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I would tell myself to have more fun in high school, and to not take as many classes as I did. College is a lot more work, the classes are bigger and professors are not willing to change your grade because they like you. I would tell myself to enjoy senior year more, and to give those people who are also going to Rutgers an extra hug, because chances are that you will not see them again. Go out of high school with a bang, and then get ready to really work.

Don't be concerned about where your friends are going to school etc, just choose where you feel is right.

One important lesson I have learned is time management, so I would need to tell myself to start working on that early on while still in high school and don't wait on important work. i think I would also tell myself that my freshman year will be the most life changing time since every college student discovers themself during that year and find out who they want to be defined as. I think I would also mention that I should ease up on the extracurriculars while in college to focus on my schoolwork more.

I know your dream is to be back home and represent your state university in a uniform, but walking on to a division 1 team is pretty much impossible at a university of this size. The professors do not care about you as you are just one of severeal thousand. Pick a smaller school where teachers actually teach instead of wasting your time by making you attend class to sign in for attendance , going off on tangents, then making you go home to read everything they were supposed to be teaching you in class. This big university is nothing like described. It is simply a party school with a prestigious reputation that it doesn't deserve. You can participate in an Air Force ROTC program anywhere; it doesn't have to be in New Jersey. Once you commission, you'll never see home again anyway. Just be smart, you know that Rutgers is out of your price range; control the controllable, don't let a university take advantage of you. They don't care about you because if you decide to leave, there will be thousands others to take your place. You're not special.

I would tell myself to be more easy-going and be a little more outgoing. I was not used to living with someone else in such close quarters, so that adjustment was especially hard. I had to deal with her getting up early every morning and opening the blinds and blow-drying her hair when I was trying to sleep. This lead to problems, and had I been a bit more easy-going, some of these fights may have been avoidable. And even though I made some great friends last year, I wish I had been more outgoing as well. I didn't join any clubs or teams and I didn't really try to talk to people in my classes. Looking back, I wish I had gotten more involved to meet more people.

"Justine, start working hard now," would be the first thing I would tell myself. I went to a Magnet high school where they only accepted the top students out of that county. They pushed us to work hard and expected us to rank among the highest in the nation. Before I attended this high school, I was used to being among the higher ranked students in the class without putting my all into my school work. When I started attending Magnet it was the opposite; I felt like no matter how hard I tried I was barely passing my science and math courses, the classes my high school concentrated on. I began to give up and got used to doing the bare minimum. Before my senior year, I learned that there are much more worse things that could happen to me and that I had to start working hard to get where I wanted to be. Although I am not the perfect student, I would tell myself that I have to keep up at my hard work if I want to get anywhere with my dreams. I would also tell myself to stay positive and everything will be worth it.

The most important advice I would have given myself was not to move out of my parents house at the age of 17 because of a disagreement on which school campus I should stay on. As a high school senior I should have went to NYIT to study my first interest, architecture. I would have been in a completely different place than I would have been two years ago. I should not have abandon my architecture dreams just because of a disagreement with a father and daughter. I should have listened to my parents because, I might not have known it then but they knew what was best for me. The most dissappointing aspect of my life right now is that I have lost two years of my life to a wasted life because I choose not to listen and instead to do what I thougt was best for me. The best advice I would give to myself and other seniors, is to listen very carefully to our parents because they are the ones who have lived our lives before and trully know the best for us.

I would definitely tell myself that it is important to form study groups right from the beginning. Study groups not only help you by opening your eyes to different study methods, but some of those people may know what the professor is like and what types of questions will be on the exams. It is always helpful to be ahead of the rest of the class, but also, the study group will help you make friends and socialize. You will meet some of your greatest friends by socializing with those nearest you. That is why you cannot afford to be shy when you start college, make sure you get out there and introduce yourself to everyone. Making the transition from high school to college is hard for everyone, initially, but that is why being around others helps. Everyone is in the same position and therefore, they can relate to you. Also, do not be naive and think that your friends from high school will always be your friends. Things change, especially personalities once people enter a new environment. People who you once thought you knew will become foreign to you, but thats okay because life is ever changing.

The best advice I could give would be to base my decision on value and definitely not "the brand." I was fortunate to make the right decision my first time around, even though value was only a partial motivator when I made that decision. After one year of college, I realized that deciding in terms of value results in the most encompassing method of analysis. In talking to former high school classmates about their schools, I discovered that their experiences of going to classes and interacting with students and professors as well as dealing with the school administration were very much of the same ones I experienced. Only after discussing with my former classmates did I understand that value was truly something that could not be overlooked. I originally had the decision to choose between Johns Hopkins and Rutgers. I choose Rutgers mainly due to financial reasons. However, if I were in the same situation, I would ask myself, "Is the $52,000 tuition at Hopkins worth it?" Based on my conversations with classmates and experiences, the answer is no. Luckily, I choose right the first time, but it's better to understand than to be lucky.

If I could go back in time and see myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself not to worry so much. When I graduated high school, I was in a small town, and didn't know what it would be like moving to a huge university in a big city. I was afraid of making new friends and trying new things; basically, I was afraid of any change. But college has been the best time of my life, and I'm only 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} done! I've made so many new close friends that I don't know what I would do without, I've learned even more about myself and what I want to do for a career, and I've worked harder than I ever have in my life, which makes me feel extremely proud and confident. If I could see myself as a high school senior now, I would say "Stop worrying about the future! Everything is going to work out better than you could have ever wished."