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I would say Tavares you have alot to look forward to College comes with a great opportunity to try new things. College is not forced or mandatory like attending High School. College is a choice that you make no one tells you to get up and go you have to make that choice. Expanding your knowlege is fun and exciting stay focused and work hard this is what will set you up for the future for a career. Enjoy yourself and Stay focused.

As a high school senior , on the cusp of my independence, I was not focused on the benefits of attaining a degree early in life. I was more concerned about my current job, looking for my own apartment and my immediate time frame and surroundings. Financially my parents were not in a position to support me so the talk of college was minimal. I filled out an application myself, with no direction or advice, and was turned down. I felt defeated and didn’t have the mentorship needed to look at my other options. Looking back, I now realize I took the hard road. I got married, had kids, and then returned to school. Now, at the age of 45, I am starting graduate school. I certainly would have told myself as a senior…”You are smart enough”…”This is your time”… and “Work now and play later”. I would have sought out the resources that were available to me to figure out the colleges that fit my profile and how to financially manage the costs. I would have emphasized…”you can have your independence while living on campus and attaining a college degree…it’s the key to freedom.”

If I could go back in time and talk with my high school senior self I would say, “listen to your mother.” She really told me that education never ends and I need to be prepared to face more challenges. I would have focused more on my computer graphic classes because it’s something that I really want to do now. I would tell myself that I will use that math again in some form or fashion. Definitely I would talk with my guidance counselor more and pay attention to deadlines and scholarships offered. I have always been involved in the community but I would get even more involved. I would want my old self to just know that being “an adult” takes work and effort. My mother makes it look easy and staying focused on your goals take determination. I would finally remind myself to know your wants and needs. Because I am in a need status now for school funds but my past wants haunt me.

Thomas, Right now all you are thinking about is how many days until you graduate high school. Over the last four years you have put forth the minimum effort required to squeak by in regards to your studies. I am here to tell you that it is never too late to take your education more seriously. I know that at this time you feel that you would not succeed at the next level. As your future self, I am letting you know that not only will you succeed in your college career, you will actually excel. With this in mind, my advice to you would be "Do not wait until it is too late to unlock your potential. Enroll in college, set your goals, reach for the sky and watch your life become the best it can be."

I would tell myself to make a descision and choose my major sooner than I did and to work towards that and not mess around as much coming out of highschool. It wastes time.

I would advise myself to be prepared for life's hurdles. Things come up that can hinder the college experience such as finances, starting a family early, and working. So, keep an open mind but at the same time don't be so niieve to think that all things will go as planned. Be ready to make mistakes, mistakes, and more mistakes until you get to a solution that works for you!

Dear Dezerae: You're a high school senior, so be active and join high school clubs. It will help you pay for college in the end. Work hard too, get that 4.0 GPA you are striving for, make up for the 2.5 you got in your freshman year. Practice for band lots, you love it so never give up. You can make honors band for your final year of high school. So, get at it, practice! Study and take that SAT/ACT. It will keep you out of remedial course work, which you'll have to pay for. You're smarter than you give yourself credit for. So, love your senior year, it's your last year of high school friends and your band family.

Stay in school and get good grades. A's make $$.

I would have taking the time to research a school. I would also would have studied better. I also would have taking the time to aplly to scholarships to help me pay for school.

Life is scary, uncertain and so is change. But don't let that be the reason that you second guess your abilities. No one is perfect and no one knows what or who they are at this age. College allows you to be in a semi controlled environment and learn about yourself and the world outside of where you were raised. There is nothing wrong with failure unless you don't get up and move forward and learn from it. But there is something wrong with never trying and hoping that things will just work out. Grab oppurtunity by the hand and run with it. What's the wort thing that can happen? Success!!! And that is scarier than failure.

I would tell myself to push myself a little harder. I would tell myself that my grades really are important and so is my attendance records.

I have just currently enrolled in college at American InterContinental University Online and start my classes on February 7th. Even though classes do not start until the 7th, I have been able to enroll in clubs and look at some of my classmates profiles. I am very excited to attend my classes as they will give me the education I need to earn my degree. I plan on earning my Associate’s Degree in Business Administration with a Concentration in Criminal Justice and then getting my Bachelor‘s Degree in Criminal Justice with a Specialization in Forensic Science. It will be very valuable for me to attend this school so I can fulfill my academic goals. My academic goals are to one day become an investigator and work in homicide. After I am an investigator for a few years, I plan on applying and going to F.B.I academy.

