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The advice I would give my senior high school self would be to persevere. You will be faced with challenges and new latitudes, but embrace them instead of surrendering to failure. Take the time to cultivate the opportunities that college will provide for you. They will shape the person you will become. Do not make that homesick phone call to your mom where she will persuade you to return home. Finish your degree, travel the world, and make sure to work in a field that excites you. If you give up, life will pause your educational journey. Without your degree you will battle for every job, every promotion, and you will find yourself embarrassed when others ask where you obtained your degree. Believe in yourself when others around persecute you. You can prevail.

I would tell myself to get out of my own way and have more confidence. In the past, I would often overthink my work and get stuck when I felt that my answers or my work weren't perfect, when in reality they were excellent. Because of my self-doubt I would allow myself to give up on too many things and never gave myself enough of a chance to see my own potential. Now I have learned that the goal shouldn't be perfection, but instead it should be improvement. Education isn't always about finding the perfect answer, it is about growing your knowledge and developing yourself as a person. Making mistakes isn't failing, its about discovering what you can learn from those mistakes and applying that learning to your future. Mistakes are also opportunities to learn to think about things differently, to evolve and expand your learning abilities to the new experiences of college and adulthood. So I would tell myself to take a breath, start writing something, anything, and build on that. You are amazing and you are only going to get better by actually trying. Nothing great ever came without work and sacrifice.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to make sure to get involved. I did not feel home sick as much because I joined a couple clubs. These clubs helped me to make new friends and connections that will last me a life time. I've only been at school for one semester, but I know if I had not joined these clubs I would have gotten home sick. Also, I would tell myself to be the leader of your life. I found out that in college you need to start making decisions for yourself because nobody else is going to. If you take charge of your education and life at college, you will succeed and be happy about what you have acccomplished. The biggest advice I have learned in my first semester of college is to get involved, find your place in the community, and lead yourself to success.

College life is an experience that does everything except mirror the highschool scene. The students who attend college have their own business and problems to focus on, their own academics to tend to, and do not seem to become entangled in the affairs of others, which is a recognizeable behavior in high school students. I would tell my high school self to remain focused on my studies, my extracurricular activities, and my personal relationships with the people that actually affect my life because the petty instances that often set back high school students will be a thing of the past in college. The negativity and discouraging situations with peers that are presented in high school seem to fade when you make the transition to college, and instead of sweating over where to sit in the cafeteria, rest assured that in college you can establish yourself among a variety of personalities, and feel welcomed in whichever environment you place yourself in. Bringing a positive and open minded persona to college is something you should not neglect to pack up with your material possessions, as demonstrating the ability to integrate into various, unfamiliar circumstances in college is going to be very advantageous!

I would tell myself to keep going, even when it seems that you can't make it, you can. Keep fighting for what is important to me, working hard and completing something is much more rewarding than quitting!

Education first!

I would tell myself to focus more on school and building relationships with advisors, staff, and professors, and less on fitting in with my peers. I also would advise my past self to apply for more scholarships! Every "tiny" $100 or $250 award really adds up!

The advice I would give my high school self is to only listen to yourself. People are going to give you their opinion, and it may be very convincing, but you need to listen to your heart and what you think is best. You are not being disrespectful by not choosing to do what they say, but instead you are living your life the way you want to. You may get some weird looks along the way, but their thoughts are theirs. All that mattters are yours own thoughts, and if you mess up or trip along your journey, so what? Mistakes happen throughout life, but at least you can say that they were your mistakes instead of saying your could have changed the outcome by making your own choice. You have a voice...use it to stand up for yourself and your thoughts, beliefs, decisions, and ideas!

Don't apply to just one college. Keep your options open. Apply for more scholarships, and don't worry. The transition really won't be a bother for you. Get a job, get a car, and you'll be just fine!

I would tell myself to listen to my parents and to go to the school that would have benefited me better than my current school. I would have gone to Suffolk University instead of Bay Path. I would have been much more happier and have more opportunities then the ones that I have at Bay Path. Bay Path does not offer many opportunities and is a feminist school. They go above and beyond with the feminism and if I knew this before, I would never have come to this school.

