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Hey Janelle! Don't be scared, it's just yourself from the future!I know you like to have fun, and have been working really hard to graduate high school. I'll give you a little tip, you will graduate high school but you will not go to college until you're 22. Janelle, you are heading down a very dark path with the lifestyle you are in. You need to work and save up for a car, and begin to go to church with your family. Even if you don't believe, just listen. Even if you sleep, just go. Once you get your means of transportation, begin to go to college. Everything that you have learned in high school will slowly leave your brain each year you do not utilize it, which means college is just going to become harder for you. I know you probably won't listen to me, but at least try to do these things for yourself.

Stay in the Valley One dorms because they got the makeover over the summer and it just looks more professional. Also it's not as scary as the movies make it look, freshmen year will be an awkward passage, but you just have to get the ball rolling and gain some confidence. You're strong, independent and your mother has taught you well. Keeping your grades up is important but don't forget that college is not only an educational step in your life but it is also a social experience, so have some fun! Go to the Lock-in, enjoy the international festival and go to the jazz club on Saturdays, you won't regret it, I promise. College is tough, but you'll get the hang of it, just have faith in yourself.

I would tell myself to focus more on subjects that i enjoyed in high school as a possible major in college. One of the biggest problems students have is that they are unsure of what they want their major to be or how to go about finding the right one without wasting time and money on classes that dont matter in the end. I would also tell myself to search for more scholarships while i had the luxury of time in high school, now that i am a college student time wasted when i was younger equals debt for the future.

I would tell myself to be more open minded and confident in myself. College offers views that you have never experienced or thought you would come across, both positive and negative. Take every day one step at a time and don't stress yourself out, every day is a new day to do great things!

The advice I would give my high school self would be not to give up and know that anything is possible. No matter how bad you think you are doing just know you can always make it better. Just because your grades aren't the greatest that doesn't mean that you are a failure it just means that you need to re-focus your attention and try again. And just remember to NEVER GIVE UP.

If I could go back my advice would be to network more. Networking is the way you get connections and I feel leads to a more successful life. The people you meet will greatly affect your worldview, in both a personal and professional way. The earlier you get comfortable with making and maintaining connections, the better your life will be. My other bit of advice would be that just because you are good at something does not mean that you have to study it. I majored in English, and while I loved it, I am now planning on going back to school in a completely different field. Taking the time to know myself and be comfortable with it back in high school would have led me down a different path.

I am only a Freshman student, but you learn so much in your first semester of college. It is a time in your life when everything changes and it changes quick. You must learn to handle all the distractions of not having a time when parents say you should go to bed, friends being around 24/7, and the pressures of going out when your friends ask. In college you have to learn that you have to push yourself to strive and succeed. Your parents aren't there to harp on you to do your homework and go to school as well as professors won't even really know you exist unless you make an effort to reach out to them for help. In college you must grow up quick and most importantly put yourself out there. By putting yourself out there college will be the time of your life.

Save your quarters. After that, study a little smarter. Study to understand, not just pass a test. The ability to recall and apply concepts throughout life really is useful. Finally, try to participate in as many extracurricular activities as you can. Not only is it fun, but it is a great way to meet new friends. This is a great habit to stick with after college too.

I would tell myself to hit the ground running, and put having fun a little to the side. Make sure to use an instate family member address to apply to the school, because out of state tuition is a bitch.

Right now, I am divorced, but I got married when I was about 19. Its best to wait until you finish school before you get married. I was a honor role student going through school. I met a handome chinese guy. We talked and dated frequently. Actually, I met him at my school Broward College in Florida. He was trying to be a engineer, and I was trying to go to pharmacy school. I went to Florida Atlantic University to finish up my Bachelors degree in Biology. I did finish it with honor role. Now it was time to apply for phramcy school. I applied to Nova Southeastern University. I got accepted. I was in my first year of pharmacy school when I found out that my husband was having an affair. We got divorced and I dropped out of school as a result of it. I took the divorce really hard. It took me 6 years to finally say I want to go back to school. Being that said, I should have waited to date then I would have been a pharmacist now.