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Professors and TAs care a lot less about the individual student, especially in huge freshmen lecture classes, just to stay sane. If you're not disciplined enough to create a study plan for yourself and make time to adhere to it, you will suffer. There are a wealth of academic, social and extracurricular resources at RU, including tutoring, language labs, and special-interest centers, but the massive size of the school makes everything so hectic that if you let it overwhelm you your freshman year, you might not get back up. You CAN do it--you're just as smart (probably smarter, if you've seen some kids at Orientation running after buses) as everyone else, you just have to grab the benefits first. There's help, rapport, and free food everywhere on Rutgers, you just need to find it. Good luck!

I think that college advice differs from individual to individual. When I was a senior I felt pressured to attend a University just because "that's what you do" after high school. I then spent the next 2 years of my life at a college I was not happy at and I had no career goals and my advisor was not helpful to me. If I were to go back to myself as a senior, I would encourage myself to follow my heart. Possibly look in to volunteering or job shadowing a few people to get a sense of what I really wanted to do. I would encourage myself to apply for scholarships and take advantage of the money available to hard-working, deserving student. I would encourage myself to not 'follow the trend' and 'do what everyone else is doing.' Looking back now, I feel I wasted precious years of my life and in general felt lost. In the end, I have ended up exactly where I want to be and am now persuing my Doctorate of Nursing Practice starting in the fall of 2014.

If i could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior than I would tell myself to not be afraid to ask questions. Its better to ask a "stupid" question and understand what did not make sense than to not ask and never know. The other thing i would tell myself is to go into college with a plan! Know what you want to do with you're life and it will make college much more enjoyable and you will have more motivation to succeed and continue with your education!

I would tell myself to focus and work harder. I have taken the long road to my FNP degree and I would love to go back to high school and take classes while in high school. I wish that I had the foresight to get ahead start and make up mind before I spent six years trying to figure out what I was doing.

Assuming that I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, what would I tell her? I would tell her a few things. My first thing would to tell her to take that letter of interest from the volleyball coaches in Texas and go check it out. Living somewhere in a warm climate is going to be something I dream of for the next 20 years. I can always come home if I don’t like it. Mom and dad are so incredibly supportive, but I don’t see it yet. Another thing I would say is to focus on a finance degree or computer science. Once I get into it and get thru the hard work, I'll find that I'm pretty good at it. It’ll allow me to focus on a career and I'll find that I enjoy it too. The last thing I would tell myself would be to spend time with my friends in college and focus on getting married later, college is a time to learn academics and about myself. Most of all though, I would tell myself to enjoy the whole experience!

If I could go back in time the advice that I would give my self is to work harder in school, but also to be more involved in school activities. As a high school student I was never involved in extracurricular activities or in sports. I wish I could go back and change that because I noticed that all kinds of activities and clubs look good not only on a college resume but also for a work place. If I could go back in time I would have also spent more time trying to get to know my teachers better and participating in class more because that is how they remember kids and if they know you individually they can help you out better than if you are just sitting there in their class.

Look into schools more more than softball and figure out your major.

I would give myself a lot of advice actually, I would be more prepared academically and mentally going into college, I would communicate with my professors and counselors more and I also would have done more research on the degree i wanted to maintain and plan out my 4 years so I could graduate on time!

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would give myself these advice: be stronger in facing every challenge I might have in college; be socilize, talk to everyone I meet and build up a strong network inside the college; work harder and harder for every class I have and gain as much knowledge as I can; attend as many activities as I can to improve my own skills, which will help a lot in my future career; plan out things ahead, even when I am a freshmen because it is always better if I know what to do next and finally, always think positively because that way, I can believe in myself, be confident and perform better in anything appear on my path.

If I could go back in time, I would tell myself to take risks, don't worry about anything or what anyone thinks and fill out applications for grants rather than loans. Although life is completely unpredictable and embarking on a new path is scary, you need to trust yourself. You need to believe that you know what is best for you. You need to always trust your gut instincts and do what you feel in your heart is right. You need to be more outgoing and not care so much what other people say or think. You need to take risks and not just sit back and wait for things to happen. You need to make them happen! You need to not be afraid to make mistakes, and understand that after you make one, it takes a great amount of courage to correct it and set yourself back on the right path, but you will feel better about yourself for having done so. Work hard, but have fun too. And last, but not least...cherish each and every moment

If i was to go back in time to talk myself in my senior year, i would tell my senior year self to go to another school so that you won't have to deal with so much loans. Some schools are willing to help low-income students, and some don't.

