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I would warn myself that the school is so big and there are so many people that it is hard to get to know many people. I got so lonely my first couple of weeks here. If I had known this before, and actually taken it into consideration I may have gone with a smaller school, especially one I could have done sports or extracurriculars at. Michigan State is so big that the sports teams are hard to get onto. I was on the diving team in high school as well as in the marching band and very involved in drumline and winter drumline. I would have liked a school that gave me to opportunity to be involved with things that were so prominent in my life before college. I did however make a great group of friends by being involved in the on-campus bible study that I by chance attended. I would tell myself to make sure that I went to that. Those friends and the fact that I am half way done are the only thing tying me to Michigan State.

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself many things. The first thing I would tell them is you will have a great time. You will meet so many great people and many of those people will become your best friends that you have for life. I would tell myself is to get involved. The worst thing you could do is not get involved. This is the best way to meet new people and meet many of the people you will become friends with. I would also tell myself that you need to really work hard. When I went into college I thought that I wouldn?t have to really try in my classes. My first semester I came to find out that that thought was very wrong. To help prepare my high school self, I would say that studying and getting your work done on time will help you do the best you can in all of your classes. The last thing I would tell myself is to enjoy your time in college. These will be some of the best times in your life.

College life is awesome! You are the master of your own destiny. But that means you can mess up your education. Pick friends who share some of your values. You had some good practice in high school being with friends who are different. College is even more like that. You will find friends who barely speak English, and who have had life experiences that you can't even imagine. Learn from them to broaden your horizons. Save all the money you can so that you can take advantage of the study abroad options. That is an amazing experience that you can't even imagine when you are in high school. Enjoy learning from those professors who love their work. Learn to speak up to those who are not engaged or who act like they are not invested in the success of students. Get involved in things that you are passionate about. College is the time to begin to find out what you really believe in and stand for. It is the time to stretch yourself, to get out of the comfort zone of your family and friends in high school and to be a part of the world at large.

If I could go back as a high school senior and talk to myself, I would tell myself to pick more challenging class. I would also tell myself to learn better study skills. I would also tell myself to enroll in class early.

If I could go back to talk to myself in high school I would have told myself to take a lot more AP classes and to actually try my hardest in them. Not to just take the AP just to have it on my transcript but to also get a high score on the AP test. Taking the class but not taking the AP test or not scoring well on it is not beneficial. I would tell myself to develop better study habits and to read the text instead of always depending on the teacher to give you the lesson. A lot of college is being able to teach yourself and i wish I would have perfected my skills at that. Even though class attendance is important, being able to read through the book and to be able to take in all the information and then do well on the test is not easy at all. I wish I would have told myself to work a lot harder and put all my effort into my studies. My transition would have been a lot better and easier. I guess some things you just have to learn from experience.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a senior in high school, I would warn myself of the overwhelming workload and classes in a University. I would tell myself the same thing as I did and start out in a community college, expense wise. However, living away from home is more difficult than expected and it takes time to make new friends, but the friends you find will be longlasting. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE! Doing assignments before they are due makes the stress level way lower and leaves more time to have fun with friends and experience life outside of the books and classrooms. Don't be afraid to join some clubs or try out for school sports because you'll discover parts of yourself that you always wanted to know, and you'll make friends with people you never thought you would want to be friends with. Don't be afraid to be yourself because people in college don't judge and everyone is here for the same reasons. All in all, work hard but have fun! The best times in life are the college years, so attend classes, but experience life!

Become more organized, start to practice time management. You have to learn to read the material and attempt to teach your self. Do not procrastinate because it will hurt you in the end and cause unnecessary stress. Know to take a breather every once in a while.

