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It has been awhile since I was a HS senior. I would go back and tell myself that a big university isn't what I need. I tried a community college and then a state university that was way too big. The cost of the community college was great and the school I am at now makes it really easy to transsfer credits, so I may suggest that route, just based on cost. But if I could go anywhere I would go straight to Lourdes because looking back all the money I spent at the community college and state university, and time I spent finding what I wanted, I feel like some was wasted. Lourdes has everything, education worth the cost, great classmates, teachers , and opportunities for fun at the campus. If I had started my education at Lourdes, I would be done now, working in the field with a great job that I would feel completely qualified for.

Stay focused, the breaks will come. Study for everything and be prepared for class. keep work area neat. Study!

First of all, I would tell myself to take a career assesment. Now that I have graduated from high school and have attended college, I know how important it is for a high school senior to take a career assessment before they make a decision on what to major in. I took accounting at the high school level and I believed that I would enjoy a career in business. If I had it all over to do again, I would choose a career in the health industry. I would also advise myself not to get into the financial traps and pitfalls that are out there that most freshman students get into. I think that it is very important for freshman college students to take a personal finance/budget course before they fall into the financial trap that a lot of people find themselves in. I ruined my credit during my college years and never fully recovered financially. I would also advise a new freshman to pray regarding any decision that they make in their life, some decisions that we make in the moment can have a terrible impact on our lives in the future.

I would have told myself to take things more seriously. The mistakes you make in college really do affect you for life. When you are a fresman in college and you don't feel like going to class or going to a party instead of doing homework, those decisions will affect your GPA. Your GPA then suffers for the rest of your college experience. I just wish I would have taken a year off before college to get my slacking out of my system then. Now I am fighting to get my GPA to where it should be. Currently I have a 3.6 but it has taken me a lot of hardwork to get it there. If I would have just been more responsible and actually thought about how THIS IS THE REST OF YOUR LIFE! maybe I would have done better my first year of college.

i would definetly tell myself that this is the best time for me to achieve my destination. that no one else is going to do it for me. to remain focused and level headed. to not procrastinate and to give it my all no matter what happens. i probably would have rathered allowed myself time to process young adulthood more rather than to have jumped right back in school. and that no matter how long it takes i will get there.