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As a high school senior I would have told myself to losen up more and just have fun. I was much too focused and it would have done me a lot of good to hang out more with friends and just have fun. I now know that high school doesn;t mean much and it should be a good time and the real work starts in college.

My advice to myself as a high school senior would be not to be afraid to get involved. My first few days at college I expected to be meeting people left and right and be doing a whole bunch of new things, but that isn't necessarily true. I had to take the initiative and go introduce myself. There are so many times that i would not want to go and do something just because I didn't know if someone I knew was going to be there or not. It's frustrating knowing that I could have met so many more people had I dropped my fear and put aside my nerves and just try something. The worst thing to have in life is regrets and I would want my high school senior self to know that. It's a total cliche but I would have like to live my first semester without fear.

I would tell myself that I should have taken the extra time to apply for more scholarships. It isnt very hard to apply for scholarships at Iowa State, just time consuming. There are over 800 scholarships availible to choose from, and it would have been a great oppertunity to get a head start while I was still in high school.

The advice I would give myself as a senior in high school would be keep pushing. Push yourself to be the best out there in anything you decide to do. There are so many people in this world ready to do that and you need to show them you can shine and succeed too. Don't let the odds keep you from working hard. Stay focused and use every opportunity given to you. BE SMART WITH YOUR MONEY - you will need it someday. Lastly, tell your parents you love them before they drive away leaving you in this big world by yourself. Don't stress what you cannot change.

Stop. Breathe. You're going to be okay. It's definitely important to be working as hard as you are, but don't let it become such a distraction to gain achievement after achievement that you forget what is most important in life--God, family, friends. Do what you love and do not stress yourself out because you are afraid that you will not make the right choice. Trust your gut and run with it. If you want to sing, which is what you want to do, do it. Go to the college you want, not the one that everyone is telling you you have to go to. Life is too short to limit yourself and your abilities. Revel in Christ, thank him for the amazing opportunities he has given you, and give all the glories you may gain back to Him. And don't worry, there are people weirder than you. You will make friends; actually, lifelong friends. You will be challenged beyond what you ever were in your life and you will have a blast. Trust God. Breathe. Enjoy your adventure.

1. Find the right balance between study and play. Some classes won’t require as much studying as others so make sure you give the needed time to each class even though you may want to focus on your favorite class more than a harder class. 2. I found that making a time table is a very good way at keeping track of everything. It’s easy then to just glance at the schedule and see everything that is coming up. Also, I highly recommend a planner to carry around to classes and write down assignments and important reminders the professors may give. 3. Take a fun class that won’t take up too much of your time but will be something you look forward to each week. 4. You will have so many opportunities to try new things. Join a club, go to a new restaurant, try out an intramural sport you have never played before. Don’t do something that makes you extremely uncomfortable or you know is against your values. College is all about the experience though, so take the opportunity to do something you may never get the chance again to do!

Hi, my name is Vanielly Torres i went to Interamericana Recinto Arecibo Collage. This is my third year, I am studied Criminal Justice. I want to be a lawyer but i dont have to money to continued my studies. I dont have work . I want to continued because this is my dream and i Think if you gift me that money y will be continued and finish . Thanks for help students like me that need money to get a better life and take and realize their dreams.

Going back to when I was a senior was not that long ago. It was also very short lived due to the fact that I wanted to graduate as early as possible and head staright to college. Because of this, when came to Iowa State, mid year, during second semester I was completely caught off guard. I didn't get an orientation of the school, nor did I recieve a slow paced start on how things worked. I enter my first class excited, and came out as if I had been struck by lightning. To answer the question what advice I would have given myself, I would simply say "you are not ready man, get off your high horse to success and just take it nice and easy." That advice would have saved me so much hard work and trouble the first week of class that I probably wouldn't have felt like I wanted to go home five days after I started.

I graduated May 2012 from a school in Puerto Rico and started college in the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, studying a Bachelor Science in Mechanical Engineering. If I could go back in time when I was in high school and give whisper of advice to myself I'd encourage myself to move to another high school because the one I graduated from did not taught a Calculus course, so I did not took the Calculus Advanced Placement exam, consequently I had to start college taking the Precalculus 1 course which I had already taken in high school. As a result, I got a little behindhanded on my math courses and that affected me a little bit at the university because several concentration courses required Calculus as a prerequisite. All things considered, I really recommend all those high school students preparing for college entrance to look forward to taking a Caclulus course prior to entering college. Furthermore, I strongly recommend to take all the AP exams so that way you can save money, but most importantly time in your college academic curriculum.

My advice to my past self from my future self would be: "Treat school like a full time job." My grades the first semester of college were embarrassingly horrifying, the whole reason being because I didn't study. I went to a public school where studying wasn't necessary to recieve a 3.0; however, in college it is very different, especially because you're paying for it. In order to be successful in college, you must study for each class for at least two hours a day. Make a schedule, write it down, keep it in your panner: STUDY STUDY STUDY. Public school, and a four year university do not - I repeat: DO NOT - work in the same manner study wise. It is vital to treat any four year university as a full time job. What you put into it is what you will get out of it.