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Your future will be exactly what you strive to make it. Be excited because you will learn more than you can imagine and you will achieve the independence and self-reliance you wish for. Be prepared to use your adaptive skills and have fun with them. Do not lose confidence or hope any step of the way.

I would tell my high school self to figure out exactly what I want in a college and talk to the professors of my major in order to get the best possible educational experience. I would also tell myself to talk to financial advisors at each school and see how much each school would cost. I did not do that when applying the first time and I ended up at a very expensive school which I know canot afford on my own.

If I could go back in time and give myself some advice, I would most definitely encourage myself to work more and to apply for more scholarships. While I did both of these things throughout highschool, I feel like I could have done more. I only received $750 in scholarships while in high school, and I am sure I could have done a better job and applyed for many more. In addition, I could have worked more hours at my jobs, as they were occaisionally available. I think that while I was a senior, I wasn't prepared to face the real world, and the cost of tuition had not yet set in as a reality. I now find myself with insufficient funds to pay for my tuition, and now my chances of attaining a degree are in jeopardy.

I would advice young teens to give everything they have in high school, I would say that high school is one of the most important parts of education. I would recommend to high school kids to dedicate time to study, also give time to sports but the most important is school. If you do a good job in high school you are not going to be worrying about loans and interest rates, I hope the economy goes up in order for more young kids without economic backgrounds can study.

I would tell myself not to stress out about college as much as I did. I was really worried that I would have friends or get along with anyone at my school and that hasn't been the case at all. I have made great friends, friends that I can see myself still talking to in thirty years. They have become my impromtu family and are always there for me if I have a bad day or just need someone to talk too. I was also worried that I would fail out of college my first semster, but I would tell my old self that I shouldn't worry as long as work hard and remember to study so that I actually get my homework and other course work done I will be just fine. I was also worried that there would be nothing to do when on my campus. But once again I was just being a worry wort because I never have a boring moment in my day. Whether I am giving a tour, playing Ultimate Frisbee, or just studying away in the library, I feel like I belong on my campus, and I love that feeling.

There is a secret about college that I wish I had known before I started: it's not that scary. I remember obsessively studying for hours the day before my first exam, then climbing into my bunk bed only to lie awake for the entire night recited the facts I had just crammed into my head endlessly. Yes, on the whole college is not easy, but nothing is unmanageable about it because it is designed to force you to succeed. You get to choose your workload based on your strengths. You can take many classes or few classes, classes that emphasize text-book reading or hands-on classes, and in all of them the professors will go out of their way to make sure you succeed. If you have a question, ask. If you think you have nothing to contribute because your classmates seem so much more knowledgable, you are most certainly wrong. Don't be afraid to join a new club. If you do not enjoy yourself, it is easy enough to drop out, but more than likely you will make unexpected friends. Even the most confident-looking person is just as nervous as you, so do not fear.

I would tell myself to start the college selection process much sooner. I didn't start looking until the middle of my senior year and I really wish I had started a year sooner. I missed out on some great school and scholarship opportunities because of my procrastination. I would also tell myself to get a move on for my physics homework to avoid the only C that I've ever gotten in my life.

After a gruesome, challenging summer applying for colleges, I was offered the opportunity from the honorable Prince George's Community College in April. Applying for its' Legacy Life scholarship, however, I did not win but still admitted. This college has enriched me through sophistication, anticipation, crtitical thinking, aptitude, deliberation, and responsbility. Continuing, the couses I have taken have accentuated study skills, test-taking skills, and organization. Most noteworthy for me is what I learned in Psychology. Particularly, I learned in Psychology that we tend to overevaluate the conditions on people's behavir rather than their personality. This might explain why I consider someone who did not give to a charity we passed by, because he or she does it ordinarily. Moreover, I learned about specific psychological treatments used to diagnose people's behavior. For example, in Humanistic Psychotherapy, the therapist works to develop another's self-actualiztoin, bys emphazing the importance of assuming responsibility for decisions. Not only college, it has been valuable to attend Prince George's Community College because their education is so interpersonal, theoretical and challenging, while engrossing meaningful services as the computer labs, a tutoring and writing center, a reputable library, and informative financial aid center.

From college so far I feel as though I can reach my future goals. From the close firends and teachers I've meet helping me to stay focoused while keeping things fun. The atmostphere is calm and relaxed with no high pressure to be perfect already but rather a push to do better. I know here I will learn all kinds of skills from life to subjects in my career.

