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I would tell myself to buckle down and do my homework first, instead of doing it late at night. I would also tell myself to hang with the right kind of people and not get caught up with the kids that do drugs or drink a lot. Last but not least I would tell myself to use my money wisely and not go crazy with it since I'm not living at home.

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior knowing what I know now, theres so much advice I would give myself! I would tell myself to meet with my advisor and make a layout of classes that I was required to take and split them up evenly into 3 quarters over 4 years so that I would always know what class to take and the next step in the process. I would tell myself to stay focused, even though you do have an active social life, you still can be responsible for school work. I'd tell myself to learn to be constantly busy with working twenty hours a week, and doing school work. I'd tell myself to apply for financial aid early so that you can get the most money you need. I would tell myself that it isn't going to be easy, that you're going to have to work hard to make it but in the end it will be well worth it. Most of all I would tell myself to be surprised and to learn to just take everything day by day and see what becomes of it.

College starts in a few months and one thing you should remember is procrastination is your enemy. It didn't serve you well in high school and it will impact your success at OU. Also, it has a big effect on college financing and grades. Your past procrastination is limiting the scholarships you qualify for now. The good news is top grades in college will help change this. As with funding, classroom success is important too. Good grades require good study habits and procrastination should not be part of your study program. It may be more fun to party every night, play video games, or text and twitter your time away, but they will not get you the grades you want and need. Once you get your class schedule set study times and stick with them. And, depending on your subjects you may need to lengthen those times. Don't procrastinate. Do it the first week of classes. You are where you are today because of the choices you have made. Abraham Lincoln said, "You can't escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." Keep this in mind. Remember, procrastination is your enemy. Don't do it!

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would give myself advice about always keeping in mind what is important to me. In college, everyone gets exposed to new things, new people and new temptations. This makes it very difficult to concentrate on school work. All of us came to college to get a higher and better education; therefore if we get caught up in the unimportant things then our time in college could be cut short. Making a schedule of when to study and when to socialize is key to success in college. For every hour spent in class a student needs to spend two hours outside of class studying. If the student reads over materials everyday then when exam day arrives it will be easier to study because the student already knows about half of the material. I believe a proficient student studies approximately five days a week and uses the other two as days of relaxation. I consider this advice to be the key to victory in college versus high school.

I would tell myself many things to get ready for. Get ready to study. Get ready to spend your time wisely. Get ready to be free (but not always in a good way). Get ready to make decisions. Get ready to not have someone hold your hand. Get ready for the pressure. Get a job now and when you get to school. Exercise once you get to school (it releaves stress). Get involved in high school (it looks good on applications). Get ready for it all. I would tell myself to apply for as many scholarships and grants as possible and to apply to as many schools as possible. The more things you apply for, the more choices you will have when it comes time. Overall, I would tell myself do everything I didn't do. Prepare!

If I could go back in time to talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to work harder in school. There is a tendency as a senior to slack off but those grades count in college ( if you take AP classes) for credit and can help you out greatly when you try to add a major for example. I think I would tell myself to relax about the transition more. I was very anxious to go to school and have to leave home for the first time. I made it a much bigger deal than it had to be and soon enough I met friends.

I first started out attending Ashland University for Education. I have always wanted to work in the schools I just wasn?t sure exactly what part. As my first semester progressed I realized math really wasn?t what I wanted to do every day! I looked at my options within the small private school and found nothing interested me. I ended up transferring to Ohio University where I am studying to be a Speech and Language Pathologist. There are many things I wish I could go back and tell myself. But the biggest thing is I wish I would have looked into bigger schools in the first place! I was so intimidated by a lecture hall I tried to find the smallest class size available. I now know that lecture halls really aren?t that bad at all! Bigger schools are great for people who aren?t 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} sure of what they want to do. College in general is a huge transition for anyone and you can't live on regret. I'm greatful for the experiences I went through in both places.

I have actually been thinking about this question very often over the past year. I would go back and tell myself, and anyone else who is a high school senior to spend very little money, work as much as possible, and to save every last cent! As an undergrad, half-way through my Sophomore year, I am really struggling to pay for college. I am paying for everything on my own. I have found myself feeling very helpless because everytime I make a monthly payment I ask myself, "how am I ever going to get enough money for the next month?" My parents got a divorce over a year ago and things have been going even more downhill since then. They are both bankrupt, which means that I have no co-signer for loans that I desperately need. When I am home for break I work two, sometimes three jobs and luckily last quarter I got a job at the rec center here, unfortunately only making minimum wage though. I am honestly scared about not being able to finish this year off with no loan coming my way anytime soon. Hopefully something will turn around for the better soon!

If I could go back to the beginning of my senior year, with my knowledge that I have accumulated here at Ohio University, I would tell myself to read as many books as I could and pay closer attention to my english class. My first quarter at OU woke me up more than I could have imagined. Two weeks into the quarter, we had a paper due that included a summary and I was not aware of what a summary was and bombed my first paper. If I would have paid closer attention my senior year, perhaps I would have got an A. I slowly made my way up in the class, but it was unbelievably difficult and it was hard to break into a new work ethic. It's so easy to procrastinate. I definitely would tell myself to get an organizer and start working on being timely. These things could have drastically helped me going into college.

know you think you're totally prepared, but there's a little more to it than just schoolwork. Yes, you need to find a great balance between schoolwork and social life, but there's more to it than just that. Get ready to experience the glory of a Dining Hall. This will be like your best friend in college. Not only will you be getting food that you can't make in your dorm room (which is limited to Easy-Mac and popcorn) but you will also be sharing meals with friends that you are soon to meet and will have for a lifetime. And laundry? What's that you ask? Well, unless you plan to drive your laundry basket home to mother, you will be learning how to do it; it's not as hard as some people will make it out to be. You will come home for the holidays and cherish a home-cooked meal and being around your family that you just couldn't wait to go to college to get away from. Don't get too worried about college though, if you go in with a good attitude and priorities, you'll be just fine.