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Dont think that its cool to live out of state or far away like Vermont, Usually staying closer to home and attending especialy Rutgers with its diverse and different campuses, you will allways find something that you like, you will find your niche..

I would tell myself to pay attention to the little details of the roadmaps of the people before me. Focusing on finding scholarships is a big thing that highschool students should know. The most important lesson that these two things could offer me is that college about leanring how to be a self-sufficient and self-sustaining individual. The groundwork for that is in your highschool "self". Learning how to research for yourself and take care of what you need as a student is a great thing to have in your toolbelt, in order to be a succesful adult in any endeavor that you do.

I would tell him to do everything like he's gonna do up to the beginning of the semester. Then, I would tell him to save money and do well in all his classes so he wouldn't have to cram for exams now.

Nothing, I feel that learning what I have learned on my own gave way to the success that I have achieved thus far. With my successes and failures, I have grown immensely over these past three years and would not change a single event or occurance.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would give myself a lot of advice. First, definitely do not forget your umbrella and rainboots at home! Go to every single class, there's valuable information at every one. Do not take too many credits it will hurt you rather than help you. Be involved to make friends, and lots of them!

If I could talk to myself as a senior in high school, I would only have one thing to say: relax. I spent so much of my senior year worrying what my college experience would be like. Would I like my roommate freshman year? (Yes, I did). Would I like my classes? (Almost all of them). Would I finally learn not to mix colors with whites when doing my own laundry? (Not quite). Now that I know what college is like, I can firmly say I never had anything to worry about. I would tell myself to be excited, instead of worried, because college is a world full of new friends and possibilities. Although my last year ofhigh school may have seemed like the end of an era, a time for tears and sorrow, it was actually time to rejoice. I would let myself in on the secret that so many college students know: high school is not the best for years of your life. College is.

The most imporant thing I would say would be simply not to stress. A lot of things in the world today are high stress with trying to maintain a high GPA, taking part in extra-curricular activities, and clubs that we often forget to relax. I would tell myself not to worry so much about these things, that college life isn't only about grades or clubs. It's also about learning how to live on your own, using your new found independence, and all the things that goes along with that. College life is a learning process in and of itself. The best thing one can do is to stay calm and not worry because a clear head is the best way to deal with everything that can arise. You should also take advanatage of the many clubs, extracurriculars, reasearch oppurtunities, and internships avaliable, they can be invaluable in giving you expirence. Overall one should simply enjoy the college expirence and everything it has to offer. Before long you'll be in a work environment and won't have the time to enjoy and expirence the things you did.

Since I am a commuter, I would tell myself to stay over more and go to more extracurricular things. Get involved with the swim team. Go to games. And pretty much, just have fun. I am very dedicated to schoolwork and very focused on that, but since I do commute, I very often place schoolwork over hanging out with friends and going out, which I would probably do a lot more of if I lived on campus.

I would tell myself to try to learn as much about the college as I could. Right now, I dislike having to deal with the pains and hassles and frustrations of the adminstration and especially of the teachers. I feel as though they are all so disconnected from the students that the real learning experience cannot be obtained. Thus, I would tell myself to go visit the school and try to live in the on-campus housing to get a feel for the school life. Then, and most importantly, to sit in on some classes to get a real feel of the environment and structure. Currently, I do not particularly enjoy my teachers and feel as though high school was much better. Learning how the class is structured and if the teachers are engaging are important, especially since I am at college to learn.

If there was one thing that I would tell myself to do as a high school senior, it would be to actually take the AP exams for my classes that way I wouldn't regret not taking them when registering for classes in the future. I'd also tell myself that I should try to become apart of Douglass Residential College so that I could take advantage of the networking opportunities and more intimate community that Rutgers offers in this group.