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The advice I would give myself is to keep my head up and know that I can do anything and no one can tell me how to run my life. I control my disitions and what it is I want to do in the future. Keep looking to God and let him lead you. He knows your path and will guide all the way. Make sure that every thing you do in school, do i to the fullest.

One of the most important things I would tell myself as a senior is to stay focused on my school work. Also, to save up as much money as possible and become financially aware. While playing a varsity sport it becomes hard to balance schoolwork and practice. Time management is vital as a college student because no one is there to push me to do homework and study. It is my responsibility as a young adult to set up a schedule that enables me to succeed in college. It is also very important, as a out-of-state student, to prepare myself for the responsibilities of living on my own.

If I were to go back in time there are three things I would tell myself. First, I would tell myself to not settle. I should not have settled and just went to any school that would take me my first semester, it did not end well. Secondly, I would tell myself to not wait so long to start on scholarships and to not stop applying. As of right now I am over $16,000 in debt, and it is only my first year of college. Finally, I would tell myself to work as hard as I can. I began to slack off last year and did not do as well as I could have. That attitude followed me my first semester and I didn't do that well.

The advice I would give to myself would be involving study habits, and participation. Before I started college, I had TERRIBLE study habits. However, I'm in the nursing program, and if you don't study, you fail. I learned this the hard way, in the beginning of the semester, I didn't study at all. I didn't get very good grades, and couldn't understand why. By the end of the semester, I realized what was wrong, and got my grades up, and also my study habits. I also wish I had known to participate in more extra-curricular activities, I would have met so many more people, and just gotten out there. I wish I could have told myself these things before I started college, it would have helped out quite a lot.

As a senior in college, if there were any advice that I could give to a high schooler, it would be that nothing is more important in college than time management. With the freedom that comes with college, you are left with a choice to either study and go to your classes or not. No one will make you go. Some teachers won't even take attendance. It's completely up to you as the student to manage your time wisely in order to get through college. Take note now of your studying skills. Learn what works for you. Plan accordingly so that you're not stuck craming at 4am for a test at 8am. Study as you go along so you're not overwhelmed the night before an exam. By time managing, you will save yourself stressing over things that you could have avoided. You will get more sleep and have more energy to focus on what's at hand. Those who can maintain a good balance of school and fun will succeed. It is possible to go to college and still have fun. Start now by managing your time.

Highschool may seem like a big social event. However, college is a more serious step of life. It is during college that you begin your journey to a career. Sure, having fun is important, but your future is valuable. Life is difficult and no one wants to be stuck in tough situations. However, if you work hard to succeed, your future will be bright. Do not feel like you can give up as you end your highschool career. Keep your priorities straight and keep your goals in mind. You can succeed.

First of all I would tell myself to work at becoming more self reliant. My parents were very helpful to me with my high school studies and keeping me on track and organized. Going away to college is just that... going away. You no longer have parents keeping tabs on you every day. Secondly I would tell myself to work at being more outgoing. In high school you have a core of friends that you have been together with for many years. Going away to college, those friends will be left behind and you will have to set about making new friends... and that ability to easily make new friends will be important. Lastly I would tell myself to become more disciplined with my eating habits. At home it is easier to control what you eat as mealtimes are more structured. In college there are so many choices to eat on campus and off campus as well as keeping food in the dorm room that it is easy to gain weight.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to spend wisely. I went on shopping sprees with every single paycheck that I received and now I have to take out many loans to attend college. Now that I look back on my life, I feel that if I would have saved more of my money, my college experience would have been more enjoyable because I would not have had to worry as much about the financial aspect of college. I also wish I would have known to follow my heart and not what my parents had wanted me to do. My first year of college I went to a college that my parents had chosen, and I was not happy there. However, my sophomore year I decided to make myself happy and went to a school that I would enjoy. That was probably one of the best decisions of my life. My advice to high school seniors is to follow your heart and spend your money wisely.

One piece of advice that I could have used is to try my best and use all the help available in every class and not just my major courses. Because of the required GPA needed in my major, I need to try my best in every class and not just those my major requires. Not only will this advice help me get into my major but it will help me to better prepare for studying in the future. By beginning to work hard in my general classes early, I will be even more prepared to begin course work for athletic training. Not only would this advice have helped me on school work but it would also help further in life during in every day life and my career. I realize now that not everything is gonna be straight from the book and straight from what I focused my life on. I need to focus on learning everything I can in order to become well rounded and succeed in whatever I do whether it involves my career or something else.

Take the time to get to know everyone in your dorm hall and classes. It's the friends you make in college that will get you through life's hardest times.