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Keep a level head on your shoulders and discuss your dreams and goals with your parents. Stay at home while attending classes if at all possible. Have fun and study hard to become what you want!

The transition from high school to college is definitely a difficult task an individual in today's world must face. Figuring out which major to declare could possibly be one of the harder decisions that you will face. It’s important to not panic and take your time in deciding which major is right for you. The reason is because whatever major you finally decide on will control which colleges you apply for. Once you get accepted to a college, there is just one more hurdle you must clear first. This would include adjusting to your new life away from home and making new friends. Making friends can make this whole transition process easier and more enjoyable. This is not saying spend all your time making friends and none studying or doing homework, but balance the two. Learning to network is a huge part of college, so become involved on campus and join some academic clubs. These academic clubs are a great way to meet people that have the same passion towards school as you. The best advice is to stay positive and keep focus on not just becoming a college graduate, but becoming a more skilled and knowledgeable individual.

I would advise my high school self to take as many advanced placement classes as possible. These types of classes can prepare you for college. I would also have studied even more. However, I am quite pleased with how I turned out and the university that I am attending. I tried my best throughout high school and have been able to maintain HOPE Scholarship to this point. I would mainly just try to tell myself to be whatever you want to be. If you try hard enough anything is possible.

I would tell him to start studying now. You will have loads of free time that you will waste because you don't know how to study properly. You need to buckle down now! You need to get into good study habits before it is critical that you have them. If you don't learn how to study you will have a very hard time throughout school untill you do.

I would have told myself to be prepared for a challenging experience. High school can be tough, but college is something you really have to put 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} effort into. You can not procrastinate when it comes to projects and papers. You really have to learn all you can about what you're being tested about, because your professors won't just give you the answers. I never really had to study much in high school, but in college, I study at least four times a week. I also would have told myself to make sure I read the material we're going over in class to stay on top of things. The transition into college was fairly easy for me because I knew going into college I wanted to get all I could out of the experience, so I go to class everyday, and I make sure I am aware of what we are learning. The last thing I would have told myself would be to start saving your money now, because books are more expensive than I ever prepared myself for.

"Ok, suck it up, I know you're deathly afraid of money and debt due to growing up in a very poor household with both of your parents not having a formal education and neither being able to help you financially, but you need to get out of retail. You are too smart, dedicated, self-motivated, passionate and an over all well rounded awesome individual to waste such potential in the customer service feild! I know you love to help people into a more natural way of living, food and nutrition wise, but just think of what you could do with an education helping the planet, which in turn will provide all life with a more sustainable way to live. You're happiest in nature, you're not happy caged in grocery retail. So why not share your love and passion for an over all better way of living. With your love of nature, your hard work and dedication to the cause will go a long way. 'Mother Nature' needs more beings like you on her side so go out and use that potential you have stored inside of you to do so. Everything will work out in time."

If I could tell my high school self advice it would be to keep all my chemistry notes, save money for groceries/expenses, and to just prepare mentally. I would tell myself to try to avoid the foreign porfessors because they are difficult to understand. Chemistry is way harder now that I can not understand my professor. I would tell myself to save as much as I can because groceries run out very quickly! Life of a college student is hard because I am basically on my own now. The transition from high school to college is easy but hard because things tend to pile up if I do not keep my priorities straight. Finally I would tell myself to prepare mentally because there are tons of things that can drift my focus away from school work. If I do not come in with a mind set for work then it will be increasingly difficult. All work now and play later is the most important thing I would try to tell myself because on that basis things will always go smoothly.

If I could go back, I would take my senior year and that summer to make sure that I knew myself as well as possible. It is important to know yourself, so that one could make choices such as, what time to schedule my classes? Am I a morning person or a night person? How much work am I really willing to put in? Should I be full time or a part time student? I would also have made a year by year plan, both socially and academically. Try to figure out how I would balance those two parts of my life. I would have talked to more adults and other college students about advice as I transition to a college student.

If I could back in time and talk to my high school self. I would tell myself do not be scared, do not procrastinate, also apply your self because you will be the future of this world, no matter what you do, just make sure you do it to the best of your ability. Then I would say believe you will thank me later.

I would advise myself to go straight into college. I waited three years before deciding to further my education. If i had the chanceto talk to myself in 2009 I would make a point to emphasize how important school actually is and how much farther it can take you in life.