Look at you, Ariel. You have no responsibilities, no worries, and endless opportunities. I know you see closed doors ahead, but it is your eyes and mind that are closed. So a few doors are locked right now, you can find the keys. Maybe you can find alternate entrances. If you start focusing on college now, you can avoid the struggle of juggling courses while working and taking care of a family. With nothing but yourself holding you back, you are free to attend almost any college you choose-as long as you let yourself go! Stop looking at the whole journey and take one step. One step is easy, right? Go on, take a step! Look at you, Ariel. You are now one step closer to college, so keep moving and you'll bust those doors wide open.

Assuming i could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior now that i have experienced college, I would give myself a reality check on what life is going to be like and what needs to be done so my past self can fix our future and make it better. I would go back to the very beginning of my senior year at high school and force my past self (since i am very stubborn) to take pre-calculus because it won't make sense in the future. After i know that i will have a glimpse of hope that i will understand pre-calculus in college, I'm going to sit down with myself, and lay down everything that has happened to me over the year and a half and give suggestions to prevent it from happening to my past self. I would say to do more research for college, dont settle just because it has a physician assistant program. Bay Path is a great school, but if i want to go there, i need to apply for all the scholarships possible and save to avoid stress on us in the long run.

I f i were to go back in time to my senior year or early the advice I'd give myself are procrastination does not work in college and save up as much as you can for the expenses. If i knew and did these two things before I'd feel much better about things.

I would go back to the day I quit and tell myself "be strong life is going to get real hard you just held your daughter for the last time, the man you are going to love with all your heart will die young, and your going to have two boys with major health or mental issues , stay in school for them. Just hang in there and cry all you need to but keep moving along with your education but loose your kids or yourself while getting through it all.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a highschool senior I would tell myself that my choice to go to Bay Path College is the correct choice. I would tell myself that I should not worry about the work load because I can handle it. I would tell myself that I am proud that I did so well in highschool, because if I had not I would not be able to learn as easily in college. I would tell myself that I will find amazing professors that I will grow to love and not to worry about finding new friends. I would tell myself that no matter what I may think is important now, it will not be later on and so I should not worry about the little things and instead be happy. I would tell myself to dream big and continue seeking knowledge because it is what is best.

to not mess around during high school and get focused as soon as you get into college and manage your time wisely

I have learned that although many think college is all about fun, and there is plenty of time to have fun, the focus really needs to be on academics. WIthout good grades, you won't be able to stay in the college. You have to study a lot, and when you are told to read a section in your textbook, definitely make sure to read it. It's important, that will help you participate in class, and also help with your grade. Take all your classes seriously, even if you think they are really easy, because in the end, your grade may not show that the class was really easy.

College is way different than high school. My college experience really made me grow as a person. I met many people from different parts of the world and they taught me many new things that were astonishing. I could say that college has opened the world to me. Also the profesors stretch your ability to think, they make you think outside the box. I have learned many insightful things that I wouldn't have ever known if I wasn' t here, in college. I feel like I know where I am supposed to be in life, eventhough I don't know where I will end up in the future , I know I am in the right path. It was a really good decision to attend college.

I have learned alot about life, I never expected to learn. College is about the things you learn in the classroom and out. Its a priority here at Bay Path for students to learn everything from there focus of study to effective communication. The class size is about the size of an avrage high school or smaller and the class size continues to shrink as you progress. Along with individal attention, the facuilty really make this college speical. Every student gets the time to sit and talk with the professor, not an aid. While they arnt always on campus they give out multiple phone numbers and emails, they really want to take the time to make sure you understand everything. At the begining of the school year my mother found multiple tumors and was wating to hear results by the time classes had started I was a nervous wreck, Bay Path really helped me learn to cope and how to handle my anxiey. She is a level 4 and will be recive chemo therapy for the reast of her life. This is just one of the many ways Bay Path has tought me invalluable life lessons.

Considering the fact that I am a 46 year old grandmother that never graduated high school because I quit in my junior year to raise my son, my first piece of advice would be to wait to have children so that I could stay in school and graduate. The next piece of advice I would give myself would be to attend college right after high school because if you wait it's hard to go back to school.