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Start developing a good study habit and instead of having fun pay attention to Christ's leading in your life.

If I could go back in time to give my high school self advice about college, I would tell myself that grades are not everything, friendships are. All through high school, I was super focused on being the best in my class with the highest grades in every class. This mindset carried with me through my senior year to my first year of college. Needless to say, in high school and in the first year of college I was extremely stressed out. Throughout my next two years of college, I realized that grades are not everything. Although they are important and should be a main focus of college (I mean that is why I am in college, to learn), relationships/friendships/acquaintanceships should be the most important things. The friendships you build in college will be long lasting, even eternal, whereas grades will just give you a temporarily great GPA and help you find good jobs after graduation. After college, no one really cares what kinds of grades you had or if you made 95{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} on your final English exam. The friendships you develop, however, will carry with you wherever you go in life, even if you live worlds apart.

If i could go back into time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would deffently tell myself that Military was not the option. Start focusing more on school. That you have chance of changing the repetation of your last name. The ablity to make something of your life when others did not see possible. Do not worry about the social life or yet find a way now to find that balance between the social life and academics. There is so much potential in you in becoming a man. Find what you need for yourself and not worry so much on others or what others think of yourself. You will be accepted and teachers will want the best for you and your future. Keep strong in your faith for which sometimes when things go for what seems to be the worst, you WILL find that God will help you through. Remember that you have an oppunity to be somebody and something and it all starts at the next level. Its up to you to make the tough chocies which life brings onto you. Money will be a issue but you will find a way through. God Bless.

study harder and have fun

First and foremost I would tell myself that going away to college will not fix any problems that I may have encountered at home. Secondly, I would say that just because I am going to a Christian college does not mean that my spirituality will increase for just being there. I will still struggle as I did at home, but the environment will aid me in my quest of being a strong Christian young woman. Thirdly, I need to be respectful and loving to each of my new friends at college because these people will be there during some of the most important years I will ever experience. Focusing on friends is the most important thing, I shouldn't worry about any boyfriends or possible interests. There will come a time that the perfect man will come, but I cannot focus on that alone when I arrive in a new place; always put friendships first. Lastly, I need to show much more appreciation for my parents because they sacrificed so much for me to be at Harding. They deserve the utmost respect and love from me, especially since I am so far from them.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior there would be two pieces of advice I would give myself. The first piece of advice would be to have fun while in college but to also keep up the grades. College doesn't and shouldn't be all work and no fun. This is a pivotal time in life and to not use it to make friends, volunteer in bigger capacities and to grow on your own would be a great mistake and one that would not benefit you in the slightest. College is a time to discover who you really are and who you are to become. The second piece of advice I would give myself would be to stay organized. With all the chances you will have in college to be active and participate in social clubs, service clubs, bands, choir, and many other activities it is way to easy to neglect your school work. To avoid falling behind, staying organized is the best skill to have in your college life. These pieces of advice would benefit me greatly if I could share them with myself as a high school senior.

Transition from high school to college is a major step in your life and it comes with a lot of responsibiliy and maturity. Your finally going to be on your own without your parents being there during your every move. In college you have a lot of responsibility as a young adult. You have to manage your own time without others doing it for you. You have to learn how to balance your responsibilities and set priorities. There will also be times where you face ethical and moral decisions that you have never faced before. Some of these include peer pressure to doing things like underage drinking, smoking and sex. During this new experience your going to meet a lot of new people who could also dictate you as well. That's why its very important that you surround yourself with positive people who actually came to learn to get a higher education to better there lives. If you surround yourself with negative people, they're only going to hold you back from doing what you got to do and that's being succcessful. Overall, college is a lively experience that can be good or bad depending on yourself.

Going back in time I would tell myself that college was going to be much more difficult that I previously expected. I would want to become more involved my freshman year. I would also chose my roommate more wisely than preciously before because it ended up not working out well. I would have brought more blankets for my bed because the room is cold especially before the heat is turned on. I would also tell myself that the laundry services for the lower classemen was not like home. I would tell myself that what I excpect college to be was true. I would love it!

Make sure you stay focused and study hard. Be determined to get your degree on time, and not be lazy or see during class. The downside of that is you pay the school more money that we don't have as poor college kids to keep retaking two, three, or four times. Get involved with social clubs or school activities to keep you busy, rather than not dong anything when all your studying is done. Believe me keeping up with your grades and work will get you far. And thank you to our survey participants from schools across the nation.

Don't be afraid of change. If you let go of your high school life and don't dwell on it then you will be better off. This is a completely new part of your life and you can be whoever you want. Be ready to pay for an education, the real world is harsh. If you don't care to study for once then your professors won't care to fail you. It will be tough but I promise you will get so much out of the college life. They say that High School is the best years of your life, but they are wrong. Even though you are paying to go to classes you may not like, or could care less about, you will still have your new friends. Don't be scared to take on the world, because college is your world to take. COLLEGE is the best years of your life, and the things that you learn and take from it will prepare you for the rest of your life and propell you into your career.