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I have just started my second semester as a freshman in college. Time has completely flown by and I have been amazed at how much life has changed and how much I have changed! When I was in high school, I assumed that college was just like summer camp, but with homework. I was completely and utterly wrong. College so far has been a massive process of adapting to real life. There is so much responsibility and so many struggles that I never saw coming. Everything about myself has been tested including my self-confidence, my time-management skills, and my social skills. College has its troubles, but it is also the best experience of my life so far! I have met so many new people and gotten to see different ways of thinking. I am free to make my own decisions. I am free to be who I want to be. But be prepared, incoming freshman-it's more of a responsibility than you would think! Have fun! :)

As a high school senior, I was a narcissist. I struggled with the notion that I was the center of the lives of the people around me. I grew up in a very small, rural town where I was given a lot of attention for my accomplishments in sports and extracurricular activities. I wish that I would have known before I came to college that the world was much larger than the small town that I had experienced. Yes, I had been on vacations but I don?t mean physically in the world. I mean mentally and spiritually. There are so many questions out there unanswered that can be dove into and explored. I had no idea what deep thinking was and college was a rude awakening for me. Especially coming to a liberal arts institution that strongly urged students to learn who they really were and to ask challenging questions. I want all high school seniors to realize that there is more to them selves than the place where they grew up and the answers they have always been told. Think for yourself and ask challenging questions. Ask questions that you may be scared to hear the answer too.

As a high school senior, I wish I would have taken the time to do an overnight visit at the college of my choice so I could get a real grasp on what the college life was about. I came into college prepared for the courseload and I have learned alot while at Georgetown College, but there is more to college than class. I want to have the full college experiance. I want to be involved on weekends and just have a good time but this cannot happen when a majority of the school either goes home, or to other colleges on weekends. I enjoy living on my own and having the responcibility to find balace between acedemics and social life but there really just isn't a social life and I am not enjoying myself. College should be a fun and interesting part of life so I wish I could go back and do over night visits and maybe I would be at a place that truly fits my personality and wants as a new college student.

Keep the study habits you have now. Don't let whats whats going around you distract you from why you are really there.

As a college student, you will be responsible for yourself. The time for your mom and dad, or whoever, to help you with all of your day-to-day issues has come to a close. You will need to step up to the plate and take on the responsibility of gaining as much as you can from your studies, using the lessons learned to apply to your daily and future life. Be prepared for much reading, research, loss of sleep, and stress. This is all okay, though. It will only prepare you for your future career and life. This will make you stronger. Be involved in all aspects of campus life--volunteering, academics, art, sports, et al. This will broaden your education and make you a more rounded student and job prospect. Take the bull by the horns and step out of your comfort zone. Explore study abroad options--especially if you have little travel experience. All new experiences will enhance the person you will become. Most of all, just have fun. College years give you a chance to become all you can be. Take advantage of this!

I would tell myself not to stress out so much. I would say that college is going to be a great experience and not to worry about it like I did. Encouragement is basically what I would give myself. I really stressed about if I was making the right choice in what college I should go to. All of my friends knew 110{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}, and I was about 70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} sure. I would tell myself that I made a great decision, that I have irreplacable friends, a bright future, and a place I could feel at home. Yes, classes can get stressful at times, and no one likes finals, but I have learned that they are beneficial to me in succeeding at life. Georgetown College offers everything that I needed it too, even if I could not see it in high school. I would tell myself to go in and have fun, do not worry about what might happen. Take it all in, these are and will be the best years of my life.

I would tell myself to focus on my goals ( which was med school), and pay less attention to socializing, i.e girls and parties. There is plenty of time to play later. In fact you would have the resources to do anything you wish, after you finished your degree and began working. I would have to get mad at myself explaining the mistakes I made, how to correct them, and better yet how to avoid them. Here I am 46 and going back to school, one of the oldest in my class, trying to get back on the course I started over 20 years ago. Knowing that the best i can do now won't acheive my original goal of being a doctor. I am top of my class, on track to graduate with honors in the medical field, but not a doctor. It would be hard to tell yourself you had to settle for less than the best , and it could have been a different outcome had I kept focus on school. So easy yet so hard to do with all the distractions life can throw at you.

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I would advise that you make a list of pros and cons about what you would like to get out of a college or University. After that list is made, look at colleges based on those factors, weigh the pros and cons based on your list and make a list of your top three choices. After you have made your top three choices, visit those schools, talk with professors and current students and tour the campus and a dorm there. After you have visited those schools, make a decision based on how well you enjoyed the campus and what it had to offer and weigh that in with your original pros and cons list. Once you decide which school you will be going to, try to start making connections with other future and current students. Some schools, like Georgetown College, have weeks in the summer you can go to and meet other new students while camping, canoeing and having fun.

In all things, be self-aware, conscious and intentional of your actions, inclinations, and most importantly, the motivation behind them. The best choices are those made with a clear mind, understanding and identifying personal biases, the effect of former experiences, and future perspective. This applies to both choosing a college and making the most of one's experience at college. Understand that every action taken and decision made redirects you - if even by only a little - along the path of who you are and who you are becoming, so make an effort to be aware and intentional - conscientious - in all things. In this way, the bad choices may be identified and learned from, and better choices may be made in the future. Remember that college is not simply a time to "live it up" in a selfish manner, but instead it is a time to "soak it up", growing and flourishing in an environment full of possibilities. Lastly, "Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"; in other words, mistakes are inevitable, but be humble enough to accept your own and big enough to learn from others' without hurting them.