I am 47 years old. I graduated high school with the GED when I was 16. I went to community college for a semester, and I did fairly well on my grades. However, my heart wasn't in it. I wanted to be an actress, and my professional acting classes were pulling me away from my traditional studies at college. I've always been a good student; that wasn't the problem. I wanted to get out and live my life. I left college after one semester, only to return 30 years later. I don't like to have regrets; everything in life is a trade-off. I didn't go to college then, but I had a lot of adventures. Looking back, I see a somewhat frantic teenage girl, trying to accomplish too much, and trying to accomplish it all at once. If I were to give advice to my high school self it would be this: "Before you begin on your life of adventure, go to college and get your degree. You have your whole life ahead of you. Don't be in such a hurry to start it."

If I were to go back in time and give my ‘senior self’ advice I would tell her to do what she has wanted to do all of her life and not give up on that dream regardless of what any person tells her. I would also tell her to understand that good people are rewarded so by doing kind things she will be blessed.

Complete every single application that you can. Give yourself as many options as possible. Apply early, and to all scholarships. Even for those that are school specific (like a music or art scholarship that can only be used at a particular College or University). Don't get too caught up about location. The most important thing is how much you end up having to pay for school. Make that your main focus.

Learn how to mangage time and do a lot of reading and get in the habit of taking notes and reading and staying up late.

I want to let them know that it is okay for them to be it's themselves. It's the best experience that will ever get, because they make their own class schedule. There are so much things to do on campus and the teachers are so helpful.

Going back in time, I would tell myself to start applying to Colleges in the fall semester of 2010. I would tell myself not to wait till spring of 2011 because it limits myself. I would also tell myself to start applying for scholarships as early as possible to get started on my future as a College student. I would tell my high school self to not go to a Community College, but to go straight to the College I know I want to go to. Going to College is something we all have to experience and instead of whimping out and going to a Community College, I would tell myself to go straight to a University.

If I knew what I knew now when I was a high school senior, I would tell myself that doing whatever possible to get ready for college is a must. College credit courses in high school will help out so much because they will give you a better head start in college. Scholarships are so important to pay off fees and the cost of going to college. Make the extra effort to apply for as many scholarships as you can because you will understand how much it helps when the bills start stacking up in college. You will need to take college seriously because it is based on you to choose your own destiny. It is on you to want to study for a test, write that paper, or ask for help. You hold your future in your hands and don't let anyone take that away from you. College will be a place where you will not be afraid to be who you are and open up instead of feeling as if you have to be a certain way to fit in. You will face times of hardship, but it will pay off when you do your best.

Dear Natalya, Do your best in high school because it really does prepare you for college. You know how you've heard that college is a lot of reading? Well its true. So make sure you balance your time carefully and start assignments at least a couple of days before they are due. Remember that your family loves you and will miss you when you are away; so call often and visit when you can. It will be hard at first living on campus and not knowing anyone but get involved on campus and you will know 85 percent of the people you walk past by the end of the semester. Do not spend a lot of time online, watching tv, or in the student lounge, but make sure you have down your homework; it really does make a difference. You will have to experiment with trial and error to find the best balance for you, but make sure you are making adjustments when needed. Best wishes, you can do it - believe me, I know! Natalya Brown

As someone who is going back to school as an adult, I would encourage each and every one of you to take 1 year off and travel the world. The more you know about yourself outside of the context of your own country, the more you will earn about yourself as an individual, and that includes the type of student you are. By seeing the world and other cultures, you will be able to determine your likes and dislikes, and you may even connect to something greater than yourself. Once you do get to college the next best piece of advice I can give is to, "Go to class!" Going to class is half the battle but by doing so you will have an audio and visual memory of what happens, this will ensure you retain that day's information, or at least part of it. Try your strengths and weaknesses to see where and when you can improve, and what you can work on.