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Don't take your college classes in high school too lightly. Be open to meeting everyone and never stop smiling. Everyone is looking for friends too so don't be shy to reach out and be yourself. Set a goal of what you want and work towards it. Things will be tough so focus, but never forget to have a little fun in the process. Socializing events will distract you but don't spend too much time socializing. Find the balance that makes you the best student you can be. When you find your real friends spend as much time with them as possible. There will be great memories to make.

Apply to a lot of places, even ones that you haven't necissarily heard a lot about. Smaller schools are a pretty good match, better than the larger state universities but there's not as much heard about them. Talk to your roommate over the summer. It helps a lot and makes things a lot more comfortable when moving in, knowing that you have some things in common. The less she feels like a stranger, the better. Yes, homesickness does happen but it's not as bad as you think it will be (not that coming home sometimes isn't nice). Hold out and don't come home every weekend or even every other weekend. A lot of fun things, even just hanging out, happens on weekends and it would be a shame to miss even half of it, much less all of it.

I would say prepare, focus, relax, and take time for you! When I was a senior in high school I had just had my son so it was a very hard next two years of being a full time mother, worker, and student! It's so important to take time for yourself otherwise you're going to get burnt out on everything else! Obviously you have to focus because without focus everything will fall apart. Focus on the present, focus on your goals for the future, while constantly preparing for the future as well! Relax and don't fret about the things you have no control over, it will just cause unneeded stress in your life! Good luck!

If I could go back and talk to myself I would definately tell myself to do my research, and apply for more scholarships and to more colleges than I did. As well as going on more college visits. You really can tell if you belong, or would not belong just by a visit. I am a transfer to Central College, and that is because I had applied for only one college, a college which I got accepted too, but financially didn't work out only a few months before classes began. So I was forced to go to a small tech school, for Graphic Design. I finished out my first year there and decided it was not a good fit for me. There was not much of a student life, and many of the teachers wern't always available for help. I started actually doing my research on colleges this time, and I found Central. I set up a visit, and fell in love with the campus and the people I met were extremely inviting. If only I could have done my research in highschool and found Central earlier. Central has changed my life, and I couldnt be more grateful.

Do not worry about making friends! If you trust in God, participate in campus activities, and attempt to love everyone, you will have no problem.

I would tell myself to not get into to big of a hurry to grow up. That you do not have to know exactly what you want to do when first entering college. That the harder i work in high school the more it will pay off in the long run. Last I would inform myself that the movies lie, and by this I mean that college is not all parties and having a good time. There is alot of hard work involved and there is no other way to accomplish the goal that have been set.

Be prepared to work hard, and grow up. College life at Central will teach you a lot about your self and others, and it is definitely worth it. You might as well begin as an elementary education major, because you know you want to help people, you just don't how, but when you get there, you will realize you want to teach others. You have a passion to work with people, so don't be afraid to open up to new people right away. Do as much service learning as you can, broaden your horizons right away, it is something you will never regret. If I could go back and study abroad I would, so you should. Go to Ghana, or maybe Spain, wherever you go, meet new people and share amazing and new experiences with them, but most importantly, learn as much about yourself as you can. You will never get this time back, so spend it wisely, and do exciting things.

Don't give up. There are people out there willing to help you and get you through those hard times. Stick with it!

I would tell myself to relax and not stress out too much about college because the transition isn't very stressful, other than homesickness. I would tell myself that I'm proud of all the work I'm doing to get here and all the work I've done, and to hang in there because I'm on the home stretch. I would tell myself what I learned this year: school shouldn't be about always trying to get the perfect grade, it's just going to make you fight your schoolwork for the entire length of the class. Instead, immerse yourself in the material and truly find interest in something about it. It makes the learning much easier and you're much less likely to hate studying. Even if it's a subject I dislike I can always find interest in something about it. I would tell myself that I already got accepted and I did so much work, I deserve to be proud of all that work.

I would have taken more college classes in high school and would have been more out going. I would not have stressed as much about going to college and enjoyed high school more. I would have tried to apply for more scholarships and worked more. Other than that there is nothing I really regret. I enjoyed my senior year and was even more excited to come to college.