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Knowing what I know now about college life I would tell myself to go straight to a four year university. I transferred to University of Washington from Green River Community College. Although I do not regret my decision (it sure saved me money!) I think I would have had a more fulfilling life experience if I would have gone straight to the University of Washington. I think the college experience was invaluable and I would not trade the two wonderful years at UW for anything. However, I feel like if I had had two additional years my life would have been that much more enriched. I would also tell myself to get more involved in the University Community. The best memories I have are from when I was participating in a school sponsored activity. I think joining a sorority would have been a wonderful experience that I may have missed out on. I think If I would have started as a freshman and really used my time to make the most out of, not only my education but out of my life, I would have looked back at my time in college with even more fond memories and life experiences.

If I could go back in time and talk to my high school senior personna, the one piece of advice I would give myself would be to ignore the school counselor, stay in school, and explore colleges on my own. I was essentially on my own at the age of 18 due to family dysfunction and had to drop out of high school to support myself. I now know there were other options for me as despite the dysfunction in my life. Academically my grades were reasonable and I scored quite well on the STAT. Mine is one of those sad stories of the smart kid falling through the cracks. This is why, at 46, I am back in school, working fulltime (and not making more the $40K/year), and maintaining a 3.80+ GPA.

Keep what you are doing right now and you will like it. Good job!

Develop stronger self discipline, as you will be mostly alone to be responsible for your life soon. Make sure you obtain substantial knowledge about how to prevent yourself from overspending at the college.

I would tell myself not to worry about figuring out what I want to major in or what I want to be. It's a slow process, and that is ok! Make a lot of friends because they make the transition so far from home a million times easier. I would also suggest getting a job on campus, so that money isn't such a hassle and stessor. Take classes that you are interested in, not ones that sound incredibly boring. And lastly, I would tell myself to have confidence in myself and to remember to be; don't be afraid to express who I really am.

I waited to go to college until I was a bit older, and more sure of what I wanted to accomplish from school, so there are quite a few things I would tell my senior self. First, I would tell myself to be brave. I believe that transition from late teens into early twenties is complex and frightening. But I would tell myself that those years are some of the most formative years and to meet them head on and without fear. I would tell myself to reach out to people, and not to let lack of self confidence stop me from making some of the most amazing life long friends I have ever had the privilege of knowing. Lastly, I would tell myself that no dream, no matter how far fetch it may seem, is stupid, and to aspire to reach every goal no matter how hard. I would remind myself that life is only what you make of it, and you don't want to get to the end with a bunch of regrets.

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I would tell myself to stick to my guns and push through my difficult classes. College is a different life, and it has been kind of hard for me to get used to the 500 student lecture halls and succeeding in that environment, which has also been hard for me since I graduated with a 3.9 gpa. Mainly, I just need to focus and study really hard, and don't give up!!

I'm an international student from India and I've had to sail through some very trying times here in the US. Indian children are too spoilt by their mothers, who slave through the day managing household chores along with demanding careers, but don't burden their children with house work . Also the domestic help back home are little more than serfs, slogging through the day. After living in the US I've decided never to indenture lives, to do my chores myself and not burden anyone to work for me. Now I understand how tiring it is to work and study and cook and clean all by myself. I salute the poor back home who work for a pittance all day. I have learnt true humanity here and I regret taking everyone back home for granted. I've understood now what true equality is and what entails emancipation and I'm sorry to say India is yet a long way behind that even though it is called the biggest democracy in the world.

If I were to give myself advice, I would tell myself to live life without regrets. Everyone knows that in highschool there is the stupid drama. I would tell myself to forget all that and enjoy freedom. I don't mean freedom from my parents I mean financial freedom. Once you move on to college and out of your parents house, you have a lot more things to worry about financially. As far as advice for the transition I would recommend not partying so much my freshmen year. Freshmen and sophmore year really are the years that count, because these grades are the ones that matter most when applying for your major. My major was business, which is extremely competitive. I would have told myself to study more freshmen year so I wouldn't have to work so hard to bring my GPA up my sophmore year. I would motivate myself to do this by explaining that once I get into my major I can let loose a little more because the business major was a lot harder to get into than it was once you got in. I would hope this would motivate me to work smarter not harder.