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Looking back I would give myself the advice to relax a little. College is a long process full of stress, but you need to stop and enjoy the moments that make it memorable. Take a few more walks to explore what surrounds your campus. Sometimes it can seem that nothing else exists except for the university. It will be refreshing to realize there is life outside your dorm and classrooms. Although there will be times you think you have been beaten, just keep reading and eventually the hard times will pass. Studying in high school is very different than studying in college. READ. READ. READ. These are three words to live by. The more you read and the more often you read, the more you know. Text books can be monotonous to scour through, so reward yourself. Set a page number to read to and reward yourself with a break for ten minutes. Your freshman year will be over before you know it and the years to follow will race by even quicker. Enjoy your time as a student and a young adult. You are not a child, but not yet a full adult. Take advantage of the opportunity!

If I could reach out to my high school self and give her a piece of advice, it probably is not advice one would normally expect from this type of question. I would tell myself to go out and have more fun, go on adventures, and step farther out of my comfort zone. I never was one to go out and party every weekend like most other high school kids. I liked to hangout with my friends and see movies, have sleepovers, and eat junk food, but never party and do dangerous things. Once I got to college, I soon experienced something similar to a culture shock. I had never gone out as much as I did in my first semester of college compared to my entire four years in high school. Though I like to think I branched out more the closer it got to graduation, coming to college was a whole new life for me. I would tell myself to get some crazy memories into my senior year of high school because the more experience I would of had then would have prepared me for the experiences I gained now.

I would tell myself to go for it and stop being lazy and just do it. Go to college. Fill out the forms its not that hard just do it.

A piece of advice I would give my high school self is to get more involved in school programs and become a leader. I have learned in college it is completely up to the student to be succesful, proffessors are not there to walk you through college life. By being a leader in high school I would have more experience in being resposible for myself because as a leader you are not only expected to look after yourself but those you are in charge of as well. This added experience would have aided me in the transition to college life.

I had a teacher in high school that told his class that college was easy and that there was no homework. I took his word for it, and went into college thinking exactly that. Boy was I in for a surprise. Not only did I always have a good amount of homework, the classes were not easy. I did not try very hard my first year in community college and received horrible grades. I even had to retake one class. Now I regret not trying harder my first year in college, because I would have had a higher GPA now. If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would say, "do not listen to your high school teacher! College is hard, and there will be a good amount of homework. You do have to try your hardest and never slack or you will have a tough time getting the grades you want to get. Try your best and you will succeed."

Whatever you put into something is what you will get out of it. This I believe to be true about anything, but especially college. Going to college is the next part of a person's jounrey before they enter the big world. It is important to soak up as much knowledge as you can before you pursue your career. The teachers are there to help you, but they cannot help you if you do not ask questions. Although teachers can be intimidating sometimes, they are there to help you grow and learn as a person and a as a student. They want you to succeed in whatever your field of study is. They are your most important I can be a shy person and was very shy when I was younger. Looking back I wish I had not been so timid and shy upon entering colllege and really gone for it. I wish I had asked more questions and participated more. It is not like I did not learn anything, but I think I would have learned a lot more if I had taken part more in class. This is the biggest piece of advice I can give someone.

Knowing what I know now about college life to make the transition easier would be to really look into what I want as a career and volunteer more to really figure out my plan. I really had a great college experience and I learned alot about myself as a person that I would not want to change to much. It truly was a going experience that I had to learn on my own.

At California State University Fullerton, I’ve entered a completely different world than the one I knew as a high-school senior. I’ve re-considered my major, made good friends, had fun experiences, and learned a lot in fields I had never even considered. If I could go back in time and give myself any helpful advice, it would be to not be afraid of change. In addition, I would have told myself to not worry that I was smarter than I gave myself credit for and that everything would be alright.

Dear High School Senior Me, First of all: Yes, you did make it!!! On a more important note: Sam, you will be okay. I promise. I know you are scared that people will judge you in college because of your differences. College is not like high school. People in college have a tendency to appreciate and respect diversity. Yes, regardless, you will face discrimination, but you will also learn something very important: the people who judge you are not worth worrying about anways. Through out your college experience, you will meet incredible people who not only will not judge you, but you will learn so much from. College will be humbling and will open your mind to so many new things. You will grow so much as an individual and have such an incredible desire to strive and be better. Not only that, but you will become someone that your little brothers and sister can be proud of. That is what really matters. Hang in there sweetheart. Love, College Junior You.

Stay in school and get it finished. Tutition is higher, classes are fewer, and time is shorter for you to see the results you are going after. With your degree you will never work again for science is your true passion and that passion pays very well these days. Sure it was fun to work and live large with all that money in the 80's but those jobs are not lasting and you are not getting younger. Corperate was a struggle with office politics and power plays, but with the research in your favorite field of science wonderful discoveries are being made. Superconductive tech is growing and we are ever closer to the holy grail of superconductors, the ambiant superconductor! I wish I had my degree now instead of going to class thirty years later to get it. I wish I could work in a lab where I could run my treatment experaments and make that ambiant superconductor. I know I can do it! I was a opperations supervisor for a biomedical company, but it was never as satisfying as working on my physics theories or inventing new metal threatments. It is not worth leaving school to chase money!