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Dear High-School-Self, I know senior year is getting to be very stressful, but don't let it overwhelm you. I know it will be tempting to slack off at the end, but don't give in. It's not worth it. You will thank yourself later when your hard work pays off. Mom and Dad turn out to be right again as far as friendships go; it is true that you will meet your best friends in college and form lasting relationships that you will cherish for the rest of your life. Don't give up completely on your friends in high school, but when those little dramas rear their heads every week, don't let them get you down. Just keep in touch with your closest buddies. You will love living in the dorms! Although you doubt it at first, BSU is the perfect place for you to go right now. Be yourself and get out there, get involved, and meet as many people as you can. There are so many people that are so different from you, and you can learn so much from them. Don't be shy! Good luck! College-Self-Stacia

If I could go back and give myself some advice while I was a senior in high school, I would first and foremost stress the importance of time management for test preparation. In high school, a grade is cumulative based on a semester worth of work and a final exam. I now know that college courses may be solely based on a final exam and knowing how to effectively study for a single all or nothing test would result in a more successful outcome in many college courses. I think it might be useful for high schools to develop some kind of course for students who are going on to college that would expose them to the college classroom experience. This would not have to a be a credited high school course but it could expose students to the lecture style classroom, deadlines without reminders, exposure to the blackboard experience in completing assignments and the all or nothing final exam. I feel that test preparation advice would be the best tip I could give myself as a high school senior.

I would say to myself that it can be tough at sometimes. College life is a little harder than high school, becaused even if you live with your parents, you still are on your own sometimes. I have to set my own schedule, ways to study, and how I want to work on my degree path. I also would say to myself that I should enjoy every minute of it. I am in the Marching Band, and we just finished a semester ending with a trip to a BCS game and also a football season that ended as 14-0. Not many people got to enjoy what we did during those days, and I think getting such a rare opportunity is a gift that if you can go after it, you should.

If I could go back in time and talk to my high school self, I would tell myself to keep working hard. The transition into college is not a hard but it is a huge change that takes some getting used to. The advice I would give myself is to actually learn what teachers are teaching, don?t worry about the letter grade so much. This is the biggest difference between college and high school. In college you are much more motivated to learn the material because what you are learning is going to become your life and how you sustain it. The last thing I would tell myself is to keep your morals strong and don?t forget to have fun with life - those are the most important things.

I wish I would have stopped to smell the roses! As a high school senior I was very focused on getting the very best grades and obtaining the very best job. I worked after school as an intern at a bank and then spent most evenings doing homework. I didn't get very much "play" time. If I could go back, I would tell myself to not take everything so seriously... you're only a teenager once in your life and for a very brief time. While it's very important to get good grades, be involved, and find a good job, life needs balance. I wish I would have gone to high school football games. I wish I would have spent more time with friends. I wish I would have focused more on what I wanted to do and less on what was expected of me. Now that I'm in college, I do still get very good grades. If I get a "B," though, I try to remember that it's not the end of the world. I try to remember that life requires a healthy balance and I do my best to keep it balanced.

The advice I would give myself is to go explore and travel. Go on exciting adventures and unique experiences. Get out of Idaho and get unfamiliar and uncomfortable. Meet new people and see new places. You are so very young and have all the agility and curiousity to learn the world so go out and do it!

Mathew, get your head out of that script and listen for a few seconds. I've got a few words for you. Don't sell yourself short. You're a great kid, and you don't have to "just go to the state school". Don't worry about the money, you'll come up with it, you always do. Keep your boundaries open, and don't be afraid to talk to people, they'll like you just the way you are. Sign up for everything! There's always something to do around campus, and you know you need experience. Keep in touch with everyone, don't just use your dayplanner for writing down assignments. Keep writing. I know it's hard, and that you'll think you'll never have any time, but you will, and those scripts will pay your rent one day. Love yourself, love your world, and remember not to give in so easy. You've got your whole life to play it safe.

If I could go back in time and give advice to a high school senior I would tell them these things. First make sure you know how to follow a budget because books and fees add up quickly as well as the little things that you will need. Second make sure you look into the Greek system at your school because they are not all about parties and getting drunk on the weekends. They can serve as a great way to give back to the community through community service and they can also help you with your studies. The third and final thing that you should know is to balance your time between work and play. You need to find a balance that works for you. Because staying in your dorm room all the time is not fun and you will not gain the full college experance. Those are my words of wisdom that you should take in and apply them to your college carreer.

If I could go back in time i would tell myself that the most important thing is to take your school work seriously, because if you dont then you wont be at the school for a very long time. Also the teachers know what they are talking about so take lots of notes. They really help when your getting ready to take a test. Also you need to go to class, no one but yourself can make you go to class. But you have to go or else you wont pass your classes.

Senior year will be here and gone in the blink of an eye, it's the time to make your mistakes and learn from them. The time for you to grow up and realize their is a different world outside of your football games, cafeteria gossip, and class skipping, A world that would like to see you fail. Keep your close friends closer and forget your enemies, they don't matter anymore. Most of all, view your future with a kick butt attitude, don't live a life with regrets, and when the opportunity arises to do something out of the ordinary, by all means go for it! Live out your dreams, accomplish your goals, and believe in yourself. High school is the end of one road and the beginning of another, choose your path wisely; this decision marks the beginning of the rest of your life.