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I'd tell myself to stand out and become a leader that people can look at and say, "She's really gonna make something of herself." Get to every class on time and don't skip class and get that A I know you can get. Be a friend to everyone because in college you never know who you will need and when you will need them. Stop being so boy crazy once you get on campus because those boys will make you blind, keep your eyes on the prize and keep moving forward. Don't let people bother you, the RAs are there to help, ask them for it. Never forget about where you're from, call your mom and dad all the time and don't forget about your best friend Megan because she has always been there for you. College is hard but remember to study because it's nothing like high school and A's are not just given away. Follow your heart because it will never lead you a stray and remember what dad always says, "Do your best, nobody can ask for better than your best."

The first piece I would have to give myself is to never room with someone you know because first of all you miss out on the first aspect of college and that is opening yourself up to a whole new world of experiences. The second reason would be is because if you live with someone you have known for a long time you'll just get sick of them. Another piece of advice I would have to give is to learn how to balance your social life and academic life, and to do your best not to let them overlap too much if not at all.

My time spent as a high school senior was easy times. School work came easy to me so I did not develop good study habits because I didn't need to. I was unprepared to manage my time appropiately. I see how my high school grades (GPA) is important, it is used a s a basis for many scholarships.

well if i could go back i would tell myself that to make sure you are going to school that has a a couple programs that you want to do in case you dont like the one you applied for...once you decide go out and make friends, join a sorority or just a group like entertainment unlimited, be social but school is always important dont miss classes...if you need help go to the professor but most of all have fun.

For my own personal situation, I would tell myself to slow down and not be in such a rush to get out of my mother's house. I would explain how hard the next year was going to be - the obstacles and pitfalls that would occur because of the choices I made. I would explain about the experiences, so that I could retain the knowledge that I gained, but create new and better memories. The last thing that I would tell myself would be about my current fiancee. I would tell myself to watch out for him, because he is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I would hope that even if my past had been different, that I would still have met my fiancee and still be expecting our first child, because I can't imagine a world now without those two factors in it. However, if I gave myself advice and changed the past, who knows how things would end up? So I would probably simply say: it does eventually have a happy ending. Just keep going and don't give up.

If I could go back in time, and talk to myself as a senior in high school I would tell myself the main way to get good grades in college. I would tell myself to study longer and harder for tests to get used to the longer periods of study that are needed in college to get good grades. Tests in college are alot more specific, and cover a lot more material than high school exams.Also, i would tell myself to save up as much money as possbile , because college is very expensive and causes money problems with my family. I would tell myself to sign up for as many scholarships as i possibly could to make paying for college easier.

I'd say "just keep doing what you're doing." For the longest time I was never sure what my future would bring. I stripped away every part of myself after my parents divorced. I choose to focus on school, even if i didn't have a future in mind. All I knew is that if I put every part of myself into this one goal, everything else would work out and it has.

If there was one thing that I could go back and tell myself as a senior in high school, I would tell myself that college is a lot of responsibility. When you live at home, your parents are there to help you, but in college, you need to tell yourself to do things, such as homework and cleaning your room. In high school, I didn't really buckle down on my homework and blew it off until the day of. In college, you can't do that at all. Although the homework assigments may be extensive, they are there to help you and you need to do them and hand them in on time. If you weren't to do the homework, not only would you not get credit for it, but you might also fail an exam or test, which can cause you to fail the entire course. Once you get a bad grade on a test, it is very hard to regain a good grade. You need to try your hardest at every single assignment so you won't have to waste money to take a class that you have already taken.

If it was possible for me to go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself that after the first couple weeks of being at school it gets better. I would also tell myself that the transition from being at home to being on my own is hard, but if you get involved with activities and take the focus off of missing home, it is easier. The advice I would give myself, other than getting involved with activities, is to be outgoing. If I would not have made new friends the transition would have been much harder. The friends you make are going through the same thing that you are, so you can relate more to them about missing home. Finally, I would tell myself that just because you may want to go back home every weekend, don't because when you come back to school you are going to miss being home all over again. It is not that bad living on your own, and eventually you will even like it.

The only and most important advice I would give myself as a high school senior is to apply for more scholarships earlier in the year. I assumed that my parents would pay for my school because they offered becaues of my hard work in high school. However, my father has lost his job due to the economic downswing, and getting his job back is slim to none given his age so close to retirement. Just obtaining loans is becoming increasingly hard becasuse of the lack of sustainable income due to unemployment, and now paying for school is a semester by semester goal. I would tell my senior self to apply for any and all scholarships because even the smallest amount of money helps, which I did not understand then. Now being accepted into my Nuclear Medicine Technology program at Ferris State University, I will need even more money, and that could've come from money that I obtained going into my Freshmen year.