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Justine, I know how afraid you are. I know how you feel like you need him in order to survive. At the same time, I know how you feel like its impossible to breathe because you're with him. I know how torn you feel, and for that I am so sorry. Justine, think about something. Your friends have all left, your family hardly sees you, your grades are dropping, and your giving up your future just to be with him. Girl, what happened to you? Justine, please leave him. Please stop breaking yourself just because you convince yourself that you love him; just because you convince yourself that he loves you. He doesn't deserve you. You are so smart, and ambitious, and you have so much to offer. For the sake of your sanity, I beg you. to stand up for yourself. Go to school, make some friends, reach for your future, and remember to smile once in a while. Life is so much brighter without him. College is wonderful, you'll love it. I promise. So please Justine, stop hurting yourself because of "love." You're so much better than that. And please, remember to smile.

Do not hold yourself back because of a boyfriend/girlfriend, because you feel guilty for leaving behind your friends and family, just go out and do what's best for you. Get involved, and know that high school is nothing like college. Be open to new things, meeting a lot of culturally diverse people, and don't be afraid to branch out. Just because someone means a lot ot you now, doesnt mean they willl always be a big part of your life. Sometimes friends grow apart and that is ok! Don't be afraid.

If I could go back to high school and talk to myself senior year I would tell myself to work hard, and don’t give up. I would tell myself to establish better studying habits, and eating habits. I would tell myself to stop being lazy and take a walk, go to the gym, and read a good book. I would tell myself that I did an excellent job at making friends. The friends I made in high school I consider to be my life long friends, and hope to keep them around forever. I would have told myself that college is not a place to be messing around, go to school, get your education, and start your career. I would have told myself to do Running Start to save money. College is a wonderful experience and I hope that everyone can have the chance to further their education.

If I could talk to my high school senior self and give some helpful tips on what I know about college now, it would be a very simple piece of adivce; the only person who controls your success is YOU. In college you meet tons of people. Some people are very focused on their studies, and some simply are not. You will probably become friends with both types of people. At times the individuals who are not so focused on school will be the more entertaining, fun ones to be around. It's your choice whether to study when you should, or to go out when you have the free time. However, your choices often reflect on your success, and your choices only. It is not your friends, your parents, or even your professors responsibility to make sure you succeed. If you want to do well in school and have a successful life, it is your job to make sure you do so! Success comes from your own dedication and hard work, so make sure you make smart choices throughout your college career.

GET AS MANY SCHOLARSHIPS AS POSSIBLE! It doesn't seem bad until you are actually in college. The debt is suddenly a heavy weight hanging above your head that will always be there until you find a way to pay for it. It may seem dreadful, boring, or even not urgent, but you must go out there and apply for every single one possible! College life itself is not so bad, the only advice I would give about it is to just put yourself out there and make friends! College is not just about academics, it's about making connections too!

Believe in yourself. You are so much stronger than you give yourself credit for. Life will be hard, harder than you can imagine but it will be good, beyond what you can even dare to dream. Do not give up, do not be afraid. Push yourself. Rejection will happen. Accept this, learn from it and move on. Do not stop, do not ever stop. Always look for opportunities. Be careful when second guessing your dreams, they have been with you this long and are not likely to change much. Don’t imagine them, reach for them. Apply for scholarships, keep volunteering. The more experience as a volunteer you get now the better you options will be later. Know that it is alright to feel overwhelmed, and that this does not make you weak or broken. You are allowed to make mistakes, you will learn from them, dust yourself off and keep going. Doubting yourself will only make it take longer to realize in the end you had the strength to continue all along. Believe in yourself.

If I could go back in time and talk to my highschool self as a senior I would tell myself to have taken more AP classes and to have worked harder in order to get better grades. I would have also had accepted my previous college acceptance to Cal State Fullerton instead of having gone to a community college and transferring to California Baptist University. I would have decided as a senior that I want to be a history teacher instead of changing my mind. I would tell myself to change my study habits and to not procastinate. I would also tell myself to build better relationships with my teachers so that I could ask for letters of recommendation and to be more involved in school by joining clubs. I would have gone straight to a four year university and applied for internships while attending college in hopes of getting good job recommendations to apply for jobs.

As is the case with most teenagers, I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do with my life during high school. I knew that I enjoyed working with others, playing volleyball and writing, but that was all I had to go on. Knowing this, I decided to take two years to save money and figure out what type of job would fit me the best. During those two years, I didn't do much except work like a dog and save every penny I could. When I finally found my calling and attended college last year, I didn't realize how much money was required of me. If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a senior, I would tell myself to learn how to budget since no one ever taught me how to effectively. If I had built a budgeting foundation early on, I feel that I would be in a better position today financially. I would also tell my future self to be careful about finding roomates through Craigslist. It wasn't the best idea I've ever had, that's for sure.

I would tell myself to save every penny I earned and apply for every single scholarship out there even if it seems rediculous. I would tell myself that I don't need to by those tickets to the 30 Seconds to Mars concert and that I don't need to pack everything I own because there is simply just not enough room for all of it at college.

If I could go back to when I was a high school senior I would tell myself to not feel too shy or afraid. I would tell myself to try and get out there more. Do more things around campus, meet new people, and involve myself in more clubs. I would also say that even though I spent my entire 4 years studying all the time it was well worth it in the end, as I am going to get my masters degree in the fall.

