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You?re seventeen, and you?re about to discover something so much larger than the small community you?ve lived in all your life. You?ll learn the importance of hard work, even when it goes unacknowledged. Even more importantly, you?ll learn that family should always come before work. Love what you do, but remember to love the people who love you in return. If you want love, you must give love. When you venture out, remember its ok to feel scared, and its ok to ask for help. Don?t panic, and never think you?re not worth holding out a hand to. You are worth it, and if you let fear control your life, you?ll never have the chance to truly live. Remember you can accomplish your dreams if you picture them in your mind and see yourself achieving them. As the popular dance school from your beloved high school states, ?Just like a dream, you are not what you seem,? don?t define yourself by your past, you are who you are now and you are beautiful. Let go of your ego and live life without pretensions. Life will appear more beautiful to you then.

Hey Aisha, its me your future self. Yeah i know freaking awesome and weird at the same time, but that is not why i am here. I want to tell you something i wish i would have known back then. Dont start drinking. Yeah your bored and out to piss off our stepdad but its not worth it, cause one day in that drunken state we call the military recruiter and say we want to join. The next day mom is signing the papers cause we are only 17 and need her permission, but we're to messed up to realize what the fuck we're doing. We drop out of college and the life long dream of becoming a Nurse and and go to bootcamp. We gave up on our goals and that will soon become a trend of ours. We start giving up because things are just to hard. We tried going to school while working but again we fail because we dont know how to balance work, school and drinking. But let me tell you, once we finally stop the partying, we're a great student. We have so much Potential. DON'T EVER FORGET!

Go into your freshman year with a positive mindset. Be confident in yourself and be open about joining clubs and getting involved. If you are going to school with your best friend, make sure to make sometime to get out and meet other people. Transition is difficult, but if you cling to someone because they are the only thing familiar to you, it makes the college experience more difficult than it needs to be. Go out on your own, and take some classes by yourself, that way you get a chance to meet other people. It's is all about meeting other people and having fun. College is a new experience, there is no one to dictate what you should be doing everyday, like in high school. Make the best of it.

Most seniors try to make their senior year their best year by focusing on friends and partying and little on school. They have taken the majority of the classes they need to graduate and are just there because they need to be there. If I could do my senior year over again I would focus more on school. I would have taken an extra writing class and some more business courses. Students don't think to worry about how much more difficult college will be compared to high school. You should still enjoy your friends but make time for school instead of taking the easy way out because you can.

The advice I would have given myself during my senior year in high school would have been to apply for more scholorships and study more to get better grades. I wish I would have done that now because its super hard to keep up with college classes and have the grades in college that I had in high school.

Dear, Emily I am writing you this letter to give you a little advice about your future. The first and most important thing, don't stress. You have a lot on your plate with a full -time job, full-time studies, school activities, and friends. There is no need to worry or stress, everything gets done in the end. You have to learn to take it one day at a time. Trust yourself; you have what it takes to make it through. Another thing, do as much as you can to learn about the world around you. It will really help in your future career as a social worker. Be aware of societal issues and how they could be affecting you and others. Then, take what you learned and help, be active. If helping others is what you want to do then start now, the experiences you encounter will help you in the long run. Finally, take some time for yourself and the people you care about. You work really hard, but just know college is a time for living and learning about life. You have the rest of your life to stress out. So have fun! Sincerely, Yourself

I would go back and tell myself that even though the subjects may not be important in the future, the ability and study and learn is applicable across all fields of study. Being willing to push yourself to learn and study in subjects that aren't important or don't appeal pays off in life down the road. You will always run into work or life obstacles which are difficults or annoying and the ability to keep a clear head on what is required to move forward will pay off.

The advice that I would give myself as a high school senior knowing what i know now would be a few things. I would definately say go to the college that fits you best and not what other people tell you. Nobody can make you happy besides yourself, you are the first person to accomplish that. Secondly, know what kind of activities the RA's do with your buildings or floors because that is a big part in how you get involved and unfortunately my RA does not do anything. I would also say if you grew up your entire life playing sports and you love them, just because you think college is a different step in your life do not give up doing what you love. Even if you do not think mentally and physically you can handle it and you are questioning yourself, take that chance and go somewhere you will feel at home with what you know best. If that is what you love do not stop just because you think college is different, because it is not take the chance. PLEASE. Those are the three main points I wish i would have known in high school.

If I were to go back in time and speak to my self about college I would say this. Listen to God, He knows way more than you, trust Him. Don't be so focused on your course of study, you will meet people that God puts in your path, and He will encourage you as you need, not as you want. Do your homework overly well and reasearch colleges, but pray often about it and leave the final decision up to God. He loves you!

I would tell myself to study really hard. I don't think high school prepared me enough for college and you really need to focus and buckle down. But you also need to enjoy your time. I didnt realize how much of a difference there was going to be between high school and college but there is and you should be ready to embrace it. College is a great experience!!