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If I was to give myself one word of advice to my high school self it would be to learn to study but not exhaust myself. I would tell myself to not worry about how hard of a class I can take but how much information I can obtain from one class. I was too focused on what classes I needed to take and how many I needed to take to be ahead of everyone else. I then lost the value of the classes I took. I didn't learn how to study diligently but study hastily. If I could offer any advice to a high schooler, especially those looking to succeed in college, is to know how to study properly and not look at school as a race they have to finish first at.

If I could go back In tIme, I would tell myself that I should fIll out my fafsa and apply for more school scholarshIps because school Is really expensIve. you need all the help you can get. The more you apply for scholarshIps, the better you wIll be to where you do .ot have to lay back loans after you graduate.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself that college is what you make of it. It is ok to attend parties and other on campus activities as long as you balance it out evenly with studying and strong dedication to all class work. I would also tell myself that getting involved in on campus organizations is very important ad helpful to persuing a good college life. On campus organizations can help you network and get to know your fellow peers. Also, when it comes to applying for jobs later on in life, a long list of different organizations that you were apart of is a lot more impressing than no organiztion experience at all.

If I could go back in time and have a conversation with myself, as a high school senior, I would tell her to hit the books harder and practice better study habits. High school and college are completely different from each other, students are not required to study as hard for tests or classes, but college requires maximum effort in the study area. Deadlines on work are not pushed back very often and you have to make a habit of studying somewhere other than your room. I would tell her to limit the social time and increase the studying time. I would also encourage her to practice doing homework with several distracting events taking place around her so that she may be able to tune them out in college. Then I would tell her that she is going to do great and to stay focused on her goals no matter what happens she will make it through the ups and downs to come.

I would definitely tell myself that I need to work extremely hard my senior year of high school. Your senior year is not the time to simply goof off because you are tired of school. It is very important to keep your grades up and end your high school days with a good GPA. I would also tell myself to take as many of my college general education classes during my high school years and take them from a junior college. It would be very cost effecient and also get me through college more quickly.

If I could go back I would tell myself to stick up for me. The first semester of college was very hard. I am a very outgoing person so I ended up making a lot of acquantances and not many good close friends. So in turn I let somethings that I prided in go in order to make those close friends, thinking that friends were everything. If I could warn myself I would just say "all you need is God" simple as that. Although it's simple it's the most truth I've ever heard or seen. God does miraculous things in lives and I kind of let that thought of Him go when I got to college. Thinking that since I was at a Christian college I didn't need to work as hard to get that relationship with God. Little did I know, I needed to work harder. Thats what I wish I would've known last summer. God is the one and only true friend.

In my expeirence at college I have been to many different places. I first attended the University of Central Oklahoma where I joined Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity and was very envolved on campus. Then transfered to Rose State College because of a internship at Tinker Air Force Base. I now am seeking to obtain a degree in Organizational Leadership with a minor in Religion at Southern Nazarene University because it is a government approved degree from that college for my career oportunities.

When thinking of what I have gotten out of my undergraduate years, the obvious comes to mind. I have received knowledge necessary to my chosen career path. But when looking deeper, so much more has been taught to me. In the years since graduating from high school, I have learned a lot about myself. I am more independent than ever. I have taken on more responsibilities, and dealt in both accomplishment and consequence for it. I have changed many things from what I ?knew? to what I ?think? and many things I ?thought? I have come to ?know?. I think had I gone straight into the full time work force out of high school and bypassed college, I would not have made these advancements in my life in such large scale. While some of it can be chalked up to simply maturing from an 18 year old, a lot of it I owe to the college system.

My college experiance has been one of expanding my interests. I never realized that I may like classic literature or economics. I have also found my appreciation for learning, something I lacked in my youth. Over all I am going to use my college experiance to fullfill an unfullfilled dream of mine to work in the marine environment. I hopefully will serve as an insperation to my children to be the first in mune or my wife's family to complete college.

I have realized that in every profession there is someone that is passionate about it and they all work at Southern Nazarene University.