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I would tell myself to do things like: get more involved in the thinks going on around me, spend all your extra time aplying for scholarships, and study for the ACT its important.

The advise that i would give myself and other highschool seniors would be to one, listen to your parents and teachers because they know a lot more than you about what it takes to make it through college. Two, be responsible when it comes to homework and class work because in college is easy to lose focus on what you really want to do with all the temptation of partying and doing stupid things that aren't going to get you anywhere. STAY FOCUS AND DO THE RIGHT THING!!

If I could go back in time and give myself one peice of advice on making the transition to college easier, I would encourage taking classes either online or at one of the South Dakota State Universities prior to graduation. Instead of taking easy classes to fill up my last semester of my senior year, I wish I would have challenged myself with something more useful. I think wasting your brain by not pursuing a knowlege gaining oppurtunity is robbing yourself. Coming to college with college credits gives you a head start and helps make the transition to college a lot smoother.

Attend college immediately following High School graduation. Work hard to obtain your undergraduate degree and move on to graduate studies. The better your education and degree obtained; the better you will prosper in your career and life itself.

"Holden, I need you to listen to me." I can imagine the bewilderment I would have felt, seeing a slightly bigger portrait of myself. "College, it's gonna be tough. Mom is going to love you and is so proud of you and how far you've come. but she won't be there much longer." I can see myself listening, intrigued. "When it happens, there wont be anything you can do but damn you need to be strong. The girls aren't gonna know what happened and they can't afford to have you fall by the wayside. Be a brother, love Mom to her last breath and never give up on yourself. I believe in you, I love you." "I did, I do."

If I could go back in time to high school and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself to be more social and outgoing. College is a different time in our lives and friends are very important when it comes to transitioning to a new part in our lives. If I would've been more outgoing it would've made it easier to make new friends in college and to talk to people. I am a shy person and this really affected me. If I would've been more social then it would just come naturally to me to make new friends and talk to them; I actually have to try and force myself to open up to new things.

Attending College after High school will be a advantage towards your career. You might not know what you want to go for yet but, you can take classes that are interesting and find out what it can lead to later on in life. Yes, I know you want to get out there and make money to provide for your family. Imagine how much more money you can make when you actually have a career. That degree will make it easier for you to find a job because your employer will see that you don't give up that easily. That you have that discipline in you and that you are focused not easily broken.

The advice I would give myself is to study and not panic about tests because if you study like you should you will do fine.

I would tell them that it is easy as long as you do all of the work and keep up on all of your assignments. You also need to know how to manage your time so you are on top of things and dont fall behing. I would also tell them that they should talk to everyone and make new friends. The friends you make in college will be your friends in the future and way down the road. They are always there to help you and you can make study groups with them so you make sure that all of you are on task and doing what you should be doing.

I would give myself the best advice I know. That advice would be to use your time wisely. I am in volleyball and we have to do study tables, so I would tell myself to start making study habits now, so when you get to college you won't get distracted as easily. I would also tell myself to get enough sleep. It's hard to keep up on sleep when you have classes and volleyball to balance, but getting sleep is a vital part of college. Studies have shown that if you do not get enough sleep your school work will lack the excellence that it could have.