Melissa
Listen Girl! You are about to embark on an epic adventure. I understand that you want to stay close to home and get your feet wet-forget about it! Have no fear! You won't be so far away that you can't get home in a day and you need the opportunity to find yourself. Live on campus! You will meet so many people from different walks of life and it will help you to be more open-minded and accepting. Be an activ participant in as many clubs and activities as possible. Don't be afraid to try anything...audition for the play, join an intramural team...you may never get a second chance. Make friends with people in your field of study and then study together. Go to the library everytime you think you should; you won't ever regret that! Most importantly, don't get in too much of a hurry. You have the rest of your life to work a full time job and pay car payments. Bum a ride, live in the dorm, and don't create needless debt. It will be an epic adventure you will never forget!
Travis
Take a few months off away from any type of school situation and just have fun then come back and make the best choice possible for ME.
jeremee
i am about to embark on a journey that will help me out in the future and make me more well rounded as a person. This scholarship will help me in the long run because my family has never been wealthy of any sort. i will do my best even if i dont recieve the scholarship and when i graduate help out all the less fortunate with my computer programming skills.
NICHOLE
I WOULD TELL MY SELF TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT AND NEW OPPERTUNITIES AND I SHOULD TRY SOMETHING NEW. ITS A TIME OF DISCOVERING WHO YOU ARE AND DISCOVERING WHAT YOU VALUE AND WHAT YOUR OWN IDEALS ARE FOR YOUR SELF NOT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK. TO FOLLOW MY OWN PATH BECAUSE WHAT IS RIGHT FOR ONE MAY NOT BE RIGHT FOR ME. SCHOOL WILL BE HARD AT TIMES BUT STICK IT OUT AND YOU'LL SUCCSEED AND YOU'LL BE HAPPIER FOR IT. GO TO CLASS DO THE WORK AND HAVE FUN.
Dalton
I would tell myself to study harder, make all A's, and be more involved in the various organizations my high school offered. I would tell myself to be better prepared to write essays and term papers. I would tell myself to enjoy the easy days while they lasted.
Meagan
If I could go back and talk to myself as a senior in high school, I would make myself apply for more scholarships. As a senior I was more focused on my ballgames and schoolwork then applying for various scholarships. As I entered my freshman year at a community college, I realized just how expensive college gets. College was always a choice that I was confident with and I knew I was going, but I just did not anticipate how much money would go into my dream. Knowing now what I didn't know then, I would have definitely applied for more scholarships to make my dream become more of a reality. One more thing I would tell myself as a senior, would be that college is nothing like high school and I should learn how to study. In grade school, studying was never something that I had to do. I was more like a sponge absorbing the information we learned in class, but in college, there is more information to learn for a test and studying is now a priority. Although I make it through, I still do not know exactly how to study.
Ayana
If i could go back in time and tell myself what i know now, I would tell myself to study more and be more organized with my classes. I picked my classes pretty well for the first time but i could have spaced them more apart so i could have time to review my notes for classes. I would certainly tell myself to get plenty of rest because college can surely wear you out. I could tell myself to make sure I join a club or group so that i could know more people because I come from a far place. Knowing more people will definitely help out in the long run. The last thing i would tell myself is be more attentive in class. My grades were good my first semester but i could have done better if I asked more questions and maybe payed a bit more attention.
Luther
The first thing I would be doing as a high school senior is making sure that I know exactly what I want or plan on doing when I get there. Secondly, Im going make sure that I register for all my classes, the meal plans, housing and etc; a couple of months before I graduate from high school. Make sure I visit the campus before I make my final decision on attending that college. Third, while you still a high school your senior you'll need to practice being on time for classes, being organized and most importantly, pick up studying habits. Last, is being responsible. At college there's no parents, your consider an adult so act like one. Do your work cause the teachers are not like high school teachers. Their not going to beg you to do anything its on you to remember the due dates and test dates. To put it in shorter words for my peers, "be about your buisness first and have fun doing it but not to much fun at the same time".
Sean
I would tell myself to study harder and not be lazy with homework/schoolwork. I would also tell myself to apply for more scholarships and work harder at the essays and surveys.
Melanee
I would tell myself not to procrastinate. It is better to start work earlier so that you don't feel so stressed when the time comes to complete that long term paper.