To: High School Keenan- You need to take your senior year seriously. Just because your going off to college and you think these times won't matter, unfortunately, you are wrong. You need to get involved more with everything you do; sports, academics, volunteering, etc. This is not the time to slack off in school. Getting a job and searching for more and more scholarships to pay for college will be a great benefit to you, don't just shrug it off and think that everything will get taken care off. YOU need to do some work believe it or not, things aren't just going to be handed to you for your entire life. Sign up for some Advanced Placement classes. They will give you a much better idea about how to manage your time and workload, therefore, giving you a much better chance at succeeding then you already will have going into it. Do not take things for granted. Once you get to college, you will realize that you actually are alone and need to be independent. Solve problems on your own when you can, but dont be afraid to ask for help. Good Luck.

Knowing what I know now, if I could go back in time and give myself advice I would tell myself not be afraid to take chances. I would share with myself what it's like to big in a big campus with 40,000 people. I would make sure I knew what kind of opportunities there were out there and how to take advantage of them. I would also give myself a better budgeting plan so that I could be less stressed about money.

Looking back as an immature high school student I would encourage myself to try, try and try again. When there are days where you feel you can't do it, because the work load is too much don't let that stop you. The college transition which I have experienced is similar to high school but the expectation not only from your professors, but for yourself is great. Make the grade, don't settle for less if you put in the work then you should get the grade you deserved. In college your able to speak with yoru professors on a 1 on 1 level of understanding. Applying for scholarships and any financial programs that would help you get through your educational career. Try and have a social life, join clubs and get involved not only with the school but with your peers it helps make the transition better, so your not feeling like your in it alone. Try and get a job to help build yoru resume for the future. We live for each day, because we don't know what tomorrow might bring, so do all that you can do now for a possible better future.

I would make sure I was making the move to the right colllege and for me. Looking back, I feel as though I picked my college because my older sister was there. I should have made the choice for me and what would benefit me in the long run.

In a way, I'm not sure that I would want to tell myself too much, because I have found it valuable to be able to forge my own path and to learn from my own mistakes. If I ultimately decided to give myself advice, however, I would tell myself not to worry too much; everything works out. As a high school student, I was very concerned that I might not pick the right school for me, that I wouldn't know what to do with my life, and so on. I have found that as long as one is friendly, hard-working, embraces opportunities, and keeps an open mind, things usually come together how you want them to. On a more practical note, I would say it is essential to establish connections with your professors, to ask questions and participate in class, and to remember that there is something to be learned from every single class and experience that one goes through in college. Socially, I would say in college it is imperative to branch out and to talk to lots of people, because you never know when you are going to meet someone who will change your life.

Assuming I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, from what I now know about college life and making the transition, I would give myself a great deal of advice. I would first remind myself to not just walk my class schedule once or twice before the first day of school but numerous times avoiding the confusion because I don?t entirely know the campus yet. Next, I would advise myself to work hard the rest of my senior year. Any college credit opportunity I have I should work extra hard to get, because in the future, it will pay off. I would also advise myself to work even harder in the summer to save up money for the school year. That extra twenty dollars is an extra twenty dollars I didn?t have before! Lastly, my biggest advice I would give would be to actually go into college with an open mind and force myself to meet others. That first month of college is crucial to the rest of your freshman year! This advice coming from the ?experienced-in-college-me? would have truly helped me transition from high school into college.

I would love to have the opportunity to go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior due to the unexpected things that come along with college. Growing up in an lower middle-class area with 97{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the population consisting of white people, coming to East Lansing along with 45,000 students from all over the world was a drastic change. When first arriving, I was shocked with the diversity and the amount of people. I was weary that I would not be accepted and felt at first that I had to change my personality to "fit in" with others around me. If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high-school student, I would explain how coming to a school with a variety of different cultures and backgrounds is a very rewarding experience. I would tell myself to never change my own personality for anyone else because my unique and genuine self has something to offer which is why this university is so fufilling. Coming to Michigan State was one of the best decisions I've ever made and has shaped me into the person I am today.

