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I would say... "Knock it off and start focusing on school. Get those good grades so you can get nice scholarships. Focus on what you really want to do the rest of your life. Focus on how you are going to get there and what you need to do! These things are important. You don't want to be me a college drop out struggling to go back with no aid to get you there, having poor jobs, struggling to make it month to month, and wishing you could just already have your degree. You mess up if you don't heed my words. Please trust me, I've been there. I actually know what I am talking about. One more thing. Don't give up playing your saxophone, remember how happy it makes you!"

I would tell him much about time. Time gets exponentially faster, and the transition to college would have been much easier if he better grasped that concept early on. I would tell him to start being more productive, utilizing every hour in the day to accomplishing your need goals. Prioritizing is the next issue to emphasize. I would also tell my highschool self to be more patient; not to get so easily frusterated, with himself of others. To spend less time relaxing and more time doing things that will get him farther. Last but not least, to spend more time with his family. Something else I would mention to my senior self is to not be so prideful. He shouldn't let his perception of other people's perception of him control his actions. Instead he should focus more on his individual uniqueness, the things he has to bring to the table. If he does this, he will surely accomplish much more in his college career than I did.

If I could go back in time and give myself advice, it would have to be give school one hundred and ten percent of your time. Well out of high school, I didn't make the best of choices for myself but now I know what I did wrong and I'm my hardest to change my future for my family and myself. I know it won't be easy, life if hard but we continue to strive no matter what situation were in. It's ok to start slow, that's ok, sometime in life you start slow but always finish hard and fast. Success is attitude, no can you when you set your mind and it is a awesome feeling when you know you'll succeed. Always finish hard, I had my share of falling down but I always got back up. If you fall all you do is get back up and if you can't get back then your parents are there, your friends are there, and I'm there. Success is attitude, no can you when you set your mind and it is a awesome feeling when you know you'll succeed. Thank you.

College has been an unbeliveable experience. Returing to school after so many years, I felt very unsure. However, from the beginning of my first semester until now, I have been flooded with overwhelming support. Although I already knew what hard work was, re-training my mind to hit the books again was a whole new kind of hard work, especially because I graduated from high school in 1998. But, the professors made my tranisition easier. They worked with me and showed me that nothing is really "hard"... because EVERYTHING is relateable. The other students taught me a lot about what I am capable of, and streched me whether they know it or not. The classroom conversations , as well as the student clubs, made me more vocal and also receptive to what others had to say, leaving me very openmided. By working together with other groups, I learned problem solving and co-operation tools that are so very valuable in the "real world". I've developed a strong sense of self thanks to the pursuit of higher education. I want to be as great as I can be... It is because of college that I truly believe I can be... GREAT!

Since I have entered college I have learned many good things and strategies to stay in there. But what I can trully say is that been in college has opened my eyes to a new world, a world were everyone knows where they are going and people have dreams and expectations. I have meet many succesful people and I have always thought to myself that when I finish college I want to be succesful like them. College has also thought me never to give up, because there is plenty of help around we just have to reach out and get it. When i entered college everyone told me I was not even going to finish the first semester but here I am choosding to better myself and trying to be an example to people who are around me.

For me there was no real transition, i began college while i was going to high school when i was a sophmore. After two terms i transfered fully into college and got my diploma.

I would tell myself you need to go to college right out of high schoool their is no time to wait . Education is important to success in life. Knowing what I know now getting that high end career will only happen if I stay in school . I would have to remember that education is the key to success. As a high school senior I wanted to travel or work on a cruise ship, these things would not have lasted very long. As a young senior we all just want money coming in but if I had been smarter at that time I would have gone back to college right away. Students need to be educated about their choices so they will not make some of these mistakes that I seem to have made.

Be yourself. Dont let anything get in your way and always shine at anythin gyou do no matter whose in the room.

First, i would tell myself what i thought about college in high school being easy and parties all the time is much more different. But, in the real world nothing comes without something coming back at you. You have to be ready to make hard descisions. That could possible led you to great success or bad ones but still live with the desicion you made. Take the SAT test over and over again try to get higher scores each time. Have A and B in the courses you take. Take challenging courses colleges like that. If you have the time try to participate in any extracurriclar activities. When teachers tell you to start applying for college you start. After your have to try at least apply for five or more scholarship out there, it is better to have alot of money lefted over than having none at all. not applying for colleges i really wanted to attend makes me regret that i didnt at least try to apply. If possible start talking to your parents about setting up an account at a bank. Work for the summer and start collecting money for college. Its never a bad idea.

In high school I took my education for granted, I grew up in a large family in a low-income environment, due to my parent having little education. So schooling wasn't stressed upon as much as just getting a job and paying bills. I had no idea that my education level would play such a major factor in my mental and financial stability. 10 years ago I was able to go out and apply for a job within my skill level, eg. (manufacturing, production, warehouse) and would get them mainly because the demand wasn't that high everyone was employed and there were plenty of employment opportunities. Now due to the economy any job that I have tried to apply for there is a demand and multiple people are applying. The job usually goes out to the individual with the most education. Degrees put you a step further in the selection process. Which lead to higher paying jobs Now that I'm 34 years old and now attending Central New Mexico University for the first time. I love the college experience, I would have done it years ago, who knows where I might have been now.