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Having the knowledge and experience about a univesity, keeping up with the work, is one of the most important advice I would give myself. University and high school are totally different when it comes to makeup work and deadlines. In high school, teachers are usually very lenient if students turns in a paper, a project or a homework one day late, however, in a university if a paper is due on a certain date before midnight then students are required to turn the paper before the deadline. However, if a student submits a paper one minute late, professor don?t accept the paper and consequently, student receives an ?F.? Balancing between the classes, work and fun, is a key factor of being successful in a university. Most of the times, in high school, students think that they can party all they want and still keep up with their classes and work. In high school, it easy to get the make up work from teachers, however, in a university, professors don?t give make up work and attendance is really important. It is important to make a transition from being a teenager to a mature adult when entering into a university.

Experiencing the college life is just as important to your academic integrity. Many high school students graduate witht the idea that, the road to success in college is graduating with honors. I also had the same notion; nothing matters as much as my grades. Though this is true, it is alos important to have a good time. So far, I have been work, work, work and no play. On the other hand you have those that are, party,party, party. This is not ideal either, but getting involved and meeting new people, maybe even joining a club is. College is a completely different atmosphere than high school, and though many of us don't want to lose ground it is important that we remember that it is not always the destination, but the journey in getting there.

I am a quiet, shy person. Though when the time comes to speak I will, this makes for what people believe to be a boring (maybe even unapproachable) individual which I know I'm not. I like volunteering and being around other people, helping others, and having fun with others. Though smoking and drinking are certainly not on my to-do list (such things won't get in the way of my life let alone my education) I am someone who should get out and meet interesting people and travel to different places and experience new things. I would tell my high school self, to make my world a little bigger and open up to other people I would say that street smarts are just as crucial as book smarts and being able to converse with others without stuttering or rambling will let you learn much more about the world. College life is possibly the last point in your life where you are constantly together with people who are not generally of the same mind as yourself. In the future programmers will be with programmers and artists will be with artists, students are as diverse as the world's colors.

I would tell myself to learn to manage time, and to manage money. To go to school full time and not waste time, to avoid debt, and to graduate sooner.

Pick a school that has the academic area you are looking for, it will mean the most in the next few years!

Nothing really the college transition for me was really easy and I was able to do the work and get it done without any problems!

research schools more, take it motre seriously, get advice, get the best gradfes i could, and get involved with school activities

If I could go back and talk with myself as a high school senior the main piece of advice that I would give myself would be to relax a little! I was always so concerned with trying to build the biggest and fullest transcript and resume that I could. At the end of the night I would find myself exhausted and now lookiong back on all of the activities I did, i never really enjoyed them because when my plate was full I always wanted more. Now, two years later, I currently work at a counseling office and I came across a copy of my old high school resume and was disgusted. I had so many things on it that were for different organizations and projects. If it could speak my resume would say I was an extremely busy kid but, looking at it from a therapeutic standpoint I had to ask myself "When did this person relax and have a little fun?". That is what my advice would be to myself. I believe that a successful and bright individual doesn't need to have a ten-page resume. Just a healthy sense of curiosity and good personal/professional boundaries.

I would do better in my AP classes and pass the placement exams. Also pay more attention to learn the basis to everything because they are the building blocks for college. I would also encourage myself to be more social that way I can make more friends and have more fun while gaining my education.

One advice would be to avoid procrastination at all cost. I definitely learned that the hard way my freshman year, and honestly it is a habit of mine that I am still struggling with. Believe me, in college, time management is imperative. One more thing would be to come in with a mind set on the goals that I would want to achieve. Honestly being a fulltime student can be overwhelming especially when you are faced with life issues; it is very easy to get side tracked without ever realizing it thus by already setting your goals you will render your life easier. Thereafter, all you'll need is motivation to follow through. "I want to be a nurse, that's how I?ll go about it and I?ll make it"-- BAM, that's the spirit to have. When you come in to college and you are vague about what you want to do with your life, you'll find yourself quite dumbfounded because not only are you wasting your time, but you?re wasting money. Thus it?s best to come in optimistic and with well set goals.