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If I could go back to senior year, I would tell myself to not stress so much about what I wanted to do in life. Going to college gives you so many options to consider, and there is plenty of time to figure out exactly what you want to do in the future. I would tell myself that instead of focuing energy on worrying about my career path, I should focus more energy on the present. I wish that I would have spent my final year in high school focusing on school work, extra curriculars, and loved ones instead of worrying myself sick about grad school and my career options.

I would tell myself to apply for way more scholarships, especially given the school I chose. School costs a lot of money and I wish I had been applying for scholarships my first day of high school.

It seems so easy now, but I would tell myself not to worry so much. Worring wastes so much time and energy and achives absolutely nothing but creating a negative aura around my life. My relationships with my friends and family suffered and could be so much smoother presently if I hadn't been an inssesant worry-wart in high school. I must now spend my time with my loved ones to show them how different- positive and easy going- I am, so that I can heal realtionships I injured with my past brusque "beacause I'm worried and stressed" attitude.

If I were to go back and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to apply myself more in the classroom. I would say to get better grades to get in a better position for college. I would tell myself this because inn high school I was never the best student and due to this I didnt graduate with the rest of my friends. Coming out of high school, I would never think I would make it to the University of Southern California. Even though I made it, I wish that I could of done better in high school because I know that I had it in me but I didnt apply myself.

College is an exciting time in any undergarduates life and there are so many things that could be said to help prepare you for what you are about to go through, but the main thing is very cliché: stay true to who you are and never change. This brand new world of freedom is full of temptation and of people, professors and ideas that are meant to exist to influence your thoughts, actions and tickle your intellect – remember your moral values and do not let yourself be easily swayed by people who mean to sneak you onto their side of the spectrum. The worst thing that you could do is let college change you. College is a time in your young life that should help you develop into the person that you are meant to be; here, you're supposed to discover things about yourself that you did not know existed, because of this be logical, but also follow your heart. Money may become an issue, as long as you follow your passions and do what you love and put 110{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} into everything you do, I can guarantee that in the end you will be happy and money will come.

You are about to embark on a journey that will become the best four years of your life. Make sure to join every club, take every interesting class you can and enjoy every single minute of it. The next four years will fly by!

I would tell my previous self that I should go to the college or university that I was in love with. It is important that you never settle in life as it is too short to waste on things that are “good enough.” I would tell myself to apply for on campus jobs during the summer between my graduation and first year in order to provide a supplemental income during the first year. I would tell myself that I need to have the confidence to face rejection in order to put myself out there. I would tell myself that people will invite me to parties, expecting me to drink and do drugs, and ask me support causes that I would not agree with, and that I could say no and rise above the peer pressure. That if I have confidence in my decisions and in my abilities that I will succeed.

If I could go back in time to when I was a senior i would tell myself to prepare alot more then I did. College life is far from easy, it is the very first time when you are offically on your own and living your own life. At that very point and time you realize that it is all up to you. Al l the studying , laundry, food, cleaning, and work is all up to you. I would tell myself to believe in what all the highschool teachers were saying because they tell you time and time again that college professors are not going to be easy on you and they are 100 precent correct. Most importantly I would tell myself to work hard and love what I am doing with all the passion in the world, because its what you're doing for the rest of your life. Work hard for your dreams because they're all you've got!

If I could tell my 18-year-old self anything, I'd tell her nothing. I would watch her make every mistake she's about to make, keep mum on every wrong choice, and let her do whatever she wanted for the next 4 years. I'd watch her switch her major 5 times, date the wrong guy, drink the jungle juice, take in more calories through coffee consumption than actual food, and sit back as she freaked out about it all. Then, after 3 and a half years, I'd watch her realize that she just spent the last 3 and a half years making a million terrible decisions. I won't tell my 18-year-old self what to do but I'll hope she makes every mistake she should, because those mistakes will teach her more than any tenured professor could. They'll teach her who she is. They'll teach her who it is she wishes never to be and who it is she wants to become. They will prepare her for the most fulfilling life. But I won't tell her that; I think I'll let her figure it out on her own.

Being an Resident Advisor, one thing I often encounter si that in college people appreciate hard work and talent more than in high school. People arent' a worried about imageand ore instead worried about making themselves and finding who they really want to be around. At a large school, one can equally find themselves lost or in the right place depending on how they are able to find the appriprate groups of people - primarily through activities and proxomity, to be around nd do stuff with. While the focus is on grades for high school, college gives you so much more flexability, often you can't focus on grades as much as you did in high school, spcially on many professional fields, if you're able to have more valuable experiences during your time in college. Depending on your school, many sterotypes about college aren't too far off for many schools, but whatever you're doing is a decision and you should be strong enough to make that decision once you reach college. In high school, many things were limited but at college you have more flexability to change environments, friends, and surroundings to your benefit or not.