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Although its been two years since I finish high school, I'm barely starting college. I know the plan was to graduate and attend college right away. But it's my fault for not showing interest in anyhing. It's something you're doing now. Interacting with people will fix that. You don't want to experience the disadvantages of being friendless. I recommend joining a few clubs. That will help you gain friends, volunteer hours, and experience. You'll be thanking me once you start filling out your resume. Now getting a job won't be difficult. Being employed makes it easier once you start college. But that doesn't mean you won't need the help of scholarships. So look and apply everywhere and don't give up even if it looks difficult. Keeping all this advice in mind, there is one very important thing left. Never put down your camera. Keep taking pictures and don't lose confidence. The world of photography is a big place, but we will both make it. My life is barely beginning. So while I'm working towards our future career. I hope you're one step closer to our dream.

Your environment will change. You, however, will not. Whatever skills, issues, and faults you had will stay with you; picking up a High School Diploma does not mean your long baggage train of habits, tendencies and interests get thrown out with your old locker contents. Yes, the faces around you will change, the expectations placed upon you will change, your social life will change, but you will not, at least initially. It is often said that college is an excellent way to reinvent yourself: You suddenly find yourself surrounded by new people who never knew you existed up unto a few minutes ago. However, it isn't that you're some new person. You simply have a fresh social slate. No one knows who you are or who you were, other than you. Knowing yourself, which includes all your past successes, failures, strengths and weaknesses before you make that academic commitment is key to your future success. Why? Because if you don’t understand yourself, if you don’t take time to work through your past and who you are and see potential bad habits, then chances are you may become someone you don’t want to be.

I would tell myself that I should put more time and effort in the little things, academiclly. I would encourage myself to get involved in a community college to get as much college credit I can before I graduate. The biggest thing I wish I could tell my highschool self is to apply for much more sholarships. Even the smaller awards all add up. If I would've done that I could've been much more relaxed finacially.

I would tell myself to be a more active in learning how to write papers. I would advise myself not to be so standoffish with people and to get to know them faster. To be more confident in what I know and to work hard to learn as much as I can before coming to the college. I would say that I need to get into a better study habit and learn how to take notes. Last of all to learn to trust God, he always pulls me though when I need to be pulled and holds me back when I need to be held back.

Take advantage of every opportunity that is available to you. Learn to study and work at everything you do.

Learn to study more! Social life is great, but friends can't be your main priority!

Go to school everyday and apply yourself!!! It is very important to maintain this self dicipline to help ensure a successful future!!!!

Finishing my sophomore year at college, I've finally started to adopt a frame of mind I wish I'd had when I stepped onto campus two years ago as fresh high school graduate. If I could go back in time and tell my clueless self one thing, it would be this: College is about learning, not technicalities. It's so tempting to make my only ambition a deadline, a page number, a big red "A." But these things only exist to facilitate the true aim of higher education--that is, EDUCATION. Learning. Knowledge. Exploration. I'm here at school to challenge myself, to shatter the boundaries of my expectations and prejudices, to listen intently to the words of seasoned scholars and to question fervently in search of new ideas. These are the things I must keep in mind when I find myself striving to satisfy a number rather than striving to throw my heart into the pursuit of knowledge. Listen up, younger self! Don't fill that page with letters just to meet a word count; don't worry about getting a B-minus on a hard assignment. Absorb yourself: Use these opportunites to stretch your brain, to grow.

As a high school senior, I was very comfortable with my circle of friends and thought college would be a great way to meet new people and form immediate, comfortable friendships. I chose to go to a college where I knew no one. The worst times of my life were first semester at Covenant because I did not branch out and meet new people. To transition in college, one needs to try different things and branch out beyond comfort zones. Sign up for random clubs and meet new people, go to hall meetings, partcipate in intramurals! I also would emphasize the importance of doing well in classes. It is important to do as much reading as possible and to stay on top of papers and tests -- in retrospec, be organized!

Don't feel pressured to take a full coarse load. I felt as if I had to take 18 hours every semester and as a new college student, this made the transition even more difficult. This hurt my gpa in the long run and I wasn't able to learn as much as I could have my first year. My second year has been much more successful now that I know how to balance everything and not take on more than I can handle.

This is the advice I'd give about transitioning into college: First of all, not to be impatient-- it takes time to make friendships and get to know people. I would tell myself not to be afraid of what others think about me and not focus on that at all, but to be open, honest, and friendly to anyone that I saw. I would tell myself to be careful not to judge anyone that I met, but to be open to meeting and understanding new kinds of people. I would also tell myself to not be afraid to initiate getting together with people that I was meeting, and looking for other places to have experiences with them outside of the classroom and hall. I would tell myself to try as hard as I could to get enough sleep because it is really hard to adjust emotionally when you're physically exhausted. I would tell myself to make a greater effort to get to know my professors, to visit their offices and learn from their wisdom. I'd tell myself to make a greater effort to stay in touch with my siblings, because those relationships are so very important.

