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If I would ever go back in time I would tell myself many things that are important to know when attending a university. First of all apply for scholarships owing money and having large loans is not easy on the budget and on oneself. Time management is very important when you have a hectic schedule and need to make time for studying. Learn what your best study habits are because they will come in handy for your exams. Set some goals! Setting goals will help you stay motivated and not to give up, even if you do have economic problems. Stay healthy, exercising and having good eating habits will help you have more energy and help you manage with stress. Ask questions! If you do not understand something or need some help, don't be afraid to ask because there are no dumb questions and everyone is willing to help you along the way. Give it your 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} because in the end you know that it was worth it.

I would tell myself to not give up when classes get overwhelming. Things can get stressfull, sometimes you just need to breathe and take a break. Also, be sure in what you want to do but don't let it limit you. Be confident in yourself, you'll be fine.

If i could go back and talk to myself during my senior year i would say, do your best and focus on the major needs to enter college. College life is nothing like high school, you have to apply yourself and much as you can and you have to want to be there.

I would tell myself to get out there. Do everything that looks like fun. Don't take life so seriously and to step out of the box. College is ment to be fun and exciting. If you stay your high school self then you wont get to know all the fun and cool people that are out in the world. Put your self out there and don't be afraid to make decisions. If they are wrong you will learn from them, if they are right... yay you! Just be your self and enjoy everything that comes your way.

Remember who you are in this very moment. I read once that "our true selves lie in who we were in high school"; now, as I face my 40th birthday, I see that too be true. Hold on to your passion...hold on to your dreams...don't let yourself be the little fish that drowns in the big pond. College will try to diminish you. There will always be someone better looking, smarter, more talented, more...more...more... Don't allow that to make you "less". Don't let yourself be defined by the number on the scale, the Greek letters on your chest, or the numbers on your transcript. Hang on to that brazen teenager who had the world by the tail and was ten feet tall and bullet-proof. Travel. Learn a dead language. Try out for a student play. Date someone your parents hate. Make lots of mistakes but never regret them, for it is far better to have remorse than regret. Hang on to your high school yearbook and stay in touch with those friends. Years from now when you feel lost, they are the compass that will guide you home.

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself to study hard because everything I would be learning that year would be applicable to the classes I would be taking throughout college. I would also tell myself that working as hard as I was in my advanced placement classes would be well worth it because I got a lot of college credit from those classes. Advanced placement classes were very much worth the work in high school. I would also tell myself to not stress over class sizes or the amount of personal help I would receive. There are plenty of services available to help students succeed and even the large classes usually have a smaller recitation class for more personal help. I would tell myself that college isn?t as scary and different from high school as everyone makes it out to be as long as you can keep up good study habits.

If I could go back to senior year of high school and give myself or anyone else one piece of advice, it would be to not be scared of going to college. I went to a college prep school, so academically I felt prepared to start at a university, but socially I was worried about the changes. I was unsure about living in the dorms, making friends, taking care of myself and being away from home. As soon as I got here I realized things were not going to be so bad and I felt really silly for worrying about it so much. The only changes I would have made would be getting involved with campus activites earlier. My campus involvement has truely made my college experience at Oregon State University.

I work with teens who are struggling with getting into trouble and making poor life choices. I have two pieces of advice for them when it comes to college which is the same advice I wish I could go back and give my high-school senior self. That advice? Go for it! Go for all of it! College is an exciting and challenging life experience and I would recommend jumping right in after high school. As someone who went back to college many years after graduating, I wish fervently that I would have attended right away. It?s worth the time you take to complete your education, and then you?ll be done! Secondly, never forget that college offers so much more variety than high school. Take the opportunity to explore many different subjects and expand your knowledge byyond your experiences. Not only will you earn your college credits but you will enjoy learning about new things and benefit from expanding your view of the world. Get as much out of college as you can, as a student and as a person, there will never be another experience like it!

Looking back on life as a high school student, with almost 2 terms of college under my belt makes me realize many things I would love to tell myself when I was still in high school. I wish I could go back and give myself the advice to develop time management habits, and I would tell myself to not procrastinate. Once in college, all the procrastination of high school will not pay off, because now all my large tests, papers, and assignments for every course will be due at the same time. Have fun, is another piece of advice I would give myself. Although I am in college for my education, I also have many activities outside of class, and having more fun in high school, would have helped me to balance all of my current activities. Lastly I would tell myself to not stress. I stressed quite a lot over tests in high school, which only prompted more stress for college midterms and finals. So the best advice I could give myself is to learn to manage time, stress less, and balance fun. If I learned all of those in high school, I would have had an easier transition.

I think hindsight makes the best guidance counselor. If I could return to a younger me, I would say three things. My first advice would be to really get to know myself, and the true extent of my opportunities, by trying the things I was afraid of doing, or thought I could not accomplish. I would say to do this regardless of the anxiety or fear I felt about them. My third parcel of advice would be to realize that today, not yesterday, is the first day I have the opportunity to make a change.