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Learn as if I were to live forever.

College is like a job. You work hard in life to get paid. To be able to provide for yourself and maybe someday for your family. Right now in this very moment it may not seem like much but your decision to go to school will benifit you. College will become a roll in your life that you will take on. It wont always be easy and it wont always be hard. Just remember that slow and steady wins the race. No matter what happens keep on pushing. Every step will always get you closer to the finish line. Another thing to remember is that in college there is never a stupid question that you will ask. There will always be someone that is willing to help you only if you seek the help. Treat yourself like a sponge and soak up all the information you truley want to seek. This step will become your life. So live in the moment, laugh at your mistakes, and love every opportunity that presents itself. Trust me you of all people owe to yourself.

Listen, I know you think what your doing now won't affect you later, but it will. You need to get serious and start thinking about college. You're a smart kid and I know you can do a lot better than what you think will pass. Don't just survive, thrive. Go online and apply for scholarships like crazy, look for a voice-over or dubbing studio, and get accpeted into a good college. Do it, kid. Trust me.

I would begin by telling myself that I just need to be me. In high school, it is sometimes difficult to be yourself, but once you get to college, people want to know the real you, not the fake one. I would also tell myself that all the hard work that you do in high school is worth it, even though it may not always seem that way. It makes classes much easier if you remember the basic knowledge you learned all through high school. I would say that getting to know more people and putting yourself out there is a big step to becoming successful in college. Start early, so when you have to become more personable in the future, it won't be a huge stressor. One of the points I would stress would be the fact that people need to follow their dreams. If you go to school to be something everyone else wants you to be, you won't be happy. There are so many opportunities to find a career you truly enjoy. Finally, I would say that people need to keep good realtionships with their family and friends. You will need a support system.

If I could go back and talk to younger Megan, as a high school senior, I would be able to inform myself of so many different ideas and concepts. I think the most important information I would tell myself would be to be myself; not to conform to other people or societies ideas of what a college student should be. College years are full of self discovery and a time of personal growth. However, it is really hard to grow in a conforming environment. If you do what makes you happy then you are doing the right thing (usually). I would tell myself of stories about trying to be a different person. But in the long run, when I just acted as me, I was much happier. I would also tell myself not to worry about the friends you might lose after high school. I lost friends over-time and over issues I?m not even aware of. But the lifelong college friends I made have already shown me what a true friend is, and it?s not about sleepovers or movie nights; friendship is deeper than social events.

One thing that I would have done differently is take AP and colleges courses that my high school offered. It would have saved me a lot of time and money if I would have done that. Also, my study habits in college are alot better then they were in high school, so I probably would study harder in high school. If I would have taken things seriously in my senior year, I think that I would have a better look at what the world has to offer me instead of being satisfied with the simple things in life. Because of this new outlook, I am looking to do bigger things in the next few years and take advantage of what the world has to offer me.

As a student of life at 42 years of age, and now trying to get back into school for a career change; I would tell my former self to stay in school.

First I would give myself the words of wisdom i.e. "Life is a puzzle. Experience teaches you to recognize the pieces and tells you what to do with them." Then I would tell myself to get a blackberry and schedule everything, to relax and enjoy the moments when I wasn't studying, and finally to take chances, life is about acting in the presence of fear. (This includes dating.)

Knowing what I know now, I would go back in time and urge myself to "Go to school now and get it out the way. There will be so many advances in education that there is no reason why you couldn't go back after your first degree and pursue another. Embrace college with a higher level of maturity and understanding. See past the partying and "good times" and look at the benefits way down the road. When you get past the age of 28, you would bee so close to achieving so many goals that you set for yourself. So take the plunge, get into college, embrace every good and bad moment because it helps you to become a great person and professional.

I would tell myself to really not mess around when it comes to enrolling for an upcoming semester. It's really frustrating to find out you missed out on a class that you wanted to take because you enrolled too late. I also would tell myself to not skip any class because it can become an easy habit that can mess up your grades. Another big point I would try to make would be to seek out my advisor as much as I could when making enrollment plans.