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I would tell myself to learn how to study and not slack off and expect to "just get by" Study skills in college are very important and it would make the first semester of the first year a lot easier to deal with. College is a lot of fun but school is more important. The knowledge of knowing how to study and not be a procrastinator are the key to a productive college life.

I would definitely make sure that I savored the free time I had as a senior. Once college begins EVERYTHING is about time management. Some weeks you'll have no social life, but you finish all your work and get enough sleep; Other weeks you'll have a social life, finish all your work, but didn't get enough sleep; Then there's the bitter/sweet week where you have a social life, get enough sleep, but don't finish all your work. It's all about balancing and making priorities so you can have enough time to do well in school and still have time to enjoy your college years.

i would tell myself you better go its a must its life changing and you will benifit alot when your done. You will be making money doing what your comfortable doing. Dont give up you wont miss out alot on your son youl be back for him...

I would tell myself to study more. I made all A's my senior year, but when I got to college I realized that I didn't really know how to study.

I would pay attention during my senior high school of what I want to be one day and focus on doing what I need to do when I graduate. Searching a good universities who offer and also specialist on my major. However, I am a non-traditional student and completely want to change my better future in this country. I still made a good decision after changed my major twice and I love on focusing on Spanish Literature major.

Now that I'm 27-years-old and still working on my undergraduate degree, if I had the opportunity to go back in time and give myself some friendly, practical advice, it would be to, "Go with your gut." I've always excelled in writing, English Literature and Journalism and I knew, ultimately, that I would make writing my professional career. But when I first went to college in 2002, I chose to study Photography, even though I knew I should have chosen to pursue studies in literature or communications. I became extremely involved in, and passionate about, photography late in my high school career, and on a whim, I chose to go to an expensive school to study it. I see now that was perhaps not the smartest decision. It's not that I regret it, it's just that it would have been much easier to study English and Journalism at the school where I am now, while pursuing photography as a hobby. Heck! I could have studied it here at Georgia State University. Not to mention, transferring is a pain in the neck.

I would definitely have decided to visit more colleges than the one that I am currently attending. I also would have taken more advantage in searching for more scholarships because my instituion is very expensive. Also, I would have liked to have been more involved in high school so that it would be easier for me to get involved in college. I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience at Georgia State, and the opportunities post graduation are incredible.

I would tell myself to slow down and ease into college and really think about what you want your career to be. I would have thought more about all of my likes and dislikes instead of what are the most popular career choices. My dad a;ways says "Do what you love, or love what you do". Also I would have financially done things a lot differently knowing what I know now.

If I was back in high school I would make sure I drill it into my head that time management is everything. In college there is a large amount of temptations, distractions, and other unnecessary things, and the key to being successful in college is to be able to enjoy these extra things in a smart way. For example I know that if I have a test on Friday, I am not going out with friends or playing games after Monday. You have to dedicate many hours of study time to have a successful time in college, but also you do not want to end up studying too much and not have any social life. After that Friday test, I will make sure that I dedicate some time for friends and fun because college can be stressful and everyone needs time just to sit down and relax. The key to college is to basically be able to have fun, but have the maturity to be able to pass up on some of the fun times to get serious about your work.

What I always tell the people who are getting ready for college is that you need to make sure your grades are the best possible for you to get, because the further you go, the less weight your coming classes will have and the harder to make a difference in the grade. For example, if you get all A's in the first 4 courses in your freshman year, you will get a 4.0 GPA. A B in the next course you take will be worth about 0.2 of your GPA. So you need to try to get the best grades possible in your freshman and sophomore years. In junior year, a B will only be worth about 0.01 of your GPA (because right now you will be dividing your total GPA score by a bigger number of hours you have). Plus, the classes are getting harder too so it is not as easy to get an A in the senior classes than one core class. This, of course, may be a little different for the kids who want to combine one hard class with the other easy classes in your freshman year. This is an option that will help ease out the future senior year of yours; you will have less hard classes to take; in return, you will not be as prepared to do well in them (being a freshman) and you are risking getting a low grade, which will make a huge difference in your GPA. If you take all the core/easy classes now (freshman), you will have all the hard classes for later but your GPA is not at such big risk later (all the weight is pretty lenient later). So a bad grade in these hard classes will not damage your GPA that badly. However, it will be relatively hard to do well in all these classes later, given you only have classes to take. Hope this helps! let me know if you have any more question (about this kind of stuff).