Melissa
"Melissa don't sweat the small stuff, everything will come to you in time... Live by this motto and know that all the heart ache will pass in time. You WILL find a special someone, you WILL have a beautiful child, but don't wish away today while you're waiting for tomorrow. Don't let your failures set you back. Learn and get-up and keep bettering yourself. You will meet many obstacles, many trials and tribulations. But, know you are worth more than you can yet imagine and that you will uncover your talents in time. Look into nursing school now, while you are young and have nothing holding you back. Look at yourself and know that you have survived a lot already and you will know true happiness someday. Just keep on loving yourself, improving your life, and the rest will come."
Gloria
If I were a senior in highschool again and knew the things I know now about college life, my life would be a little easier. Advice I would give to myself would be to take the time to research schools and decide on what type of career I want to pursue as soon as possible. Choosing a career is not all about money so I should only worry about what is going to make me happy in life. I would also tell myself to get help and advice from anyone I can. The resources are out there and it's my responsibility to use those resources. College can is a scary thing in the beginning but as long as you don't get caught up in the "party scene" then things will be alright. I would tell myself to choose my friends wisely and hang around people who are interested in things I am or else they can lead you in the wrong direction if you don't have the confidence to leave them and start fresh. Overall I would tell myself to think hard about where I want to go in life and to use all the help provided.
Marina
If I had a chance to go back to a time when I was in High School the advice that I would give to myself is to save as much money as I can and do NOT pass on the scolarship oppartunities. For instance, I have started so many scolarship applications but never finished them because I didn't think it was important and was just living in a moment. I would tell myself to study, study, study because in College there is NO busy work or extra credit that can help you out with you grades, in college it is all about the test scores. I would take some classes that would prepare me better for that. In College there is no more teacher or parents who make sure that you study and go to class it is all up to you. You got to learn to be more independant. I
Elyse
I would have told myself to go straight to a university instead of going to a community college. When I foirst started college I did not know that I was going to have my first year of college one hundred percent covered by financial student aid. I originally went to community college to save money, but if I would have realized that my financial problems were not anything to worry about then I would have gone to a university. A lot of my friends and family have told me how much they have learned and how much of a different experience the university and "dorm life" is from the experience of a community college. I would definitely advise myself to go to a university and live the "dorm life".