As a senior looking for a college can be a stressful decision because there are many factors that must be considered including location, if they have your degree, and financial aid. As a senior I remember weighing these aspects attempting to determine which was more important to me. However, after being at Covenant for almost two years I have found that these things are not necessarily the most important. The motto at Covenant is "In all things Christ preeminent". Through this statement I have come to understand that it is not the location or the popularity of the school that matters but rather understanding what you are being called to do and how the school is preparing you for that. Covenant is not an easy school and it has challenged me to work hard in all of my classes. However, being at Covenant and working so hard has only taught me that it is not surface things that matter when choosing a college but rather where you will be challenged and where you will grow the most. Though I would not change my decision, as a senior I could have benefitted from this knowledge when choosing a school.

It will be different than you think but will be great once you get settled and get used to things

I would tell myself that school is very important.You have to do your best because it can effect you later on; especially if you're going to college.It's good to start taking college classes while you are in high school doing dual enrollment.It helps alot so that you don't have to waiste more time in college taking college prep classes.An make sure you get A's & B's so that you get more classes,scholarships,grants & other things awarded to you.Also you will be alot closer to doing your career choice.

Do not make pro and con lists. I had orange and green and yellow and pink paper hanging on my walls each for a different school with different colored writing for each point--size, location, academic vigor, cost, student life, quality of food, every single little minute detail. And these lists, meant to organize and point in neon lights which school was best, confused me more than ever. There was no clear cut winner. The college decision making process, the all-important, all-consuming, all-powerful choice that will dictate the rest of your life, really is personal, not practical. Road trip it out and visit. Actually pick up the phone when admissions representatives call. Talk to professors and students there. Stay overnight in a dorm. Sit in on a class. Do not make pro and con lists. After being at college for less than a year, all that matters is the personal lessons that I have learned from personally engaging the school. Statistics really do not tell anything about the school. It is living everyday life day in and day out that truly is the process of a maturing transition to college.

"Don't settle." I was very career-driven as a high school senior, which negated the value of some of my classes because I only used them as springboards to looking more attractive to colleges. I looked only at numbers in my college decision, but when I visited Covenant, I knew that numbers couldn't quite express what a great college experience would mean to me. I've enjoyed my life as an undergrad because I didn't settle on the surface, looking at numbers. Instead, I experienced the school which has allowed me to grow without giving up academic excellence.

STUDY!!! That is what i would tell myself as a high school senior. I had learned some basic study skills through my high school, but I was not prepared for the amount of reading and studying I had to do at college. However, I do look back fondly over the times in high school where I dropped my homework to join my friends at a soccer game. In order to prepare me for a tough college, though, I wish I had spent more time developing methods of memorization and habits of looking over my notes each night. I would say that maintaining a good balance between my academics and my social life was discovered the hard way in college. Keep a balanced schedule because although social relationships are the things that keep us going in life, academics are what keeps food on the table in the future. So be social AND smart!

I would tell myself not to freak out. My senior year I had no clue where I was going to go to school. I also would have told myself to visit more schools, because I only visited two and I wish that I would have seen more options. I wish that I would have applied for more scholarships. I started looking ate in the game and I wish I would have gotten more outside scholarships to lower the cost of tuition, because Covenant is expensive. I also would have told myself to study more. I studied a lot, but I wish that I did better on my AP tests so that I could have gotten those classes out of the way. I spent so much time working and doing school and I wish I could go back and tell myself to have more fun, because I think that it is important to balance work and fun. I wish I knew that my roommates would be ok, becasue that stressed me out. Overall I made a smooth transition, but there are always things that I could improve on.

If I could write a letter to my high school self I'd tell me something like this: Dear Emily, Learn better habits, (sleep, eating, exercise, and ways to deal with stress) and start practicing them now. Gossip less. The drama is so overrated and the patterns of how you treat people continue on through life. Plus it causes unnecessary hurt to people who do not deserve it. Don't date that boy, or anyone. The relationship won't last, and lets face it, you're far from ready for a real relationship. The mistakes you make will just give you more to deal with and forgive yourself for. Study more. High school may seem annoying and unnecessary, but learning Calculus and Chemistry well. Doing well in those hard classes will help you be prepared for the rest of your education. Enjoy what you are learning. Let the world fascinate you, and find a way to take pleasure in the assignments you have and the knowledge you are gaining. Get a job this summer, but enjoy the time you have with your family before you leave for college. You dont think you'll miss them, but you really will.