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If I could go back and tell my highschool self some advice, I would make sure to tell myself to work hard on scholarship applications and the make sure I was prepared for the classes I was looking to take in the fall semester. College is not a game or a time to party, so I would make sure I had that mind set going into my first sememster so I would not get swept away with all of the fun activities and extra events going on. I would tell myself that it is a time to study and that I better learn how to manage my time wisely and not take on too much.

In two hundred words, I would not be able to tell my high school self everything that I would want to disclose. I would not want to say too much about what happens in the future, surprises make life fun, but I would tell myself to work on my tendency to procrastinate. Waiting too long to complete an assignment has led me to receiving an incomplete on a final project in college, and I would do that over if I could. Also, I would want to tell myself to apply to all the scholarships I am eligible for. Do not rely on a grant or tuition assistance that may not cover everything. I relied on a grant the first academic year. The second academic year, I did not receive the grant. I had to take out two loans, even though I only attended for the spring semester and finished my degree.

My senior year of high school I spent all my time worrying about school and primarily, college. Knowing how college is and the stress that comes with it, I would tell my senior self to enjoy high school. High school was the most care-free environment and should have been the most relaxing and fun time of my life. I wish I could have taken advantage of the fact that I did not work and classes were not as hard as in college, therefore I could have hung out with friends more often and also spend more time with my family. Now that I want to spend time with family or friends, the time does not allow me to do so. Also, enjoy the people in it because everyone changes and grows apart due to the lack of time. Hence, enjoy your free time and also everyone around you at the moment because growing up is right in front of your eyes.

When meeting other people, who are around your age, take this advice. If at 18- and 19- years old they are more interested in learning about you than they are interested in learning about themselves and the world at large, then move on. These are the few years you may be afforded time for personal growth, unimpeded by the will and choices of another human being.

I would tell myself to continue in school instead of wasting lots of years doing job's you don't really like. If you don't finish school now you will end up doing it when your 37 like me. When you get older you wont have to learn all over again.

When everyone tells you that it's not like high school, they aren't lying. For every hour of class you take, you'll spend at least two hours outside of class, so pace yourself. Signing up for 18 credit hours right off the bat will be disasterous. Not every teacher is as free thinking as Doug Pokorny, but they aren't all box thinkers. Don't let those one or two professers get to you. Take the classes that you're dreading and get them out of the way. Don't wait until you get into your harder core classes to take that Biology lab. When you change your mind about what you want to be, don't freak out and don't drop out. Keep taking your gen. eds. and talk to somebody, because going back really is harder than you think. Above all else, relax. It is not as scary as you think it's going to be. The people will be more relaxed. You're going to see 100 other students a day and you'll learn maybe ten of their names, so don't worry so much about them. Also, you should maybe rethink music.

Willing to work hard to my degree. Will not take no for answer.

I had a very rough high school career and home life, but if I could go back in time , I would encourage myself to work harder. I would insist on not letting myself get distracted and frustrated. I would tell myself not to do some of the things I did. I made it to where I am today, only by the grace of God, but I could have made it a lot less difficult of myself as well.

I would have told myself to go to college then, while my math and general study skills were still sharp. I would have told myself to go to college instead of putting my child in daycare and working a boring job as a teller at a bank, because I probably could have attended for free, based on need, at the same time that my husband (at the time) was attending school. THEN, when I got divorced 18 years later, I would not have been destitute, without an attorney, and would not have gotten screwed over in the custody suits. That is something I never envisioned when I was 18, and no-one at the time had suggested I attend college then, because they are all squirrel-minded non-risk-taking midwesterners and they insisted I needed to get the job to help support my husband while getting HIS education. I was too naive and optimistic about my ability to put up with an engineer husband the rest of my life.

Don't waste any time after high school, no breaks. Go straight to your education. No side job is worth putting your education on hold. Do something that you will wake up and say, Yes! I get to work today! Love your job and what you do. Save money and apply for scholarships! You never know how much help you're going to need. Education is pricey but it's definitely worth it. Keep your goal in sight and ignore any relationships you have on the side; friendships, boyfriends, etc. Your school should be the only thing in mind. You don't want ten years from now to look back and think you should've gone to school, that you should've invested money in your education. In ten years you want to be able to look back and say, I did it, I did it all. So that in ten years you can have a day off, go on vacation, be home with your kids, be able to afford a nice car. Do it now.