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The advice I would give myself as a high school senior is to keep my grades up and study more. I would also tell myself that take your papers serious because you have to write a lot more in college. There is a lot more work in college then in high school.

Hello John, yes it's you! Listen, you're doing a great job taking all these AP classes, but dont go into university next year thinking you are all that and can do the "college work." You will struggle, and doing things by yourself just won't cut it anymore. Open up, join some study groups, get mentally and physically strong and you will be able to tackle this like you will getting over the death of your parents. Remember, our parents are extremely proud of us for doing so well, and although I cannot tell you when tragedy will strike; "all the while thinking in my mind, 2 loving family members will pass in a very short time, and that mental strongness will be needed then more than ever." Alright, I've taken enough time, that statistics book is starting to turn green and you are slowly falling asleep as I ramble. Talk to you soon John, I'm always here in your mind because I, am you.

I know you don't know what career you want to pursue now, but I am you in the future and I know exactly what you want. You want to be a firefighter and improve upon public safety. Move up to San Luis Obispo asap, you'll love it there. Go to Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria (Santa Maria sucks, but the community college is great) and take out loans/ apply for financial aid, you're gonna need it. Make a detailed plan of classes needed for getting Associates degrees in Fire, EMS, and Psychology while getting your transfer requirements done. All of these have a lot of classes in common, so they won't take to long. Try to make a time frame of less than three years for Community College and work on an ambulance if possible. Next transfer to Cal Poly SLO, Major in Psychology, travel abroad and learn spanish. Once you're B.S. is complete get Paramedic licensed and get your MPA. By this time you should have a job, be moving up in the fire department and have gotten there years earlier than me. Be open to new things and have fun!

I would let myself know that college is not so bad. I should do everything I can in high school that will better myself for my future. Also, i would tell myself to ask more questions, dont be afraid. I would have rather I know too much then not enough. College is a place where im going to prepare myself for my future. I would also say, its okay if you want to go to a 2 year communtiy college so you can discover what you want to do in life. Its okay to sometimes be unsure, life will eventually fall into it's place.

If I could go back to talk to my self in high school, I would tell my self not to worry about the future so much because it always works out for the best. Something that I have learned that my past self didn't know is that all the really great things in life take time but with enough patience and dedication; you will be able to do and ahieve anything. also, I would like to tall my past self to enjoy life every moment of the high school experiance because it wont come again and to trust myself thats the most important advice I could give myself becasue without that becoming successful becomes a lot harder. Overall, with all the advice that I could give I don't think I would becasue I am quiet happy with the way things turned out. I wouldn't be the person I am today without learning from those mistakes and growing from them.

If i could go back in time to be a high school senior i would give myself different advice. I would for one tell myself to put in for all of the scholarships that i possibly could. Scholarships are really important and back in highschool i did not realize it. I also would tell myself to start saving oney for college back then. Another type of advice i would tell myself would be to know what i really want to do before i start college and know what my major is about and put my whole heart and soul into it. I would say to really loook at your future and plan it out so you do not have to do it when you are graduating and have a ton of loans to pay back. That is what i would tell myself if i got to go back in time to my senior year.

figure out what you want to do before you waste time and money on school

You should try harder in school because you will want to transfer from Holyoke Community College. Going to school close to home is cheap, but it isn't exactly ideal. You're the type of person who likes to meet new people. You should try to get your grades up in the first year so that you can transfer and meet other people. There's other things to concern yourself with in college, for example your grades, but if your uncomfortable with your setting, you probably won't want to be there or try hard.

I would tell myself that grades are not just letters, they determine your future, and what options you have. I would tell myself not to give up or get discouraged, that I should try and put as much effort into school as I possibly can. I would also tell myself to visit colleges and make sure that I knew what all of my options were before choosing. I would have told myself that the social scene in high school is only temporary, that once your in college things will be different, to focus more on school work, because the social scene won't follow you after graduation, but your GPA will.

First of all, I would tell myself that everyone needs some time management training before entering college. There is no way around it and even if you think you are prepared, you are not. Along those lines, remember to pace yourself. Do not leave everything till the last minute nor take on too many classes, activities, jobs, etc. Overdoing things can really hamper your grades and life in general, though you do not want to do too little because you will not be prepared when you graduate college. Additionally, in college the teachers will help you if necessary but it is the responsibility of the student to let them know if there is trouble with something, just as doing the work and showing up to class is the student's responsibility. If you do not have any drive to be in school then you will not succeed because too much responsibility is placed on yourself, and essentially you will be wasting your money. You do not need to know what you want to do with your life (a lot of students do not know either and some that do will change their major later on), however you do need drive.