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I am lucky because I never got caught up in the partying aspect of college life. So that wasn't an issue. I did however have poor grades, lacked determination and focus and did not know that anything and everything is possible. If I could go back in time to when I was a high school senior, I would have told myself that I could do anything I am determinded to do. This is something I didn't hear that much growing up. If I had, it would have made a world of difference. I would have also told myself to get any extra help that I could to make sure I was a straight A student. Thanks to free university podcast, I am doing that now. I would have told myself that there is free money for school all I have to do is go look for it. I would make sure to tell my past self that I need to be focused to be successful in life. You see, the thing is my past self would have listened if I was told these things.

Dedicate at least 3 hours each day to studying, it will help your memory and make it easier on tests.

The advice I would give myself would have been to take a latin or a medical terminology class and to stick with the basic classes first. I would advice myself to take a medical terminology or latin class because it would have made my biology and chemistry classes easier to learn and understand. I would advice myself to stick to the basic classes first in order to get the hang of the college life at least for the first semester. And finally I would tell myself " In college you have different options you can either have fun, sleep alot, work and have bad grades , or you can still have fun, work , have good grades and not sleep , and finally you can not have a social life , work,sleep and have good grades. I would suggest the second option because no social life would stress you out to much and too much fun will affect your grade so get ready to not sleep alot and never sacrifice your grade for anything not your job and not your friends".

I began college as an early high school graduate. This transition was hard for me because I was alone since none of my family members had attended college before. It was really difficult being young without any idea of how I should start. I was afraid because I thought no person at college would be wanting to help since you were considered an adult. For this reason, I would advice my myself to use the resources the school provides without any fear. Once I began speaking up and asking for help, counselors started helping me on the process. It was truly a blessing to know there was people who were willing to assist me with this transition. Fortunately, I was able to learn the basics and know I am more informed of how the process goes. Now whenever someone asks me about something relating to school, I am able to tell them how it is done. Of course, if I don't know the answer to their question I ask. I believe this is the greatest advice I could give myself in college as learning to ask will ease college and possibly the rest of my life.

I would tell myself to buck down a lot more than what I was starting colleg and a little bit in high school. That if I would have studyed more there would have been more options for me know in the future. You can fool around a couple of times just to blow off some steam or to relevie some stress that college has put on to me. But the most importent thing in this time of ages is my school work.

Quit being stupid and realize how important school is. Being intelligent doesn't mean anything to anyone unless you are putting your intelligence to good use. You know your potential is way beyond what you are putting out, so do your best. There is so much that you did now know to consider, but the best thing you can do is get into a good university and become successful. Don't let yourself get lazy, or get distracted by money or girls. Education is way more important, and everything else you could ever want will come eventually. Hard work really is very important, and you need to apply yourself to everything you do (even if it is boring, annoying, or seems pointless). Every experience is valuable.

I would tell myself to apply for college. No one in my family ever went to college and I truely believed that I just couldnt go. In my mind, I made up every reason why I shouldn't go. I even got pregnant that last four months of my senior year. That sealed my decision not to apply or attend college. Almost 9 years has gone by since I graduated high school and I have regreted every bit of my decision not to go to college right after high school. Attending college gets harder as time goes by. You have more responsiblities and lose your memory of important things you learn in high school and you have to relearn in college. Nothing will stop me from finishing this time. I even plan to continue my education and aspire to double major and get my masters. So I would tell my 18 year old self that you are college material and you can start the new family tradition of attending college now.

Out of my college experiences i have learned to use my time wisely, how to work as a team with other students,and how to study better. It has been valuable to attend because all these skills that i have learned from my college experiences will help me out in the real world when i get my career.

The advice that i would give myself would be to definately get rid of any old highschool habbits because life would be taking a huge twist without a doubt.I would also say that it is time to grow up and show how mature i trully am.

If I could go back to when I was a senior, I would tell myself how hard the real world is. I would say that the most important thing to do while in high school is to focus on school. The more you can learn, the better you will succeed in the outside world. Life isn't just about having fun, it's about making something out of yourself, to be able to have everything. An education is so important because it will help to get better job opportunities and not have to work so hard once you go into the working world.