My first year at college has taught me so much, not only academically, but about myself. Before going to college I would NEVER have seen myself playing rugby, or any sport for that matter. College has been all about experiences for me and any chance I get I try to do something new. Being completely on my own for the first time in my life has made me realize that I need to depend on myself to get things done. One year has already made me so much more independent.

I have not attened any college yet. When i do however attened the college of my choice, i am hopeing to experence the freedom of living on or off campus. I am hoping to experence qulity education to its fullest captivity. I want to know that i am getting the best education out there and know that there are people with my best intrest at hand.

The community college I have been attending, in my opinion, has not really prepared me for my goal of transfering to a university. If I had to say what I have gotten from attending, it would be a network of educators who really believe in me and have helped me to go for my goal. Sadly the classes have mostly been trivial and in my last 3 semesters I have not had a mid term in any class and the finals that I have taken were take home tests. I suppose the value has been the money I saved, but the trade off is the quality of the eductors and the education.

You gain both friends and knowledge as an undergraduate. One reason to go to a selective school, quality of education notwithstanding, is that your friends will be drawn from the pool of accepted students. And friends determine much of who you will turn out to be. Pick winners. Having peers who were impressed by my being considerate and hardworking -- rather than trying to impress them by how much I can drink, how well I test without going to class, and how funny I am -- helped me tremendously. I hope that I am a thoughtful and productive citizen. If I am, my friends guided and sometimes pushed me in the right direction.

Dear Elizabeth, The next four years of your life are going to be incredible, but you have to engage with your environment and take advantage of everything. I know it's scary to join the orchestra or the frisbee team or to try out for plays, but those are going to be some of the best experiences you will have, so just go for it! Leave your door propped open the first month of your freshman year, because you never know who will walk by and stick their head in. Make sure you fill out your supplemental financial aid form in the spring so you are eligible for work study. Go to your professors' office hours, even if you don't have any questions. They are all fascinating. Always do the required reading because once you fall behind, it becomes almost impossible to catch back up. Get off campus every now and then and head into New York to remind yourself that there is a world out there larger than your campus. Steal snacks from the dining hall. Love, Self P.S. Always stay away from University Center coffee, "jungle juice" and the Nautilus diner.

The best piece of advice I can possibly give is to keep your mind active and not take it easy senior year. I know it's tempting and that once you realize things like you technically only need 3 years of math or 3 years of science, you feel like just easing up on your course load and sailing through senior year on elective courses. Don't. Plain and simple. It makes adjusting to college life and the rigors of college-level courses a lot more difficult than it needs to be. Think about how much of the stuff we forget from the year before just over summer vacation. Now triple that effect and you'll have a pretty good idea of what "taking senior year off" will do to you. Take classes senior year that involve critical thinking, that are a challenge, even if it's just a few. Keep your mind active over the summer, even if it's by reading or completing crosswords or going online and completing Sudoku. Don't let your brain atrophy in the year leading up to the start of college. Take the initiative, and keep your mind on its metaphorical toes.

If I could go back in time to when I was a senior in high school, I would have told myself that I must prepare to make an adjustment to a total different setting. Coming from a performing arts high school in New York City to attending a university containing liberal arts in New Jersey, I would have prepared myself to encountering different kind of people. Also exposing myself as a unique individual in a college setting where many are not like myself would also be important to me. I would honestly work harder in achieving pieces of writing that I would be proud of completely. Knowing that in college writing and reading is a priority, I would have trained myself a lot harder. This is some of the advice that I would have given myself as a high school senior.

I would tell myself not to worry about getting into what society insists is the "best" college, because as clich? as it sounds college really is what you make of it and ninety-eight percent of the time you really do end up at the best college because it ends up being the best for you. I would then tell myself to only worry the necessary amount when it comes to grades, for the rest it is better to actually learn something as opposed to finding a way to make top marks. The most important lesson would be to tell myself to be grateful. I have the opportunity to be educated, and to get a magnificent education! Not everyone has that opportunity, so past Marilisa needs to make sure she always remembers that when her double major is killing her!

If I could go back to my high school to college transition and give myself advice I would tell myself to make sure that when I got to college to join anything that interest me and to take up any oppurtunity that seemed even remotely interesting to me. I would do that because I feel like that is the key to having a successful transition and college years. College is the time when you have the time and the resources to do things like go abroad and join odd clubs and sports. Once you graduate into the real world, you no longer have the chance to do these things because you have to get a job and provide for yourself.

Make sure you like what you are and what you are doing and if you find you are not then change as soon as you can to somewhere you like and doing what you want to do

Go to the school you like the most regardless of financial aid.