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When I was a high school senior, I considered attending a community college to help save money financially while I finished the pre-requisites and core classes needed for my nursing major. I thought it would be easier financially and that I could transfer the credits to the University I wanted to attend. However, if I had known sooner, I would have directly attended the University as a freshmen to complete my core classes there so that I may finish earlier. The University I am attending now allowed the students into the Nursing School by how many home university credits they have as the tier system. Because of this tier system, I had to take other classes to increase the amoutn of credits I had at the University after transferring into the school. I would tell myself the transition into this University would have been as easy as transitioning to a community college as this university offers small class sizes as well.

Making the transition is easy; although you have to be smart when managing your time. The first week is the busiest so coordinate with your roomate (if you have one) what each of you will bring. You can start learning people's names and where they're from during this busy moving in process. Your going to meets lots of different people. Don't be scared of going out of your room and meeting everyone. They're just as scared as you are when starting college. Keep a good attitude and you'll do fine. If you're scared of going outside, you should keep your door open so people can drop in and say hi. The key thing right now in high school is to work as hard as you can. I think high school is tougher than college because you have less free time in high school. Get as much scholarships as you can so you don't have to waste your own money. It's important to have money in college. Also, keep your grades up! This is the most important thing because then you'll have an easier time not having to worry about money.

Unlike high school college requires the use of real people to succeed in. You can't just look everything up on wikipedia or google, cause the answers are not there. The people you meet and how you interact with them will be the most important thing you will take from your school, because college is not just working to get that peice of paper at the end. That peice of paper will mean nothing if you have nowhere to go after that, moving back home is moving backward. You need to come out of your shell, meet people, try new things, join clubs and groups, learn how to interact with people. You will learn more from the people around you than you will from any teacher, teachers are there to guide you and help you with the fact but the people around you are the next group of leaders in this world. Everytime that voice in your head questions you cause you might look foolish ask yourself how all these people got hear, do it put yourself out there.

Being able to go back in time to talk to myself as a senior would help me out alot. There were alot of things I was not yet prepared for. One of the things I wasn't prepared for completly was applying for scholarships. I would have to tell myself that good grades aren't enough, and I would talk myself into joining more clubs. I would also warn myself about the other hidden costs of college life, such as groceries,shampoo, soap and other things I didn't think about or save up for. However, the one thing I would've warned my highschool self about is, never wash colorful towels with your laundry, it will turn all your whites multicolors, and not in the cool tie-dye kind of way.

If I were to go back in time as a high school senior, I would tell myself to fill out a lot of scholarships no matter what. Also to study very hard and balance your work. Filling out more scholarships is a main thing for me as a college student because I can't afford the money for my tuition and books. So the more scholarships I apply for, wheather I've been awarded or not, it will benefit towards my college tuition and expenses. It's not easy to just get money out of your own pocket by yourself or your parents. In high school, I was the typical student that played sports and didn't do much studying. So my advice then was to practice or get the habit of reading more and studying because it will help during the transition towards college. If you don't study the materials, your more likely to fail. Thus of course if your a genius. But in the end your capable of having to get a good passing grade with all the hard work and effort.

Alex, time management is key in maintaining your grades and stress level in college. Do everything ahead of time, that way you always have time to do other things. Secondly, even though you aren?t too sure what to major in right now, it isn?t something to worry about just yet. Take your general education requirements and your major will come to you in time. Thirdly, make sure you request off from work the day before every exam, that way you have ample time to study. If you?re having a hard time in any class, don?t hesitate to get tutoring. If you wait till the last minute, it may be too late or you will be overloaded with material you don?t understand. Study groups are good way to learn as well. Other students may know the answers to your questions, and you may know the answers to theirs. Lastly, you are going to meet a lot of new people. Being cautious of who you trust will save you a lot of heartache. Other than that HAVE SOME FUN and BE SAFE!

College is a very important step in life. It provides the foundation for students' dreams and career desires. It is also essential that students get the proper education to pursue their career choice. If I could go back in time to talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to look at specific professors once I selected a college to attend. To me, that's what makes college easy and fun when learning. I would tell myself to take classes according to the professors rather than by how easy the class sounds or how little of a workload there is. Once in college, I would say that it is important to see your professor for help if you are ever stuck because they are always willing to help. First semester, I took two hard classes. What I thought would suck every day, those classes turned out to be fun for me because of the professors. I found myself learning something interesting every day. The material that I learned in those classes is information that will stay with me forever unlike my easy-going classes. Choosing professor over simplicity will be the best decision of your life.

If I was granted the oppertunity to recede to the past I would give myself one vital piece of information: START EARNING COLLEGE CREDITS NOW! To earn a Bachelor's Degree at Hawai'i Pacific University I need to complete 124 credits. If I knew then the demand and amount of classes I needed to take I would have quickly enrolled in a college back home and earn my general education credits sooner. Besides that, I believe I paced myself well for the transition to a college that was nearly 6,000 miles away from home, I simply reminded myself why I was here and what I needed to do.

Assuming I could go back in time, talk to myself as a high school senior, and knowing what I know now about college life the advice I would give myself is to be honest with myself and think about what I really want to pursue. I would ask myself, if money wasn't a factor in my life, what would I like to become? What would I like to learn more about? What interests me? Cherish each and every moment of life, because you never know what will happen in the future. Love life. Love yourself. Love Others. Do your best; do your very best; and do it everyday. Last but not least, smile sunshine. :)

The advise I would give my self if I could go back would be to stay at home and take general classes there for the first year and then transfer to HPU. It would save a lot of money not just from tuition and houseing but also plane fares as well. Taking classes at a coummunity college close to home would give me the oppatunity to get the general classes done in my first year and then when I transfered I could go right into my major requiements instead of wasting time and money taking them here. I would also keep me on track so i could graduate with my undergraduats with in four years instead of haveing to go an extra year.