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As a high school senior I was just ready to get out of my situation, but I wasn't preparing for the future in every way that I could. I am pretty happy with how I spent my time, but I could have benefitted from getting some experience in the work field. There are so many valuable lessons you gain from the responsibility of a job. I am a nanny now and I can't beleive how much I have grown as a person just because of my occupation. I am very appreciative of the funds I am now making but wish I had started back in high school. Even if it was just more effort put into scholarship applications. Also, I woud have tried to be more invovled in school. I was on leadership and a part of three choirs, but I had time to play sports and I could have done more in my surrounding community. I was heavily involved with my church, but there is never too much community and leadership that you can be invovled with.

Choose not to stress about school work. If you instead invest the time and energy into being proactive and preparing assignments and studies before the deadline, in the long run you will be a happier, healthier, higher GPA student. Also Ignore the students who say they do best when at the last minute they have to stress and throw out a small time investment on an assignment. If you do the assignment before the deadline I guarantee you will receive a better grade, as well as be able to enjoy at least half of a night's sleep, without the stress headache. College is a time when you learn to take care of yourself as a whole person. You realize your needs physically, mentally, emotionally, relationally and spiritually. Prioritize caring for yourself. You have value as a human being created in a loving God's image. Last but quite important, enjoy this time. It is a season in life when you have the opportunity to learn knowledge you actually desire to learn. I believe I learned more academically my first semester of college than I did all 4 years of high school, becuase I desired this knowledge as a person.

Knowing what I know now about college life, I would tell my old high school self to first and for most, learn who you are. And once you know who you are, be yourself 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the time and don't ever change. So often we get wrapped up in everyday life and activities we forget to spend time with ourselves, and pamper ourselves every once in a while. It's so easy to lose sight of who you truly are. I would encourage my old self to not worry so much on the future because when we slow down we don't understand the process of what's happening and you're scared because you are proposed the question, "Who are you?" in which you cannot honestly answer. "Do not conform to the patterns of this world..." a verse from the bible saying be you, be proud to be you, and don't try to be anyone else.

Have fun in college but always put your studies first.

I would tell the younger me to take your SAT/ACT test even if you don't plan on going to college immediately. Also, enjoy your senior year, participate in all of the senior activities and last year of high school sports. I was too rushed to just finish high school and finished a semester early to keep a job. I missed everything that happened before graduation. So much, that my senior yearbook has not one signature because I wasn't there! Enjoy the memories, make memories, and don't be rushed to be an adult.

Don't take that gap year, it turned into many because of your passion for people. Stay in school and stay focused on your goals. Don't worry about if there would be enough money for tuition: it is worth every dime borrowed. You are valuable enough and deserve the opportunity to do the things that you inspire you to learn how to give back to the world to make it a better place. Your thoughts and optinions are very valuable to society and really can make a difference. Keep the faith in yourself and your fellow human beings. Dreams become realities through hard work and perserveraince so keep dreaming because you have never been afraid of work and perserverance is like second nature to you. You have thrown more obsticles in your own way than any reality ever will and yours are overcomable. Therefore, your passion will pull you through anything you can think of as an obsticle and the world will be a better place with your degree because you can reach more people futher away, faster than without a degree.

I would tell myself to take school seriously. College is a lot different than high school. The classes are harder. Being a college athlete, I would tell myself to spend more time with professors on my school work that I have missed. Also, I would tell myself to apply for more scholarships and to save money.

If I were to go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior about college life and making the transition, the first thing I would tell myself is that it will take some time to get use to the change. I would tell myself that even though I will want to leave so badly and just go home the first few months things will get better. I would tell myself not to waste so much of my time crying over being so homesick. I would tell myself to go to the events offered, and to meet the people around you sooner rather than later. I would tell myself that everything will work out, and that I made the right college choice.

College life is very intersting. It is the the important place where you can get good knowledge. In order to enter college, you have to do many things. You are expected to study hard. Besides this, you are also expected to adjust your studying as well as learning styles. This helps you to have good grades and satisfaction with your performance. The other important thing you have to consider is the management of time. After completing high school, you may be involved in some other jobs to meet your financial need. This may reduce your time for study; but if you have good schedule for both your education and job, it will not be as such hard. You have also think about the extracurricular activities. These activities play a great role in strengthning your skills in a variety of acadmic tasks. In addition, involving in voluntary and social works also prepare you for your future career and develops your knowledge well. I also advise you to find out your interests and talents. This makes your academic path very easy and you will not be confused in selecting your major. Finally, try to have good discipline and ethics.

I would convince myself to save up my money. I wasn't careless with my money in high school, but I sure didn't save it, so by the time I started going to college, I had none. I had a great job as a waitress, but I never accepted the extra hours given to me because I wanted to hang out with friends I don't even talk to any more. I didn't work hard enough to earn money, and now I'm literally living off starbucks gift cards from Christmas. I would have urged and advised myself to spend money on the things you need at the moment, (which, considering I was living in my parents house and not having to pay for meals, I didn't really need anything other than gasoline for my car and books for school). Saving money isn't just a smart thing to do now, it's critical.