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Langston Hughes begins his poem "Theme for English B" this way: The instructor said: Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you- Then it will be true. From the first composition class to the many diverse lectures I have attended; the common thread has been exploration of thought. ASU is a community of students richly diverse in cultural backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints. Arizona State University has taught me that writing is discovery. In reference to the economy, I have learned and can better assess the various strategies and factors driving today?s market. Without a college education I may not have gained interpersonal and the critical skills needed to compete. A college education epitomizes hard work and dedication to the cause of higher learning. Therefore, I can rest assure that my investment in higher education will be well worth it in the long run. I am 'ASU'.

Thus far, I have established a better sense of helping the community than I ever did in North Canton, Ohio. North Canton is a well-off town with few financial problems. Cincinnati is a great deal different. Here, many people are below the poverty line and do not have the money to provide their families with life's necessities. I have grown to realize that not everyone lives an easy life and people are out in the world with next to nothing. The University of Cincinnati has encouraged me to get involved and help those in need. I have seen people who have nothing except the clothes on their backs and the possessions they carry in their packs. It is a sad sight to see. Because of what I have had the opportunity to see, I do my best to volunteer and help those in need whenever possible.

I have lost count of the sleepless nights since I started my Industrial Design studies. The first advice I would give myself is to sleep whenever possible, never lose the opportunity to take a good nap. Also living in the dorms during the first year is very important. Living in the dorms allows you to get use to the workload without having to worry about cleaning an apartment or cooking food. Getting to know your professors is also very important so you can get the additional advice that is often needed. Get engaged in school activities. This opens your possibilities to meet new people and make friends. Finding a good friend is critical to help you get through the challenges ahead specially when your loves ones are far at home. Finally, go to the football games, there are so much fun and a great way to break the tension of studying to the wee hours of the night.

The first thing I would go back and tell myself as a high school senior is that money goes fast no matter how much you save up, so spend it wisely. Learn to say no sometimes no matter how much you may want to go out to eat or buy new clothes. Paying for half of your schooling drains your bank account quickly and it takes a lot of hours of work to catch up to where you were and only to spend what you made to pay for the next quarter. I would also tell myself to try and be more involved when I go to college even though working every weekend and taking classes at the College of Applied Sciences (10 min off campus) makes it difficult to meet new people and join clubs. Not only does it look good on resumes but it also helps you to network and make new friends that you may not have otherwise gotten a chance to meet.

Your paying tens of thousands of dollars on education so make the most of it. I am stressing out about how I am ever going to pay my loans. Make sure when you get to college the first thing you do is take all the excess money you have and pay back your loans. You don't want to have to stress later when you dug a huge hole of debt. Loans are rejected , I have no money, I feel like I am going to have a heart attack. I stress out everyday because of my debt. Its hard enough having to go to college and stress out about tests and grades but when you start thinking about finances you feel like you will never be able to get out of debt. In one year I amounted in 15,000+ debt. Don't think that college pays for itself because in reality it doesn't. If you have to pick a college pick one where you like it and you get enough money from them. When you apply to college make sure you know what your getting yourself into.

I would tell myself to work harder. Even if I would have exhausted myself I still would have plenty of money to not only go to UC full time, but I also would be able to attend UC Clermont for real estate for 12 credit hours on the weekends. A lady at Huff real estate is now wanting me to work for her, so i must try to come up with extra money to pay for everything. Without extra money I wont be able to start with Huff in the summer. The National Guard can only pay for so much at a time. Honestly I would tell myself all of the above, because it would have paid off in the end.

Christian, dont procrastinate with your college check list. You planed on applying to scholarship, buying your dorm room things, and applying to your favorite college. Everything has a deadline an you have to be serious about becasue time will definitely fly by before you know it. Please do a major soul searching when thinking about the career that you want to do because you really don't want to waste your time in a program that doesn't fit the values you want in a career. Also stay focus at all cost because there many temptation that can pull you away from studying your exam. College is a place where your going to find the real you. You are going to be in the integrity test that will test the value your parents gave to. It your choice to either focus on school or just throw everything away and not care about anything. Your parents are not there to guide you on your joureny through college. Just remember Life Is How YOU Make It!!!!

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would start off by saying the most important advice. "College reality doesn't even compare to the movies." The media shows false advertisement to high school students. The reality is that you can't succeed if you party every night and don't study, a lot. The actuality of things is that it?s just like high school; most of your free time is still on the weekends. I would also tell myself that college was going to be a challenge and I would have to put in more effort than I had ever imagined possible. Every piece of information and how and when to study is not handed to you in college, so you have to become more responsible and have incredible time management and commitment. I would end by telling myself that all of the dedication and hard work would be worth it because college is the best life changing experience that I have ever had.

College is an experience of a life time and it should not be wasted. You should take advantage of all the sporting events, activities, and clubs that college has to offer. Also, do not talk bad about any of your friends because in college you live with eachother in the same building so it makes it even more awkward than in highschool.

Time management is one of the most important differences between college and high school. In high school, even in AP classes, there wasn't really any difficulty staying on top of things and getting every assignment done on time. Time management was mostly handled by the structure of the classes themselves and it was not really all that difficult to stay on top of things. In college however, students have more independence, which is a good thing, but it is also more difficult to stay on the ball. You have to force yourself to do the work and there won't really be too much difficulty. Especially in engineering and math, it can be very easy to assume you have plenty of time, and before you know it the test sneaks up on you.