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I feel I did pretty well adjusting to college life. I was a 3 sport athlete therefore, I did not get a job. I would make sure I got a job and did volenteer work so I could learn to juggle my schedule more. In college there has been so much to do, sometimes I find it hard to juggle everything I want to do. If I had juggled school, sports and a job it may have given me a chance to prepare myself for the juggles of college life. It is not the worst thing I have to adjust to, I made it through the first semester and I know now that I need to put the studies first and work everything else around that. I will feel less stressed if I have my studies under control and the rest of the time is gravy.

As any other high school senior, I was consumed with emotions of excitement and uncertainty about the prospect of college. All of the college campus tours in the world, I would later learn, cannot give someone a real sense of what really goes on in a college community. From an outsider?s perspective, college is simply about lots of hard schoolwork, endless clubs and activities, and making new friends. To a certain extent, it is. However, what I did not expect was the tremendous amount of decisions I would have to face alone every day. The advice I would have given myself about college life and transition is that with freedom comes responsibility. The minute your parents drop you off at college, you are on your own. You no longer have your parents? rules to follow. I would tell myself to be prepared to make tough decisions using your own judgment and not someone else?s judgment. Learn from mistakes you make, and do not make the same mistake twice. Do not lose sight of who you are and stay true to yourself. This advice is much more important than any information that someone can ever learn in a classroom.

If I had the ability to go back in time to my senior year of high school, the first thing I would tell myself would be to stop worrying. I would tell myself to be confident in my decisions and be willing to branch out from what I know. The most important thing I've learned in college is interpersonal relations. I would tell myself to take that first week or so getting to know the people living on my floor instead of clinging to high school friends. The biggest thing is to stop being afraid of change. It's inevitable and often times is for the better. I needed to be more accepting of the changes that were about to happen in my life: increased independence, separation from some friends, a much closer relationship with others. Now I can see how important all of these changes were, but my high school senior self was terrified and excited all at once. I looked forward to graduation, and dreaded the changes it would bring at the same time. The best advice I have for myself is to take a few deep breaths and embrace the changes without fear.

Take advantage of every opportunity available to you during your time at college. These four years will go by very fast so meet people, try new things and get out of your comfort zone. This is the time of your life to discover who you want to be in life, aside from anything you did during high school. It's a new start, so make a good one and have fun!

Take advantage of the opportunities for living before your resign yourself to the rigors of the nursing program. It's worth an extra student loan to take a year or two to travel, to finish your minor, and double major in French. With so much to do in so little time; there's plenty of sleep when you're dead.

Jennifer, you need to listen to me because I am the one that knows you the best. I am your future self and I have an important message to share with you. I expect you take what I have to say into consideration and can only hope that you actually listen to what I have to say. Your mother is going to nag you about getting a full time job this summer. I know this will be your last summer as a high schooler, but you are really going to need to save as much money as you can for college. Take it from me you are going to owe a lot of money and I suggest that you don't wait to get that job at the food court until your sophomore year. You might think that having a job freshmen year may make your transition even harder, but you have proven that you can juggle both a job and school. Mom and Dad really meant it when they told you that you were going to be responsible for paying for your college education. So, help yourself out and get that job and apply for more scholarships.

There are many pieces of advice that I would give to myself. The first piece of advice would be not worry about going to college, and just enjoy each and every day. Next, I would advise myself to be a little more relaxed about my grades and go enjoy the four years of college. Four years fly by extremely quickly, and college is definitly about academics; but take advantage of the other aspects of college. There is so much to experience, new activities to enjoy (sports like club ultimate frisbee), and new friends to meet. For many, life-long friends are made in college and this a true fact! The friends that you have in college will always be there for you. The final piece of advice that my future self would give would be to go with the flow. Don't try to control everything or be perfect in your classes. If you don't get straight A's don't panic; it will be alright. Just do your best, live life to the fullest, and don't let any one event or person change you! Have a positive outlook, and good things will happen for you.

Go into college with the mind set that school is the open gate to success, go in there and work to your full potential. Don't get caught up in the party life its not worth it. college is the time to grow from the kid you use to be into an adult.

I would not give myself any advice because the transition to college is something that must be experienced for what it is. Although high school prepares one for the academic world of college, it does not prepare one for college as a whole and the world ahead. I would only tell myself to relax and enjoy my senior year, because it is the last chance I'll have to experience the freedom that comes with life before college. Granted, college presents one with a world of new freedoms and opportunities, but I want my younger self to know that it is something she must transition to on her own; no one can prepare her for it. It is an experience that everyone must go through without someone there to guide them, because life after college is no different. There is no road map to help make decisions that will determine your life; there is no one to hold your hand. It's simply you, and that is a reality that everyone should embrace. I want my younger self to take a step back and look at everything she has accomplished; she's done well and deserves a little time off.

In college, you have to be an independent person. You are 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} responsible for your academic actions and choices. Make sure to keep track and to keep up with all work due. You must be responsible enough to advocate for yourself as well. Teachers will help you only if you ask for it. You must ask questions when needed, unanswered questions can lead to getting lost in class discussions or lectures. Good luck