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Being able to go back in time is often a wish of most people. Giving advice to a younger me about the transition to college, would have proven to be helpful. The advice that I would give that self would be to be more on top of things. I have always been an attentive studier, but little did I realize that college classes required a different attack. I would explain to myself that a different approach to schooling was needed; advising my younger self to review notes from lectures every night and to always read a chapter ahead. On top of this I would emphasize the importance of studying for exams a little every day. Practice is always beneficial , and this holds valid in an academic case as well. I wish that someone would have told me to look at further education in a different light, as this would have allowed me to have a more efficient transition. It would also allow me to put my hard work into a form that showed my passion for learning. If life allowed one to rewind time and advise a prior self, educational adventures would have more of a flow.

I would tell myself that I am not doing enaugh work. I would say that the amount of work I am being given at high school is nothing compared to college and that i do not have enaugh dicpline to go through college. I would alo say at the same time that I sould realley know what i want to do. before I go ahead and go through it. I need to realley make sure that the classes I sign up for are one that i want to do. One more thing. I sould alsway read the fineprint on CBC' wbesite.

Have you ever heard about those 4.0 students fresh out of high school that drop out of college because they forget to attend? If I could have given myself a lecture before my first two years of college it would have been very simple: Go to class and be a sponge. This is the best four years of your life if you listen to your teachers. Absorb all the knowledge they give before you get thrown into a world of chaos. They want you to succeed--that is what they are there for. Being a teacher is one of the most important jobs in the world and they deserve much more respect than they are given. It is our job as students to take the most pertinent information from each instructor and carry it with us into the real world. Right now we are in a struggling economy. It is up to the children in this world to get an education to build a foundation for our future generations.

If I has the chance to go back and give myself advice as a high school senior I would tell myself that there will be alot of challenges in college but no matter what I face the biggest and most important priority is school. Recently my dad was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor and it affected my studies because I have to assist my mom in caring for my dad as well as attend school and keep a job. It has been very tough on me and my family but my biggest motivation is obtaining my degree with hopes that my dad will see me graduate with my college diploma since I will be the first college graduate in my family.

In High School, I worked two jobs and went to school. My family never really had money growing up, so I learned to work hard for what I wanted. When I graduated, I didnt have a lot of money, so I joined the Navy. I just got out of the military last spring, and now I have a wife and three kids to take care of. I am making eduatation a priority. I should have made that desicion when I was a high school senior. Education is very important to me and I will be spending the next 3 years working hard to accomplish the things I want in school so I will be able to apply for medical school, which is my end goal. I took a small detour with the Navy and loved serving my country, but am happy to be dedicating the next 10 years of my life in acheiving my ultimate goal, becoming a doctor. Education is coming first in my life now, but I wish I had a chance to discover that years ago.

If I could go back to my senior year in High School, I would change nothing. My senior year was spent in Targu-Mures, Romania, as an International Rotary Youth Exchange Student. Every experience and sensation of living overseas for ten months taught me to a great extent the value of hard work and even harder times. I have been shaped into a young ambitious woman with many goals that I am ready to accomplish. Looking back, even at my ?mistakes?, I have learned by them and continue to learn from them. I could never regret anything I?ve done because of what I?ve done, where I?ve gone, and who has influenced me, has made me who I am today. As for advice, I would tell myself, ?Never give up. No matter how hard the times are, keep pushing forward. College won?t be easy, but nothing in this life worth having is easy to get, and makes the reward all the better at the end. Never give up.? I will pursue my education and push for my career so that I can be all that I can be and more. I will never give up.

Wow, if I could go back to when I was a senior in high school knowing what I know now I would tell myself to go for it. I was a great student all through school. I applied myself and was very well disciplined but then I made a few bad choices and I ended up pregant my senior year of high school. I always wanted to got to college but when I found out I was pregant and the father wanted nothing to do with me my main priority became raising my son and at the time I felt it would of been selfish to go to college. I am a great mother, wife, coworker, and caretaker but now its time to do something for myself that I wanted for along time. I don't feel this is a selfish decision because it will benefit my family. So if I could go back to when I was a senior knowing what I know now I would say "Melissa everything is going to be okay believe in yourself because great things are going to happen your are going to college. so

This question is a little difficult seeing I never attended highschool. I come from a large family; I am one of ten children. My parents couldn't afford to send us to a public school. As a result, I am homeschoolled and entered Running Start. Rather than take advantage of this program, I didn't appreciate the literally free education. Now that I am out of the two years that were provided for me, I'm having to pay tuition out of my own pocket. My advice to myself two years ago? Don't take education for granted.

I would tell myself to step up to the plate and take every oportunity that you can. There are so many great oportunities and offers out there and you need to experience it and embrace it. Dont let someone else take your dreams away from you. Do everything possible to fulfill your dreams so you can become successful.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a senior about going to college I would tell myself a few things. Mainly to stop being such a procrastinator by putting off things till the last minute or just not doing them because I didn?t know what to do. Also, to stop expecting someone to help me make the decisions in life I need to be making myself. Then go on to say that college isn?t easy and not to make the mistake of just jumping into a university like I did, since I know now that a community college is a better way to transition into college life. Lastly I would have to put much of the focus of the talk on not just choosing a major because my father did it, but because it is something I actually want to do and have a career in.