Andy
I would have taken the ACTs more so that I could have gotten a better score to enter the college with a little more scholarship money. Learn about more scholarships and get them finished on time or earlier so that I could get an early disembursement in the future. Study more for AP tests so that I don't have to take classes over and over again. Understand more about GPA and grades so that I could have concentrated better in the future. Don't procrastinate or be lazy.
Tabitha
I would tell myself that college is nothing like high school. You have to focus more on your academics then you did in high school. Course content and the way instructors will grade you is much harder. It would be best to choose a major, and stick with it. I would use your freshman year to figure out what you are interested in, and then declare a major. College also makes you change your lifestyles. You may be staying up late studying for exams while eating a late night snack in the student union. You have to be able to set your priorities straight. You must decide if succedding in school is more important than work. Fillout all the scholarship applications that you can, then you will not have to work to pay for college and you can focus on your academics. Your parents do not have the money to send you to college, so you need to work hard on saving money in high school and getting all of the scholarships available. You are a smart person, but remember that college is a new experience and will prove to be challenging in it's own ways. Achieve your goals.
Jordan
Take time to relax. Of course you must study and make great grades but you can't kill yourself over studying and bad grades. There is always time to get help and study more. You need to study like crazy and figure out how to study: take study courses. You WILL have to study in college, it wasn't easy like in high school. Don't eat twizzlers and keep going to the gym- it's your stress reliever. Be yourself, have fun, make friends, don't be shy. There are many pressures in college, don't give in. Keep your faith and know that God is always with you. :)
Jobby
Choose your college carefully. The decision should be based on your career goals not strictly on the college, so think carefully about what you want to do before choosing a school.
Adryan
All I would tell myself is to take more initiative to fill out as many college scholarship applications as possible. Financial aid is not a significant source to rely on. Also work harder on grades. National Merit Scholars at my school get their education paid for...this would make financing school so much easier!
Arhtur
To try harder in school my freshman year, and not get caught up in being free.
Stephanie
Trust your instincts, and trust yourself to make the right decision. I had a scholarship offer to go to a smaller school. No scholarship offer from OU. But I knew OU would be the better choice for me. So I took out loans to go to OU. It was the right choice for me. Maybe I would have been better off financially by going to the smaller school. But I knew I wanted to go to a large university to take advantage of all it has to offer. So trust your instincts to make the decision in the first place, and then continue to trust your instincts that first year. You will have a lot of changes and a lot of decisions to make. You will usually make the right decision. And the best thing about college is that if you didn't make the right decision the first time, you can try another path. Trust yourself and you will enjoy yourself.
Bryttni
I would tell myself to appreciate family time and home-cooking more, because college food and being on your own is completely different than always being with family or friends, and always having food ready for you or available whenever you want it. I would tell myself to take high school more seriously and to study more, because although I made a 4.3 GPA in high school, I hardly ever studied, therefore I had to learn studying skills when I came to college, and had I already been practicing this, it would have been easier to adjust and manage my studies during my first year of college. I would tell myself to ask my counselors in high school how to apply for scholarships, grants, and loans so that I would know how to do these things if I needed to as I do now.
Derek
Research the school throughly. Be prepared to struggle, but never lose faith in what you're doing. Enjoy it because it's not going to last.
Christopher
Be more prepared.