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If I could go back in time, the advice I'd give myself is to not let anything or anyone distract you from whats important. Although there will be obstacles you will come across, have faith in yourself and you will be able to get past them with no problems. I would also tel myself to stay focused on school. Don't let other things such as friends, going out, basically my social life, get in the way of school. School is very important and your social life can wait. Another thing I would tell myself is to believe in your self and make sure you are making yourself proud and happy before you do that for anyone else. You are more important and nothing is too hard, don't tell yourself you can't, because you can. The last thing I would say is make sure you save money, so that you are able to help your family and have money for emergencies. Last but not least, appreciate that you are gwtting the chance to further your education, do not take it for granted.

There is so much information that I wish I could share with myself before I started college. The two main things that stick out to me though are the transition from living at home to being on campus and money matters. I would tell myself that at first it might seem lonely and hard to be away from home, but I will end up making friends and enjoying living on campus. The money matters would be very important to talk about because now I realize how much hard work it takes to get through college. I would tell myself to keep up the work of filling out scholarship applications and to also keep a job that I can work at whenever I’m on a break from school. These two things if I had known about them earlier or someone had talked to me in detail how it would be would have helped me out a lot when I was first planning to head off to college.

Right now, you are a first class slacker, and so far in life, that has worked perfectly for you. You haven't been proven that that method will ever go wrong. However, that kind of attitude won't continue to work throughout college, at least not if you want to succeed. College isn't particularly hard, at least not as hard as some people have made it out to be, but you need to work, and work hard, for it to truly make a difference to you. Skating by on everything, not reading all the textbooks, not truly paying attention in class won't get you anywhere in life, and it will make you feel like you're drowning. You need to actually do your homework, and learn all the material, otherwise, it's just a waste of everyone's time, don't you think?

Make sure to volunteer at lots of different places to give yourself ideas of what you want to do when you grow up. Introduce yourself to the professors and show them that you are working hard to learn what they teach right away so that when you need help, they will want to help you right away. Get involved in college and don't be afraid to try something new. This is your opportunity to explore new things, make a variety of friends, and challenge yourself in new ways. You have to push yourself to do things because no one else is going to hold your hand. Also, you will start to question yourself, whether it be what you want to do, who you believe in, who you look up to, or what you believe to be right or wrong. It is okay to question and it is okay to change. Embrace the change in yourself. And above all else, allow yourself to experience this chapter of your life because you can never get it back.

There have been many things I have learned in the last three years at college. Many of them in the classroom but most of them from the experiences that have occured during that time. Best friends, academic challenges and financial struggles are all part of this learning experience most define as college. I sometimes feel bad that I do not LOVE my college and I do not know if I would do it again the same. Since I cannot, why bother worrying about it? Of all the things that I have encountered, learning to deal with people who are different than myself and do not share my own opinions and beliefs has been the valuable lesson that I have learned. Recognizing when to speak and when not to, acknowledging differences and agreeing to disagree are all things that will be invaluable to me as I go out into the world.

As a high school senior i thought college would be a breeze. All the teachers tell you, "get ready its a big would out there, and its not going to be easy". However, that never really effects you until you are out on your own paying the bills, and providing for yourself. My advice to any high school senior is to fill out as many scholarships as possible, and believe in yourself because you can do it. My mom tried, and begged me to fill out scholarships. I was always to lazy, and now i pay an outrageous amount of tuition. I realize it may take time out with your boyfriend, and time you could be cheering on your home team, but stop and think whats going to be more fun, hanging out with your friends in high school when you are living on your parents property, or hanging out with them in college and having lots of freedom, because you filled out your scholarships and don't have to work all the time? Please go with the second choice for me. I know every one of you can suceed in college. All it takes is a little effort.

I would say to my senior self is that I would start right after high school. That starting early on your education will help you go place and see the world. To go into Photography and to get start soon as possible. I would tell myself on which website to go to. I would show how to fill out the paper work to get started in school. I would also tell my younger self that college life is not just about studying and sitting in classes. The college life is also about meeting new people and going places. I would also tell my younger self to also get into an internship. The internship will give you more experience in the field.

Do alot of research. Don't jump at your first offer. Make sure you can afford it. Find out the reputation of students who graduate from the college. Talk to current students about what they actually think of the school.

Make sure you shcedule campus visits, these visits are usually done by a student so you can get more one on one attention and ask a lot of questions that will help an incoming freshman decide what school is best for them.

Some advice I would give is to be sure to you visit multiple schools to make sure that is where you want to go. Be sure to ask current students how they like that school and what they don't like about that school and whether or not they would recommend going there. Also be sure they have the major you want and not to go just for a sport they have.