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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.