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I'd tell myself not to run out of gas too early! I would tell myself to maintain focus and work hard from beginning to end. When a high school student thinks of senior year, he most likely thinks of a laid-back, fun end to the high school experience. I thought this way, but I unfortunately focused more on working and having fun than I did on my academics. I could've ended with a way better GPA than I did. I didn't stay focused, and as a result I had to work way harder than I what I would've had to had I just stayed focused in the first place. My senior year was filled with way more stress than it should've been. With a higher GPA I feel like I could've sold myself better on my college and scholarship applications. By the time I was done I felt like it was pointless because I just kept thinking, "Who would want me? I don't sound special..." Good thing I was involved in a lot of extracurriculars and still maintained a 3.245 GPA that could still speak good things of me.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself one thing. That would be to look at all possible angles when looking for a college. I believe that as a high school senior I only looked at colleges from the angles that the schools wanted me to see, but it would have been better if I did my own research and found the negatives of each school. When finding negatives you are not always turned off by that school, but you need to know each schools negatives because you will need to determine which negatives you can deal with just as you analyze the positives of those schools. The best way to do this is talk to actual day to day students about what they do not like about the school. However, I do not know if I would have chose a different college if I had done a better job fully analyzing each school, but it would have better prepared me on what each school lacked if I chose to attend the school as a student.

If i could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself to really be dedicated to my studies. I would advise my high school self to have self drive because there are going to be several people that will discourage you from your dreams. My next set of advice would be to make the best out of the experience and find a way to be a leader and not a follower.

My Advice i would Give to my Former High School Self would be do not give up and study hard. I would tell myself these things because better grades would make it easer for me to afford college with more scholarships an opprotunites. I would also tell myself colege is going to be hard but it will also be a fun and rewarding experience. I would also tell myself despite my situation there are people to help you cope and excel. If i ever neede academic help there is an advisor, professors and tutors. Lastly, to be myself.

AS a hogh school senior I was on high honor roll and an overall good student. I didn't fill out many scholorships and expected my financial aid to figure itself out. If I could go back and give myself any advise it would be to fill out every scholarship that I saw. I would explain to myself that grades aren't everything; just because you have the grades doesn't mean that the money is simply going to fall into your lap. I would advise myself not to go to a school if your loan amount is more than the amount of grants or scholarships that they are offering you.

I would tell myself that studying is a huge part of getting good grades and if I want to have good grades and a social life I would have to be able to maintain both and if not I would have to put the most important one first. I would also tell myself to always take notes because It will be a test on every note taken. Also dont take morning classes.....

Apply for college early and dont waste anytime. Timing is key when it comes to college. I didnt think it was big deal when i was in highschool. Then i saw how hard it was for me to get inside school. I wish i could go back and start over with highschool. I would tell myself to study and hit the books alot more. and get use to doing all the work myself. Dont be afraid to ask for help also.

If i had a chance to go back in time and talk to myself about college life, making transitions and the advise that i would give myself. Wow, that would be a dream come true. I would talk to myself about college life and how much i would appriciate the struggles that i would face to become sucessful. I would prepare myself to make the transition from high school to college, having the supplies i need to survive and live a college life on or off campus. Preparing for anything is a good idea, so you can be ahead. I wasn't prepared the college life, it hit me fast. Making me make poor decision on what i wanted to do in college, made me give up on college and believing college was not for me. The best advise i can give any student entering college for the first time, is to be prepared to take on challenges. You will come across alot of obstacles in college and also in life, dont let that stop you from becoming who you are.

I would advise myself to apply to more colleges and have more of a set plan on what goals i want in life and how i want to achieve them.

The advice I would give to myself is to stay focused. Transitioning from a High School senior onto College life is really tough to stay on task and to remain focused. So, without the balance of home to help, College can really become overwhelming and it can cause issues with academics. Knowing this now, I would tell myself to invest in studying (effectively), develop more time management skills, develop networking capabilities, and to stay focused. Often times the finish line to graduation seems so far away when entering College but, staying focused on the main goal will help make anyone successful. I truly believe that if I had heard these words prior to entering College, my experience would have been greatly different. However, I am still grateful for the experiences that I endured because anything that allows for one to grow and to mature allows one to succeed in life.