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i would have told myself to go to a 2year college first and then transfer to a 4 year. i would have been alot cheaper and i would have been better prepared.

If I had to give myself any advice about the transition to the college experience, I would definitely have told myself to take a ton of AP classes to get a head start and save money when I enrolled at a university. There's not much other than that that one can do to prepare for the college experience. Sure, dorm life is a bit different from living in a room with my siblings, but the lack of privacy is still there. And, the course work at the university is not much more difficult, at least in the first year, from what I encountered in high school. Some of the classes I took in high school were more advanced than my first year classes! So I guess the best advice would have been to relax about the whole thing. It was not the end of the world. It was more like moving a goldfish to a bigger tank. Yes, I had to get reaquainted with the items in the new tank, but the environment was the same. School is school just like a fish tank is just a tank.

be yourself and get involved with alot of things on campus right off the bat, dont wait to see how it goes, just jump in!

It is important to stay focused during senior year. Colleges are more competitive than ever and to be accepted into the best Design programs grades are a key factor. I would suggest spending more time on college visits to ensure that the college is the best fit for my interests, both academically and personally. In addition, I would spend more time learning about and applying for scholarships. Even public university tuition is expensive and there are many scholarship opportunities available to help defer some of the costs.

I would have started saving more money in High School. You can look at a college and see how much it costs but you have to add in money for books and housing. I would have planned better so that I would not have had to move back home. I also would have taken more seriously the task of picking a major. I have had to changed majors twice already and that has put me a year behind where I should be. I am happy to be in a field that I enjoy but I wish I would have made myself more aware of all of the options I had. I didn't do my homework in high school. And by this I mean I didn't set up job shadows or campus visits with particular majors within UC. I wish I would have prepared for college in high school instead of using my freshmen year to do that. It is costly and can get very frustrating.

I was never really a senior in high school. I combined my junior and senior year and graduated a year early. For one, I would never do that again. I did not give myself time to really think about what I wanted to do "when I grew up." I would have definitely sat down and researched more career options instead of just choosing out of the blue because I wanted to be cool and know like all the other "seniors" did; when in reality, they really didn't know either. I would have probably shadowed more people to get a feel of what I wanted to do. This way I would not go into anythin blind sided like I did. I would also prepare myself more for the studying habits I needed to get into to make the first year less stressful.

If I had a chance to go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior already knowing how college life is I would tell myself to make sure that I do more than the bare minimum. I would tell myself to study harder and to actually learn things instead of learning it for the test and forgetting it later. I would also tell myself to get involved in more community service opportunites because that looks good on any type of resume or application. High school was a very fun time during my life and college is ten times better, but I would tell myself to enjoy high school while it lasts because you really miss everyone you used to hang out with. Lastly, I would tell myself that in college you can not just "fly by" and you actually have to study, and start things early and not procrastinate.

I admitted i was one of those students who didn't do their work. In the beginning of the year, I didn?t put much effort in doing my homework. I guess, I felt over confident in myself since most of the things we learned were review. But then the bad habit was keep carrying on from one semester to the next and the evidences were slowly popping up on my test grades. From my experiences, I?ve learned that in order to practice what one has said one will do, one must do the task immediately instead of stalling by saying the homework can be done the next day. Paying attention in class is the first step. By obtaining the basic information about the topic, I was able to finish my homework in a less amount of time. Good notes taking during lectures are also helpful because it helped to understand more about the topic. I prefer to use the book when I don?t understand the topic. You should use the book only as a reference because there are some materials or short cuts the teacher would tried to teach you that?s not in the book.

I'll be like self and then myself says hmm!! lol:) First, I tell myself girl get your grades up so you can get scholarships to go to college. Then, I'll explain to myself how important college is and why I should of finish college at least years after high school. This way I will have a jump start to my career. I'll say college is suppose to be fun and challenging, a great adventure.

It may seem like school, right now, doesn't matter. How well you do isn't going to affect you in college. But it does. I wish I had known that all grades affect your college career. It isn't necessarily a clean slate. I would also tell myself not to worry so much about what other people think. Be yourself, and the people who like YOU FOR YOU are the friends you will have forever. They are the ones that count.