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I would most likely tell myself not to get hung up on getting people to like you or accept you. I would tell myself, "You have something great that most people don't have and you shouldn't squander it away just because society treats you different."

There is a lot of things that I would tell my high school self. The first thing I would tell myself would be to retake Pre-Calculus and look into dual enrollment and taking Calculus I while in my senior year in high school. I would also tell myself to try a little bit harder in my Freshman and Sophomore years; do not settle for C's in classes that are harder. Another bit of advise I would give myself would be to take advantage of the AP classes available and take harder and more advanced courses. Those courses would help me later in life when I'm attending college.

I would tell my high school self to put more effort into education, not socialization. In your senior year, everyone thinks that college is just a chance to be an adult and be free. It is, partially, but what you do in college will follow you for the rest of your life. I tell seniors in high school this all the time: there is a balance between fun and school, you need to find it. Partying all night is ok, as long as you pass that history exam you have on Monday. That is the key to having balance in college. If you start in high school, the transition becomes easier.

I would tell myself to take the ACT multiple times, apply for as many scholarships and grants as possible, and do not give up on your dream of becoming a nurse.

I would tell myself to get ready for the real world and make the best decisions you can make in life. Learn that anything worth having is worth fighting for. Also that when times get hard, that's the best time to appreciate yourself as a person and work through those problems to become a better person.

The first thing I might tell myself, is to have confidence in myself. I would tell myself how easy college is going and how much I am loving my classes. I would let myself know that I am capable of making honors classes and achieving a 4.0 GPA and to shoot for the stars! College is not as scary as I thought. I would also tell myself to be bold and go get the things I want to have out of life. Life is great and worth putting forth the extra effort to go above and beyond my comfort zone!

If i could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to look into the scholarships better. I would also tell myself to try out at the colleges that I had the chances to try out for. Another thing i would tell myself is to broaden my search, go outside the state and choose something different. If i didn't slack back then, I would have gone of to somewhere big, so i would love to tell myself to actually put forth the effort to make something better of my life. If i could go back, my present would be different and i would be recieving a better education at a university.

I would tell myself not to give up on hard classes. College has taught me that presistence and deadication alon is the only way to achieve the classes that I take. I wish I had taken harder than normal classes in high school in order to prepare for my college classes. High school students are sometimes intemidated by classes that are socially deamed hard and therefore do not take them. Take at least one hard math like Trig that way depending on what classes you take in college you would have an edge on what the class is all about.

I wish for this opportunity every day. If i could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school, I would tell myself to start off at my current community college instead of starting off at an university. I made the mistake, as a high school senior, to attend the University of Southern Mississippi my freshman year of college. I ended up transferring down to a community college at the end of the fall semester. If I could go back, I would push myself to applying for more scholarships. There's plenty of free money out there, I doubted myself as a senior that I would not be rewarded for those scholarships. Now I know it doesn't hurt to try. If I had the chance, I would've started off at a community college, applied for more scholarships, and saved a bunch of money.

I never made it as a high school senior. After 10th grade I dropped out and got a job. Within the next 2 years after that however, I went back to school and got my GED. If I could go back in time, I would tell myself not to give up. That the things that seem so important and worth quitting over then will soon pass. I would tell myself that nothing is worth losing my education for. I would explain that one day I am going to apire to become a doctor and it will be hard but to not give up that I can make it. I would tell myself that it's okay to believe in myself because the limits I thought I had are in reality so much further and in fact I will never even realize just how far my limits reach. Last but not least, I would tell myself not to be so nervous on that first day... come to find out, people are nicer than you might realize. :)