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Knowing what I know now about college life and making the transition, I would give myself so many advices. One advice would be to make proper research for the school I am applying to. There is nothing as good as knowing the school you will be enrolled for the rest of your college career. Knowing the ratio, the extra-curricular activities, and more about the campus life, gives students a heads-up before they actually get there. Another advice I would give is to come to college and become involved. Being involved in extra-curricular activities help students to get their mind out of the fact that they are out of the house and maybe missing their family. Anothe advantage of being involved is that you get to meet people and gain friendship.

Study more. Don't date the first guy who is interested in you. Listen to your parents more. Enjoy this time.

Don't take it too seriously, but study enough to get your money's worth out if it.

I would have gone to another college. I would have gon to a college where the admission was easy for me to get in. I would have told myself that even though high school was a breeze that when I enter college I should review all the lectures talked about each night. I also would have told myself your freshman year don't join anything get time to adjust.

It took 30 years for me to make the transition from high school to college. If I had the opportunity to go back I would tell myself, "You ARE smart, you ARE capable, you CAN do whatever you want to do. Marriage is not the only option, nor is it the best one at this time in your life. You want to learn who you are. You should develop the skills you need in order to take care of yourself because you don't want to have to be dependent on anyone else to support you. It's going to take a lot of dedication and hard work, but it'll be worth it. When you graduate you'll have more than a diploma, you'll have an invaluable sense of accomplishment, self esteem, and the knowledge that what you have earned can never be taken away from you."

If I had the knowledge and the speckle of wisdom that I have now, there would be a few nippits of advice to give my high school self. First, there are only so many drugs to take before it begins to become a burden on your body and mind. Your health, physical and mental, both depend on your decisions and you depend on your health. Take care of yourself. The next important thing to do is to care for others no matter who they are, how they act, or what color they are . The most precious thing we humans have in this world is each other. And perhaps dogs too...but not cats. Once you begin to care for yourself and others, somehow the universe begins to be whatever you want it to be. Be honest with yourself and keep your head up. Believe in good, and act accordingly to what you believe. Make a decision knowing that someday it WILL be monumental. All living things are doomed to die, but be more than just that. A phoenix lives knowing that it's doomed to die, but it dies knowing that it is blessed to rise.

When I was a senior in High School, I was very depressed for two reasons: one was because due to me having a developmental disability, my family decided that I should attend community college before transferring and the other was because I was an awkward outsider in high school who did not fit in with my peers and was cast out of the social system. Looking back now, as an honor's student transferring to Claremont McKenna College, a co-founder of a disability advocates club and working as an intern for the White House, I would say to myself, that in college, none of the things that matter in high school matter in college and that sometimes not getting what you want is the best thing that could happen; what matters is what you do with the opportunities life has handed to you and whether you make the best of them or allow them to be squandered. Also I would say not to judge others simply because they made mistakes but rather judge them by how they are conducting themselves now and if they are working to rectify their mistakes.

Hi my past self, In August I started college at Lincoln Tech. I know that the school has some appealing aspects, but you know deep down it's not the right school for you. Having gone there for 6 months now, I would know. Its been nothing more than a stressful situation, as you thought it would be. They still have not come up with their Associates program, although promised with varrying dates . You know that your mother was right in the end. Goto the school that is best for you; put everything else behind and focus on your education. I know that you fear leaving will be hard and that you might lose the one you love, but trust me he'll stick by you no matter what. And though your not ready to leave your family so many arguments about college could be avoided and you will be happier for it. Please don't do what I did and put your academic future on hold for something you are just guessing about; especially if you know the school won't make you happy anyways. Best Wishes, Your future self.

I would do exactly the same thing that I did to prepare for college: indepentently study hard, relying on no one to force me to understand, but taking my education into my own hands; I would approach the teachers with problems on a regular basis - they are their to help you and enjoy helping you succeed; I would work hard at jobs outside of class to ensure that I had great work ethic; I would maintain a high GPA and study hard to guarantee that I get into a very good college & have a future career.

Although I have only attended one semester so far, I have enjoyed attending this school. The educators here are very much focused on getting you to do well in your classes, thus stressing the option to come and visit them during their office hours. The guidance of the advisors and professors have helped me get through my first semester at this school.