I have got more from my brief college experience than I ever imagined I would. I feel almost as if I have met a new person . I have always seen myself in a certin way, it seems like sometimes I am standing outside of myself looking...this is me I say to myself. I am not sure why I felt that it would be at the end of my college experience that I would feel like I had learned something, I have already learned so much. Valuable, that doesn't begin to be a big enough word to encompass what this experience means to me. This is a luanching pad, I am getting what it will take to go as far as I want to go. College is where people go to get further education to get the job they want. I admitt it is what brought me here, however, the self confidence, being made aware that I excell when I am pushed beyond what I thought was my limit.....I can not even begin . I am happy I made the decision to go to school, it was the right decision for many reasons.

I have gotten a much better understanding of the world around me and the people in it too--overall. I also persued and gained more specific information in Business and Computer Networking (as well as IT operation and funcitionality) as far as my majors are concerned. I just hope that somehow I can pay for it all--when the time comes. Thank you.

My college experience has allowed me to learn business skills that will prove valuable in my career, such as strategies on how to make a business successful. Because my University's program is accelerated, and as its campus is online, I have an opportunity to acquire work experience and quickly achieve a degree simultaneously. This is an advantage that will give me a head start in both my career and in life. I am considering running someday for public office. Using business knowledge obtained from my studies, and refined from using them during my career, I hope to have a positive effect on government policy, making it easier for people to live their lives. I believe that my college experience will become more and more valuable as my education continues, as will the knowledge and skills I obtain become more and more valuable as my career and life goals evolve, and as I develop as a person.

I graduated high school two years ago and have always wanted to attend Warren Wilson College but have been discouraged by the outrageous cost of tuition. I am very hopeful that my experience at Warren Wilson will help me succeed in the Peace Corps and other environmental and cultural opportunites that other colleges may not as successfully provide. I am hardworking and determined to raise as much money as I can to get into and through this school. Please help make my dreams come true!

After retiring from a company that did not recognize my scholastic achievement(s) and being deprived of promotional opportunities, I decided to continue my educational aspirations in the field of educational and it has prepared me to be more cognizant of of the problems we will face or are facing now if we do not prepare ourselves for being competitive in the ever changing global economy. Technology is ever changing and we need to embrace technology now. All children are cognitively, linguistically, and emotionally connected to the language and culture of their home. Intervention where inequities or mistreatment occurs demonstrates and insists on understanding mutual respect and acceptance of others and of others' differences in order to make good citizens of ourselves and others. A good education opens the door to our destiny and to being successful and we owe it to ourselves as recipients to make concerted efforts to place ourselves in positons or places where we can give back and make a difference. In achieving my goal/aspiration proves beneficial because of the sacrifices I made and the valuable contributions attained during my tenure which could not be met without the superb guidance and direction of faculty.

A college experience has given me a second chance at a future. Just two years ago, I barely graduated high school with an interest in joining the military. I didn’t have the funds to go to a good college. Instead of the military, I took two years off to do community service. As I tutored elementary students I learned a college education is just as important as passing the 3rd grade. It wouldn’t make sense for me to teach students how to read if I wasn’t doing the same. I have been in school for about 3 weeks. It has been one of my best decisions. I am officially happy and content with where my life is headed. I’m following my dream of being an Architectural-Engineer. I’m not only doing this for my students, but also for my biological, adopted and U of D Mercy family.

Being the first one in my family to graduate from college that in itself is a huge accomplishment for me. I have set the foundation and standard for the younger people in my family and have inspired older generations to continue with their education as well. Having my degree has allowed me to obtain a stable job and from this job I have purchased a home, car, etc. It has also allowed me to continue with my graduate degree. It has been extremely valuable to me to be able to continue with my education because without it there is no certainty as to where I would be. I intend on going as far as I can go with my education and consider myself a lifelong learner.

Attending a community college was definetly not part of my plan for my life after high school. I envisioned attending a four-year school where I could dorm and study while having a minimal social life. I wanted to meet different people and explore new horizons. I feel as though entering a community college has made me work harder because I feel ashamed to be there; being born in this country with no criminal record and not speaking english as a second language this excludes me from being in a community college.I will say I am ashamed but also determined to attend a four-year school. I will work really hard because believe me I know that I do not belong in a community college, I belong in the big leagues where I will be a leader among leaders.