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If I could go back an talk to my self I would encourage my self to make a 10 year plan and set goals. The one thing I didn't have was a plan. I just kinda went with the flow. Now I realize that with out a plan its harder to accomplishh goals. And I would make steps and dead lines for accomplishing these goals.

Get to know as many people as possible.

I would give myself would be just to apply for any and every college, i was homeschooled in kuwait leading up to my graduation. when i moved back to the US i recieved my diploma but i was uninterested in school, my goals and objectives were sent on meeting people experiencing the high school graduate life. My father pushed and pushed for my sister and i to attend a community college just to keep us in school. I attended collin county community college for two semesters, i didn't so well, i was distracted between working, school, social life, etc. i needed to work on my time management more than anything else. Shortly after attending Collin College i attended Blinn College, a two year school with dorms. i took a Study skills class that semester, helped my out tremedously. i finsihed the semester with a 3.700, and a new attitude about College. i would simply explain in detail that the age range i was in, there was no better place for me to be than on a university campus. Everything i was involved in was right there! along with having an excited and welcoming academic work enviroment!

If I could go back and speak to the high school senior me, I would encourage myself to not give up. I would remind myself that I am still young and that I have so many opportunities available to myself if I just stick to it. I would advise myself to focus more on my college classes and to not get overwhelmed. I would look at examples of succussful people around me and know that I can reach those same goals if not more. I would persevere more!

I'm glad I waited. I am doing this because I WANT to do this so I am excelling, but it would be great to have some financial help.

Don't be afraid of taking chances. College is a place where there are more opportunities than you could ever imagine. Do things out of your comfort zone, attend informational meetings about organizations you've never heard of and never be afraid to say hello to someone new. You never know if that one hello will lead you to a whole new world of friends and experiences.

If I could go back in time, I would of worked a lot harder in high school so everything in college would be secured. I got good grades in high school despite my slow start, but I definitely could of done a lot better. I would of worked harder on getting more scholarships. I would of took more college classes available as well. In high school I definitely should of tooken more college tours. The first one of advice I would give to myself is to look for any and all scholarships. I also would of told myself to apply to more schools sooner. I also would of told myself to take the ACT more times than I did. I would of told my self to also take some college courses to knock some out already. Overall I would of just simply said to myself "work harder" so I could achieve a lot more.

The most important thing in life is to do what makes you happy, and that is what I would make sure I remembered when making my college decision. I picked my first college based off of pressure from my parents, even though I knew that I would not be happy attending the school that I picked. I wasted a semester, and a whole lot of money, going to college for someone elses happiness. If I could go back, I would tell myself that college is supposed to be the best four years of your life, so do what YOU want. No one else is going to school for you, so pick the school that you know you will be happy attending. You are putting in the time and effort, so why let someone elses opinion and judgements depict where you're going to spend the next four years? I would tell my high school self that my parents already had their chance, and they cant re-do their college life through you.

The best advice I think I could give to myself as a high school senior is to not want to grow up so fast. People tend to look forward to the future and forget to appreciate what is happening at the moment. Once those days are gone, you cannot get them back so enjoy them. When you are feeling down remember that things get better and, according to every adult you've ever met, you are in the midst of the greatest time of your life.

If I were able to go back in the past and talk to myself I would enlighten myself as much as possible. But in reality I know exactly what I would tell my "past" self. Which would be.... -Continue to complete highschool with good grades -Look for scholarship opprotunities because later things get very expensive. (Continue to stress this) -Layout which courses I should take in the future at my selcted university -Tell myself to avoid certain groups of people (Because of the obvious negativity caused by them in the future) -Look for internship opprounities in my selected major I would choose to give myself just these 5 pieces of information because just these 5 will set me up for success. Most people would tell their past self to do other things not related to school or try to cheat their way through it, but I belive that I can set myself up for success if I follow those 5 pieces of information I have created. Because I want to succeed and I honestly want to have the opprounity to do great things for myslef and for my community.