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If I were a high school senior again, I would tell myself to go to college and get my degree right away. It is much easier without the reponsibility of a house, family, and finances. My father would have paid for my college if I had gone after high school. I am now 51 years old with a husband who's disabled. The brain doesn't remember as well as it did back then, and now I have all of the financial worries of paying for college as well as maintaining the house and family financial responsibilities. I am determined and will finish regardless, but any financial help I can get with paying for school definitely helps. Thank you for your consideration.

Work hard to excell and follow your educational passion. Be sociable and friendly to your classmates; you may make a stronger social circle. Save money, but take small trips and enjoy concerts, art museums, and road trips more often. Most crucially, ask questions about how things are connected. In science and medicine, many factors are related and affect several other processes; ask questions about these relationships. Finally, look for mentors and truly gain from their educational backgrounds.

If i had the opportunity to go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself to stop, breathe, and enjoy the rest of my senior year without stressing too much. I would tell my high school senior self that moving away is not as scary as I thought it was. I would explain to myself that every freshman would make the same "scary" transition that I was about to make. The most important words of wisdom that I would relay to my high school self would be to try not to please everybody else but to focus more about pleasing myself and doing what makes me happy. In the end, if I am happy with myself I will spread joy to the people around me. I've learned in my first year of college is that being happy makes all of the obstacles life throws at you a little easier to handle.

I would probably tell myself to do more scholarships and try harder in tha area, knowing now that it's definitely not cheap especially with the horrible economy.

College is not as hard as it sounds. Teachers scare you into thinking that you'll be up studying until 3:00 am. Truth is, if you manage your time correctly, college really can be enjoyable. I remember being afraid of my English classes thinking 10 page papers were going to be assigned in the first week. The expectations for reading and writing in college are not much different from that of high school. Essays are expected to be at least 3 pages in MLA format. However, unlike high school we didn’t read any books in college English. This isn’t to say that we didn’t read at all. We wrote and responded to various articles that my teacher Ms. Pape would post onto the CSU web site. I was really just expected to express my viewpoint and be able to write it on paper; whether it was expressing my opinion about an article, video or research topic. We were mostly graded on our structure and our ability to organize a paper and not so much on grammatical errors. This just tells you not to sweat the small stuff. Breathe and you’ll get through it easy!

I don’t believe in regret. Everything you do is beneficial to you, even if what you are doing would be looked on by others as a mistake. The key is that you be willing to learn from your experiences. How could we ever grow as humans if we did not make the occasional error, if we did not have those opportunities to learn? That’s the beautiful thing about free will- it allows us the room we need to screw things up. So I would not tell my high school self to do a single thing differently, because then I would have missed out on many learning experiences; I would simply say to myself, “Keep an open mind. Learn from what you do. Most of all, don’t stress yourself about the future, because everything will work out in the end.”

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If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself to make my academics my first priority in college and always try my hardest. College can be very hard and sometimes you can try your hardest and still not get an A in every class, but in many cases hard work does pay off. There is nothing I hate more then look back at my first semester of college and know that I did not try my hardest. Academically I did well my first semester I recived slightly over a 3.0 GPA, better than many students do in their first semester in college, but I know that I could have done better. If I had made my classes my first priority and let friendships form natually I would be much more proud of myself today. Although I have taken classes in college, tried my hardest and still recived a B, there are other classes that I could have brought a B to an A with my full dedication. There is no better feeling then ending a class knowing that you have worked hard and tried your best.

I would remind myself to stay engaged and focused with my goals. Going to college, it is very easy to just take the classes and do what is necessary for an "A" without reminding yourself that this knowledge is essential for what you want to do in life. I would also encourage myself to look into any and all extracurricular activities. When I was first starting college I was really overwhelmed with classes and homework, and it made me not want to get involved in anything outside the classroom. Even though it would mean getting less sleep and having less study time, the extracurricular activities would definitely be worth it.

College is not like highschool. It involves a lot of independent work. In college you have to keep up with the textbook readings. The professors will not assign you small amounts of readings like in highschool. Most professors will give you chapters to read by a certain date. It is up to you when you will read the assigned chapters. Do not put off reading your textbook until the weekends. You do not want to spend your entire weekends reading 40 page chapters for each class. Also, make sure you review what you have read and study the material for at least an hour every night. This will definitly help you learn the material so that you will not have to cram the information the night before for an exam. It is also very important to visit your advisor every semester. If you do not, you will realize you have extra classes you need to take. You will also stress over whether you will graduate with the right requirements for entering pharmacy school. If you would like to make more friends, you have to start the first month of your freshmen year. Otherwise, it is hard to make friends.