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Dear Cara, Wow, you are in for a treat! College is amazing and you will make a lot of new friends. You will be presented with lots choices which will not only test your character, but will also have the power to make your life easier or harder. Which path you choose? Well, thats up to you! I went to the liberty of making you a checklist of how to survive college to help you in the journey! 1: Dont underestimate how small the dorms really are. We are not in your own room anymore! Utilize the space you have to accompany everything you NEED. Everything else? Donate to charity! 2: Get to know your roomates. Its always a little nerve racking meeting new people. College isnt' just school work, but a social expierence as well. 3: With a great college comes great responsibility! To drink, or not to drink, that is the question. Dont give in to peer pressure. Stand up for yourself! You know what good decisions are. 4: Above all else, enjoy your time there. Surround yourself with people who will live in your heart forever. Like some say, this is the greatest time of your life.

Hello high school self- You have a lot to think about and college is the last thing on your mind. I know high school wasn’t the best as well as dealing with family struggles with not knowing if you might have a place to live in a few months but you’ll just have to get through all this because the is a light at the end of the tunnel. You and your family will be doing great and for two years now you will have been working on your degree. It was along road but collage will open your eyes to a new world and you’ll be able to balance full time work to support your parents and attend college. You will have learned that dedication and hard work pays off. You’ll figure out what your strengths and opportunities are and how to leverage and challenge yourself with that knowledge. During this time you will discover you, the person you are proud to be.

I would apply myself better and save more money so I wouldn't have to worry so much about it.

Knowing what I know now from my recent college experiences, the first thing that I would tell my high school senior self is to be excited for what is coming around the corner. College is a very different experience than high school. For one, you have more freedom to do the things that you really want to do and you have more opportunities to show off your knowledge and in the groove of becoming an adult. Second, college is not something you can just jump through. It is your responsibility to gain the knowledge of your desired degree and field of work, so do whatever it takes to make the best of your education. Finally, it is important that you get out and join as many clubs as you can. The more you do this, the more involved you will be in the student community and the more impact you will have on society as a whole. In doing so, you will become an important figure in the community as well as a role model for other students to look up to. In other words, do whatever it takes to be at the top of the world!

The advice that I would give myself would have been to actually start having a job early, spent more time trying to jumpstart myself into college, and really centered myself into what I would have been more interested in doing. I have changed majors a few times due to indecision and if I had spent more time trying to brainstorm what I am really good at and what I love doing, that it would have helped made my transition through college easier.

Psst... John.... I know you are incredibly apathetic about this whole High School/College thing, but seriously man, life gets really awesome after High School. You're going to go through some pretty rough times, but just know you'll make it through. Keep applyling yourself 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} even when it melts your brain, and maybe, just maybe, play fewer videogames. Oh and I nearly forgot, play your birth date on the April 2010 State Lottery.

Dear Dunja, while you have been working hard to maintain your grades to make you the perfect college applicant, there are a few things you need to be aware of. First of all, as much as you have been volunteering, you need to find an extra curricular activity that will provide you with more leadership opportunities. You've been doing great but there will be a lot of questions regarding your leadership experience. Second of all, and most importantly, START RESEARCHING SCHOOLS EARLY. You don't want to be doing a last minute scramble, it will put a lot of pressure into your decision. Third of all, save every penny you can. As smart as you are, scholarships will never call it all. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and take some time to appreciate the importance of fun. You're working too hard, and you're starting to lose the best parts of yourself. It's okay to take a day off, just breathe.

If I could travel back in time to give my high school aged self some advice I would urge myself to come out of my shell; I had anxiety issues in high school and I was extremlly shy and self-consious. I would tell myself that no one was analyzing my every step and no one was laughing at my every word. The next piece of advice I would offer myself would be to work hard. Although college seems far off, I would say, the time to leave will come faster than you think. I would tell myself to do all that was asked of me and then some in order to grow as a person and benefit my future.

The first thing I would tell my senior self is to prioritize. Break through the "accepted" laziness of being a senior and look at the long term, and what you want. Time management is absolutely not going to get easier in college, so slacking off the year you think about such big changes is not ideal. Procrastination is not a joke. It's an evil tactic and surefire way to get yourself behind. Skipping classes to get your assignments done is not going to work in the long haul either. I wish that I could appear to my high school self, in the most non-threatening way possible, and tell myself to put myself first. No one else in this world will want what you want for yourself more, you are your own best advocate.

If I could give my senior self advice, it would be to not be afraid. I was definitely in a shell when I first came to college and was scared to break out of it and stayed in my comfort zone which I feel limited me in several ways, socially and academically. Now that I'm a bit older (and hopefully wiser) I would tell myself that it's okay to be afraid but to try to step out of my comfort zone. Everyone feels the same way and you just have to take chances and they will payoff in the end. Don't let fear hold you back from fulfilling your potential!