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The first advice I would give would be to follow your heart and not let your fears hold you back. Do not let the fear of failure or not having the finances to go to college hold you back from pursuing your dreams. I would say going to college and becoming financially stable before starting a family is very important. I would also say that no matter what choices you make you are never to old to go back to college and better yourself. Before graduating and when you go to college give it your all. You should study hard and learn all that you can. Do not get to distracted or side tracked from the goal you want to accomplish.

Well, I graduated just after my Junior year thanks to the CHSPE. I past on my second try. If I could go back and tell myself about college and such back in my Junior year, I'd tell myself that I should start looking for Scholarships and Grants and such before I started looking for a college. It would've been much easier, and I wouldn't be in debt.

The advice I would give myself would be to not wait until i was 38 to go back to school. There is a lot of things I would do differently in my life and finshing high school instead of getting my GED is one of them. The other is to go to college right after graduating highschool. I didn't realize the importance of an education when I was younger, so I would tell myself just how important finishing high school is and how hard it really is to go back to school when you get older. Although education is expensive you can not put a price on a good education, it is priceless. The greatest gift you can give yourself is good education.

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school student I would say that transitioning directly from high school into college is very important. Your writing, reading, and math skills are still sharp and once you step away from that for a while you can lose a lot of skills that came easily to you before. Going to college as a teenager would have given me more time to focus on school since I would not have a corporate job or family responsibilities. Also, it would have given me more time in the work force at a professional level instead of spending more then the normal amount of time at an entry level position. Given the information I provided above, your college education should never be procrastinated. Providing yourself with an education is one of the best gifts you could possibly give to yourself. It is also the most rewarding gift your will ever receive.

Going back 20 plus years to talk to myself as a senior in high school I would encourge me to start classes. It is not important in the beginning to decide on where you want to go. Do the basic classes and set a foundation for the next year ahead. College degrees will mean a whole lot more in 20 years than they do in 1987. Press on, stay strong and do it now for your future family and because you know it is what you really want to do. I would also encourage myself to go ahead and audition for the music department to hopefully achieve a dream of being a music teacher. Not trying will always make you wonder if you could have been the next Warren Sperry at Paris High School. Don't give up!

If I could go back to being a high school senior right now I would be doing all I could do to submit college grant applications and scholarship applications. Now that I am out on my own and realize how much school is costing for me I really wish I would of been more responsible as a High School Senior. Many jobs require atleast a BA and I am going to try my hardest to get there! Another thing I would of done differently as a High School senior is enroll in college courses. I am already 22 and only a freshman in college, I am feeling a little behind now because I am already seeing many of my friends graduate from college when I am just starting. I feel college is very important, I am currently going for business finances for a BA and planning to enroll at the American Payroll Association after that to learn payroll for large businesses for a work at home side job. I really hope I can find a way to persue my dreams and get the financial assistance needed to achieve this wonderful dream.

In 2005, I made $259,000. I was 24 years old. I thought I was a rock star. The thought of going back to finish a degree at a university seemed pointless. Ever since my first year out of high school, my income had increased every year. I drove around in a $55,000-BMW and owned five houses by age 25. Working in the mortgage Industry, it seemed I had proved everyone wrong: I didn?t need an expensive college education. I was successful and had all the material possessions to prove it. In 2007, the real estate market had collapsed, along with the US economy. In April of 2008, I was filing for bankruptcy; I had lost my business, income, car and property. Worse, I had lost my pride. I had trouble finding a job because I did not have a degree. It hurt knowing I wasn?t educated. It was the worst time of my life. Knowing what I know now, I would tell myself, that nothing is more important than your education. That is one thing a bad economy cannot take. Make sacrifices now. Don?t go from riches to rags but rather rags to riches.

The advice I would give myself if I were to go back in time as a high school senior, would have to be that college is much different than high school. College life is more sophisticated and is more mature, there is also not as much as drama in college as there is in high school. College teachers are very formal when they speak to you and high school teachers just talk to you as a friend would talk to you. I would tell myself that the transition is a very great expierience and is a great way of learning new things.

My best advice for senoir would be: 1. Your high school counselor is a great way to get helpful information, but you have to do research, too. I come from a fairly small school; however, the workload of my high school counselor is still very demanding. 2. I always kept extra transcripts on hand to use for scholarship applications, I kept track of my school information, and I searched for scholarship 3. I treated my time spent applying for scholarships like it was a second part-time job. 4. Keeping things organized is very important. I kept a folder with copies of transcripts, award letters, recommendation letters, acceptance letters, etc., all the information that scholarships typically request. Because of dedication to the scholarship applications, I now have all the money I need to pay for college. I will not have to worry about my finances at all. Students should apply for every scholarship that they are eligible for, don't even take time to think whether or not you have a chance to win. You won't have a chance if you don't apply. Definitely make ure you stay focus on what you want to do once you get

If I could go back in time, I would tell myself to not rush the college experience. I began my first semester in college at The Art Institute of Houston, just three short weeks of graduating from High School. Jumping off the deep end like that and attending the first school that I applied to was not a smart decision. I got burnt out and ended up bouncing from college to college after that. I would tell myself to slow down, enjoy life and apply to a University with a dorm room. If you are going to go to college and get an education have the full experience, go away from home live on your own, and enjoy learning. Don't be in such a rush to just get a degree and get in the real world, there is so much time for all of that, learn something you're interested in and have fun.