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As a college student now, I would tell myself "don't sweat it, but stay serious." As a high school Senior, I was so worried about going to college and whether I would be "higher learning" material when the time came. I had always done well in high school academically, to get by that is, but I felt I was missing an important characteristc in my motivation to do better. I needed to achieve more for "the sake of exemplifying excellence." I had always wanted to be magnificent person in all of my endeavours, but oftens time I would just settle with the minimum "get by" requirements. This would haunt my senior experience, as I would apply to college right at the end of my Senior year. I had been too laxed and not a go getter like I should have been, but it seems even still my actions proved to give me a chance in life, by making it into DePual. I feel a renewed sense of accomplishment and strive to achieve. But if I had just done the simplest things such as applying when I had the chance, all would turn out fine. Always believe in your abilities.

If I had the chance to go back to my high school days, I would definitely tell myself to work harder on my home work; take more advanced classes; and for sure participate in more extra curriculum activities. I would also get a part time job and start saving up for college and gain experience because the main thing you need in life is experience. I would work harder in school to get scholarships when i graduate from High School to have some money ready for college and study really hard to increase my knowledge in academics. Most importantly I will be active in my neighborhood and help out in my school in being more productive. If I could go back this is what I'll do to get me prepared for college.

If I could go back to my days as a high school senior, I would tell myself what college is really like. I would let myself know how much studying needs to be done and what kind of commitments need to be made in order to successfully make it through college. If I were able to better my study habits as a high school student, then many things in college would come a little bit easier for me now. But, most of all, I would tell myself how lucky I am to be able to go to college. If it were not for moving in with my grandparents the summer after my father died, I would most likely not even have earned a G.E.D. Going to college was not something that I had even imagined before that time, but now it is a reality and I have absolutely no regrets about where I am attending college or what I plan to do with my life. I cannot wait to finish college and get into the teaching world to be able to help children learn and help them achieve their goals in every way possibe.

Don't base your college decision choice off of what your friends or girlfriends/boyfriends or parents want. Think about what YOU want- do you want to be in a sorority/fraturnity? Do you want to go football games? Do you want to be close to home? Do you want large classrooms or smaller ones? Do you want to have close connections with your professors? Do you want to live in a big city or a on a large campus in the middle of no where? Don't choose a college based off of what sounds and looks good, go deeper than that and make the choices that will ultimately make you happy. You're going to be spending the next four years wherever this decision takes you, so you want to make sure you know what you want. Make a list of what is important to you, what you're looking for in a college, and then narrow down your choices based off of this list. You may end up at a school where none of your friends went, but you will meet new people and end up having a great college expereince.

The one thing I would want to tell myself is that college is so much harder than highschool! I would tell myself I need to be prepared because there is not the same responsibilities. You now not only need to take care of yourself and your school work.

I would tell myself to visit more schools before making a choice and ultimately choose a college where you are more likely to get a job straight out of school. A school that supports an internship program is a great choice. The big and popular schools sometimes are not the best, choose a school that is rated highly in the area that you want to study.

If I would to go back to my high school days, I would definitely work harder on my home work; take more advanced math classes; take more science classes; take programming classes and for sure participate in more extra curriculum activities. I would also get a part time job and start saving for college and gain experience because the main thing you need in life is experience. I would work harder in school to get scholarships ready for college and study really hard to increase my chances and opportunities. Something that I always wanted to fix and now it?s affecting me in college is taking the classes much more serious. Now I have to repeat one of my classes and its costing me even more money. I would tell myself your dream of becoming a game developer is coming, and if you want it, then work even harder now! That?s what I would tell myself.

From an academic standpoint, I would tell myself to take advantage of the study skills that are emphasized, so when I attend college I am fully prepared. I would also tell myself that many people are going to try to pressure me to do things I may not want to do but to know who I am and what my priorities are in life to guide my decision making. Additionally, since diversity is such a strong charactersitic at DePaul University, I would tell myself to never change for other people and to be proud of who I am as a strong, intelligent, young woman.

I would tell myself to take full advantage of everything that college has to offer. Learn everything from the insightful professors, campus activities, and the professional programs and resources to make the most of your college experience as well as further prepare you for the life after collage.

I would tell myself to work a little harder to find and complete scholarships. When I applied for college both DePaul and my school nominated me for scholarship and grant money. As a high school graduate I became complacent thinking that this "easy money " would be the norm for my college career. I would also tell myself not to take five classes freshman year. It is doable, but it put alot of undue stress on me for that quarter and my GPA ended up dropping .2 points. Do not spend school refunds! When DePaul refunds me it's because I accepted to much loan money, if I had given that money back to my Subsidized Lender that would be one less loan for me to pay when I leave college. Finally I knew from the beginning that I wanted to go abroad "somewhere", so my last piece of advice would be to save all my pennies from my jobs and my parents to pay for the the thousand dollar plan ticket and to have spending money during my program. That way I wouldn't have to worry about sucking my parents dry.