I'd tell myself to not become a pre-med major, because I chose that major for all of the wrong reasons, like feeling the need to impress people, or the need to make a six figure salary one day. I'd tell myself it's okay to not know what the future holds, and instead study something I am truly passionate about, and that success will come if I work hard. I'd tell myself to study each subject every day, and to not let schoolwork pile up. Cramming for an exam the night before is a terrible idea. I'd tell myself not to be afraid of making new friends, because they want to make new friends as well. I'd tell myself to try new things and talk to people I think I have nothing in common with, because that will lead to amazing experiences, opportunities, and friendships. And lastly, I would tell myself to stop comparing myself to everyone else. Stop thinking, "I'm not smart enough, pretty enough, or cool enough," and instead focus on what makes me special, because confidence in that is what finally made me a happy, driven, and unstoppable college student.

To me, high school seemed as if it was the largest obstacle I had ever encountered in my life. My parents had recently divorced my freshman year, and life at home was unbearable. I could not wait to graduate and move on with my life. During my senior year, I took four community college classes and received a 4.0 in all of them. I thought I was fully prepared for college and was ready to move out. If I were to go back in time, I would tell myself how college is not only about academic achievement, but is also about being independent as well as having the ability to live and take care of oneself. In high school, I depended on my parents and did not know the basics of taking care of myself. Therefore, when I went away to college, I had an extremely difficult time transitioning and living on my own. If I would have known how difficult it was to be independent, I would have taken more time to prepare myself mentally and physically for self-reliance. Today, the transition is still a bit of a struggle, but day by day it continues to excel.

When I was a senior in high school I don't think I had enough appriciation for knowledge to go to collage. I believe if I was ready to fully engross myself in higher education then I would have done better. I did not do well my freshman year so I left MSU and returned in January 2009, since my return I have made the Deans List every semester. What this has done is made me realize that anybody can excel at whatever collage they choose to go to. The key to getting good grades is to enjoy yourself and to really want to be attending your classes. Everyday I go to school and I feel so privliged to be able to hear these amazing scholars teach me my material and to walk the same sidewalks they so many scholars walked when they were my age. So thats what I would tell a senior in highschool, I would tell them to get excited about learning, to embrace it and appreciate every secound they spend in collage because there is no other time in your life that is so enlightening.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself, (well, that would be pretty wierd, but that's beside the point), the biggest piece of adivce I would give is to put myself out there. I mean, join clubs, talk to advisors, get to know the teachers better, and make friends lots of friends. College is a pretty tough time, and having people around you helps a lot. They not only give you relief from the tough times, but they help give you a drive to do better. You talk to all the people around you, and here about what they do, how they've done in school, and you don't want to be outdone. Therefore, you psuh yourself harder and harder in order to be on their level. Therefore, having social connections, both friends and faculty, will help you move into the college setting, and prepare yourself for the rest of your life.

If I could travel back to high school, and give myself some scholarly advice about college, I would advise myself to take an easier work load. My first semester I took very challenging classes and this made my stress level soar. If advised to take a few challenging courses and a few interesting/fun courses, my stress level could have been decreased. Another important transition tip would be to start an organization process early. During high school everybody just shoved all of their stuff into a locker. At college, especially Michigan State University, dorm rooms are small. If clutter and mess can be eliminated it can help keep your room clean, and organized. During high school, I was very social and spent many evenings hanging out with my friends. At college everybody needs to find a good balance of friend/fun time, and studying time. This would have made my first month a lot less stressful, because I was always worrying about when to make time for my friends versus studying. I would also want to remind myself that everybody needs some fun in their lives, and to plan accordingly.

I choose to move away from home for my college education at Michigan State University. I recently finished my first semester at MSU. The night before moving to MSU I had a hard time falling asleep. All I could do was imagine the friends I would meet, classes I would attend, and cafeteria food I would taste. A million things were running through my mind because I was very nervous to leave home, friends, pets, and most importantly my comfort zone. The first month was the hardest to adjust but once I met friends, got used to my class schedule, and became comfortable living with my roommate I was very happy here. My advice is to meet new friends, not depend on your high school friends that you have known for years. Second, spend a lot more time on class work and studying than you did in high school. Third, be open to trying new things that you haven?t experienced before, even if you?re afraid. I have heard that college is supposed to be the best years of your life; I am beginning to see that if you?re open to new experiences it definitely will be.