would go back in time and tell myself to go to college before working anywhere, study as hard as I can, and make the best grades possible. I signed up with the United States Navy right out of high school, but I feel as if I should have waited until I got a bachelor's degree first, because you can get more money if you go to the Naval Academy with a degree to be an officer than you can just going in as an enlisted sailor. I should have studied harder to make better grades, because colleges look at your GPA in high school, and most teenagers do not think or care about that kind of thing. All teenagers want to do is to graduate high school and be done with it. They don't care about college until later on when they are tired of doing jobs that they hate and not getting paid what they want or need. I was out of school for a little over five years before I finally decided to return to school, and I regret wasting that time.

I would have to say, I would be more dedicated. I was not as dedicated as I should have been starting college. I'm now very dedicated and making good grades, trying to get into medical school. I was undecided about a major starting college, that contributed to me not being very dedicated. Once, I decided on a major and what it took to achieve what I want. It made me start to achieve it.

Ignore the advice of those who will say "you could never make a living with that degree." Study what you love and it will be its own reward. Think deeply and look to yourself.

If you have ever heard the cliché “young and dumb”, then you would understand my senior year in high school. If I could rewind time I would revise my sense of focus, planning and prioritizing, and ambition to reach for higher goals. I was number three of my class, taking AP courses and was granted the chance to take college courses while attending high school. Given a second chance, I would have taken those courses and would be well on my way or completely done in becoming a Registered Nurse (RN). Prioritizing was not on my to do list back then, I had fun first and education last. A step back in time and a slap of reality, I would have known that you reap your reward when the work is done. I always wanted to be something great, being second of twelve children to attend college; and becoming the family first nurse I wanted to make my parents proud. I wish I had really understood that time waits for no one. I would have really focus on reading, math, and science. As quoted by Lao-tzu “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Determine.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself when I was in high school, from the perspectives i have now, completing a year of college is, to study hard and pay attention in class. I feel like the main habbit you should have in colllege is to pay close attention in class, its where you learn the most. Its also very important to study over your notes in class. I would tell myself it would be wise to read over the notes I took after each day, definatly study before a test and all quizes. Im sure if i could go back I would have alot of advice to give myself about the future but these are the main points about college.

I would tell myself to study harder and practice time management. I would make sure I knew of a healthy stress reliever, like running to help me cope with my day. I would not trust anybody and everybody because the "friends" who are closest to me are the ones who end up hurting me. School is important and just because I got really good grades in high school does not mean I will make really good grades in college, so don't beat myself up about it. Lastly and most important, everyone hits a downfall at one point in their life, just because I will hit mine does not mean the world is over and I should give up on dreams and goals.