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Have some sense of direction and not to waste time

The advice I would give my high school self is to really take high school more serious, and study harder. I would tell myself to make school my #1 priority, and get good grades so that I would have been able to just go straight to a 4-year.

knowing what i know now, i would have convinced myself to continue with school after high school. not only that i would of focused more on the time i had in high school, thats where it began. if i would have just kept up in class i wouldnt have to do have of my senor year again. hey, you live and you learn. the time i spent working making money, could have been spent on my career, learning and graduating, maybe even getting double what i earn now. education is the key to jobs, money and a knowing of how to maintain health to prosper. if one is not educated, its like being able to speak but you dont, what good is it that u have a mouth if nothing productive is let out.

If I was a high school senior, my advice for myself would be is to apply for a scholarship and apply to a good college. Another advice would be is that if I apply to a college I have to get good grade and work hard and complete a four-year college and have my bachelor degree.

In high school I was a person who was independant and stubborn. Though, I feel these attributes are positive, sometimes they can be barriers. In high school, they served as a wall for me. I was an average student. But this stubbornness kept me from listening to the advice of counselors. I was determined to do things my way. And my way wasn't necessarily the right way. If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a senior, I would sit down and have a one-on-one conversation about the seriousness of a college education and my direction in life. If my high school self refused to listen, my older self would be persistant. I would also keep in constant contact with high school me and continually follow up. And though I've had many missteps in high school and early on in my college life, I would not change any decisions I've made in the past. Those decisions have led me to where I am today. And I am happy. I continue to be the independant and stubborn person of my younger years, just wiser in my decision making.

The advice that i could give myself is the journey of a college student is challenging, but worth it. College life is hectice, but you learn so much information that can help you decide who you want to be in the future. People who miss college, miss almost half of their life experiences. College gives you a new perspective of life and new opportunity to prove to society, to yourself what you can accomplish with determination. Also, if you struggle their is help in the campus you just have to be willing to look for it.

Do not stress yourself out about what university you will get accepted. There are plenty of oppurtunities even if they dont look so great on the outside. Don't feel ashamed if you are not admitted into a high ranked or prestigious school. Your education does not depend on the school that you attend but how you make the best out of the resources that you have. It is better to attend a two year college because it is almost the same as going to a university when it comes to getting your general education. It is also better because you save thousands each year which can become helpful in the future when you want to attend medical school. Don't give up when everything seems to be going wrong because eventually evrything becomes achievable and possible. Do your best and dont be afraid to show who you really are. Friends will come and go so dont feel like you are alone when you transfer because the other thousand students are going through the exact same thing.

I would start by saying reciving a degree and an education can be one of the greatest achievements ever, and will help you in the long run. There are many great possiblites out there and you need your education in order to succeed. Life dosent come easy and we are faced with hard times always and no one knows what will happen, which is why you want to be secure in life and set for all the obsticles life will bring you. Going to school and getting that education will help in so many ways its an experience that should not be passed life will only be easier for you having that degree and obtaining a job doing something you love and means a lot to you. In the end going to college is really the best thing to do if you want to succeed in life.

I would tell myself, "dont waste time, take eduaction seriously. It is very hard to get through college. Get good grades this way you can hopefully get a scholarship because it is vey hard to have to work to pay for your school and go to school at the same time. Your parents dont have much money to put you through school, but they will help you as best as they can. Dont you want to make your parents proud? Dont you want to help them financially one day? Well you need to stop fooling around and start fousing on what is important. You dont want to finish school at a late age. Focus so you can graduate young. You have the rest of your life to have fun and party but right now is buisiness time and you need to take care of it!"

Although I have always been socially confident, the fact that nobody in my family graduated from high school led me to think that I would become a construction worker like my father and older brother. However, one day, while riding home on the bus during my first semester in community college, I reflected on some encouraging words that my sociology professor offered me. Moments earlier, he said with touching confidence that I should join the honors program because I had ?a gift for observation? that was ?remarkable?. That night, as I watched my father and older brother walk into our home after a long day of laboring, covered in cement mix and wood chips, I saw something profound on my father?s face. His exhausted smile seemed to elicit within me a restless desire to do well in school. Since that memorable day, I have become an over achieving student earning a respectable G.P.A. as an honor student despite working 30 hrs a week and wrestling for two consecutive years. Therefore, if I could give myself advice as a high school senior, knowing what I know now, I would tell myself that college is a realistic possibility.