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I would tell myself that i should have taken honor classes. I would have liked to be more prepare with difficult classes and that i should have had a better study habit. I would have said Brooke apply for more scholarships and to be more serious about my life and future.

Dear My Former Self, Remember college is a very wonderful experience and you will love it but don't forget that it is giving you the tools to further your future career. It is always going to be an adjustment moving away from home but college will be the time of your life. You will learn so much about yourself while giving you a heightened feeling of confidence just knowing that you can achieve this scary and new experience. Another thing to think about is money does not grow on trees, therefore start applying for scholorships and understanding loans as early as possible. By understand all of these little things about college you will do great and succeed. Have fun, be smart making decisions, and spend your money wisely. Sincerely, Kelly

Dear Enelio, I am writing to you from the future. Life as we know it will change. When you graduate from high school, you must continue to go to college. Time passes by so quickly that you will be amazed. Focus on your future with a Medical degree. You like to help people and the best route for you in life would be in Oriental Medicine. I know that right now the Performing Arts is your passion, but the best route for your life is in Health. This knowledge that you will gain, will help millions. Preventive Medicine is something that will enliten your whole life. As for me today, I am very happy on what life has shown us to do. I don't want to tell you much, so that our course of life stays the same. The reason for this letter is to clear your fears of what may come in the educational aspects in our life. Study whatever you want, knowlege is the key to everything.

Saturday and Sunday are the most important days of your education. An alarming number of students spend every hour of the weekend with friends and at parties. The most successful students, however, realize that their coursework comes first, and use the least stressful days of the week to study for several hours. The students who fall behind in classes are those who try to cram their coursework into the limited hours of the weekdays. It is vital to keep up with coursework on those days too, but why not use the greater time allotment of time given to you on Saturday and Sunday to go above and beyond? Not having the stress of classes makes it easier to be mistake-free in your homework during the weekend. Additionally, the extra hours of the weekend allow you to work ahead in your classes. You are given a syllabus at the beginning of the semester, and you should use it to make sure you are as prepared as possible to ask the professor questions you did not understand, and also to make sure you not only pass, but excel in your classes.

Kenneth, right now you lack motivation and direction in what you want to do and pursue. I will tell you this though, do not take the opportunities that are given to you now lately. You have more potential and possibilities in fron of you than you allow yourself to believe. College will slap you in the face, so begin with preventing as much as possible the slapping of yourself by taking your time now and wasting it on things that are not important; and with that, slapping yourself in the face.

The main thing I would advise would be to always work hard and give one hundred percent in all your classes. Your grades in highschool really affect your college education. Create good study habits, and make goals. Never be afraid to ask questions or ask for help, your teachers are there to help you succeed.

Do you know that the truth and dream are two different things? If you only dream, you will not get it. But if you dream and then do it, maybe the chance is small; at least you got something because if you don’t try your chance is zero. Don’t you remember when you drowned? You could have been killed, but you kept on swimming even though you don’t know how to swim. You walked five miles from home to school and all the way there people kept on calling you refugee kid. You got hit by your Thai teacher because your parents couldn’t afford the books price. You forced yourself to skip school and work on picking peanuts to have money for the next lunch. You can close your eyes, and that beautiful picture of a small boy on a water buffalo back in the puddle of mud. That is you. Don’t think that you can’t because I know you can. Refugees doesn’t mean deserve low. You can’t change how you were born, but you can change how you want to die. Go to college and get what you want.

Job shadow at least three people who work in job fields that interest you. Choose your profession from the research for that job market based on the projected needs after your expected graduation date. It will be much more difficult to change degree programs later after realizing you cannot find a job in your related field after graduation. Make sure you select a job that you enjoy doing. After all, you will be doing it for 40 hours a week for the rest of your life. Choose a college that will best prepare you for your chosen field. All degrees are not equal. Human Resources Managers prefer the best schools on applicant resumés. Graduates from the colleges with the best reputations and accreditations will be at the top of the hiring list. Overcome all the challenges for attending college now. It is significantly harder later in life while trying to balance work, children, terminally ill parents and grandparents. Getting your bachelor degree will be one of the most difficult challenges you will face, but it will also be one of the most rewarding.

As I go back to being a senior, an advice that I would remind and give myself is to stay away from procrastination!! Because I have never had problems with procrastination in high school, that is why I first thought that I will never have issues with it in college. However, I was proven wrong when there have been several nights where I couldn't go to sleep until 3 am just to finish typing a paper for class, read an assigned chapter, finish a digital story project, or study for a final exam. It was very tough to think and brainstorm ideas about what to write for the assignments, or how to answer short story questions with reasonable explanations. Believe it or not, procrastination can impact a student's life badly if they do not overcome it with goals and aspirations. Therefore, I learned to set up goals for myself and I keep a schedule in my planner so that I can keep track of what I need to finish.

If I were to travel back in time to my senior year of high school, I would have really worked hard on my study habits and organization. A high work ethic and ambition for academic excellence are vital to succeed in college and I believe I would be more successful at the university with previous study habits. I also would find it important to participate in a variety of extracurricular activities to become a more well-rounded person who would be able to be a part of a number of different social groups upon arriving at the university. Diversity is much more apparent on a college campus, and knowledge of different cultures is important when meeting new people from areas all over the world.