Going back I would tell myself to work on being more physicall fit and spend an extra hour to study outside of class. Another point of advice would be to save more money as I worked. I would also apply for scholorships during my senior year and after high school was over. Academics and money are both things that are very important throughout college and points that I wish I had focused on more.

Know how you thought senior year was totally unimportant and a useless waste of time? It wasn't and you should feel bad for slacking off. Your GPA gets you scholarships and qualifies you for additional aid from universities, who, by the way, look at your senior year grades in comparison to the rest of your grades and may decide not to admit you if there is a noticeable decline. If you're gonna slack off, do it freshman year, or even better, not at all.

Look at you, you're sixteen going into running start and thinking evrything is going to go great, get a couple years of college done in highschool, get your bachelors by age of twenty and be off on your way to making your fortune. Well it's not going to work the way you've planned, first of all don't follow that girl to college, it will only end up in divorce in about 6 more years and belive me you don't want any of that. Don't take a break from school, power through and put everything else to the side, school shold now be your number one focus from here on out. Don't fill your schedule with worthless classes for an easy grade, push your self and take on the challenge of those classes you fear. You're only young once, take advantage of it; get involved in everything your school has to offer and make the most of college while your there. I can tell you now the alternative is not so great, that quater break will turn into 6 years and college is less fun and much harder with a mortgage to pay.

If I could go back in time and give myself some advice I would gladly take that opportunity. There would be many things I would like to tell myself and the first one is not to be afraid to ask questions. I’m not a very outgoing person at times and it can be hard for me to go and ask if I need help with something, in fact I kind of got through high school without having to go and ask for help. But college/university is a different playing field. There were many things I didn’t know about regarding tuition, majors, books, and just generals about the program I was in. I would off saved myself a lot of time if I went and asked someone instead of looking for the answers myself. Another piece of advice I would give myself is not to worry as much. Everything will fall into place without me sitting up at nights thinking too much about it. If I knew some of these things I believe that my transition from high school to college would have been much eaiser. But at least in the end I did figure these things out.

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I would definitely tell my self how important a degree is. Being a high school student always made me feel the smart kids were nerds and the cool kids didn't go to class or just passed to graduate. Now that I am older and wiser, I wish I was one of the nerds. Looking back now they were not nerds just smart with a plan to make something of their lives. As a parent I have always told my children the most important thing in life is your education. Just because you do well and study does not make you a nerd. Study and study hard make school your first priority because with that degree that you will earn you can do whatever you want in life. With a degree, you will be successfull. Your degree is so important and stays with you forever, nothing in this world and no person can ever take it away from you.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a senior. I would let me know about funds, staff of the college and course i wanted to take to be successful. I would tell me about fund like scholarship, grants and any other organization to help me. I think this is the most important because every needs help to fund college. I would tell me about the staff to make sure that the staff is doing what they can to teach you what it going to be like instead of just looking at me and collecting a check for being there. Lastly it would be is the course cause you want something that you will want to do for a couple of years. I look at different course to do but I will do something working with my hands. This are things I should look at when I start filling out applications.

The first move i would make my senior year, would be to work for college funding and create a savings account for college emergencies including living exspenses, bills, books and tuition, and transportation. By doing that it would of made situations less stressful and money wouldnt be the issue of a college education being dropped. Another i would change is creating good time management skills, and learning how to use my time wisely. This would have made me a better college student my freshman year and build good work ethic skills. Financially i would of changed myself, in convincing to apply for more scholarships and grants. This would of helped not just financially but also in creating writing skills, and build my communication skills through the scholarship questioning. Last, preparing myself in a career i would enjoy doing and putting more thought into it would've be a huge change that could of created easier advising planning and in coming into college with a mind set of already knowing what i woudl like to study in college. If i changed that, i could of studied ahead in a field i enjoy and understood the basics of that career i chose.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would give myself the advice to start college immediately after high school. By choosing to enter the working world, one gets stuck at dead end jobs that will not lead to real success or a substantial income. I would tell myself that as a teenage mother, dealing with a baby in daycare while going to school is much easier than going back to school years down the road when my children are grown and have their own agendas. I would promise myself that even though I will miss out on many things while my son was still a baby, I would have more energy to cope with the high demands of school and family, and I would be able to make up for much of the lost time by being around much more once I have a good career with a good salary. I would tell myself that I will have to sacrifice many things during school, but in the end it will all be worth the hardship because I will be happy with my career, my family, and my quality of life.

I started college in 2007 after I graduated high school. I grew up in a small town where I was somewhat sheltered. Being a shy person, I easily opened up to other students and met many great people. I was also on the Universities Varsity Basketball team where I met some of my best friends from. Balancing school, basketball and a job was a large task, but looking back today I feel blessed and grateful to be able to make it past these adversities. I graduated in 2012 with a bachelors in Biology, as well as receiving two years of All Conference Honors in basketball. I came out of school owing no money and without being in debt! College is an extremely important time in someone’s life to learn who they are and what they want to do with their lives. I would give anyone the advice to take advantage of any opportunity that comes their way. Put yourself in extracurricular and volunteer activities. Learn who you are as a person. Put yourself out there and take it all in. It goes by fast, so don't let it pass you by without at least a slam dunk.