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The best advice I would give myself would be to visit different career jobs in high school. Go out and investigate exactly what is out there. Spend time at different places and see exactly what they entail. After three years of college I'm still not sure exactly what I want to do with my life. I have a pretty good idea, but an actual experience from visiting my current field of study would have helped me out three years ago when I first started college. Advisors are great in helping you, but they dont know the ups and downs of the career you are looking into. Another thing I would tell myself is to apply for all the scholarships possible. College gets more expensive as the degree level increases. I would get the basics done at a community college and make sure the classes transfer to the university you want to attend. This is very important. I think my journey would have started out much easier had i been given this advice.

I often have many regrets when I look back on my first two years of school (regrets being school related and not my personal life). My biggest regret is not becoming more involved. It didn't occur to me until the spring semester of my junior year that at some point soon, this wonderful system of waking up and going to class and seeing all my friends and teachers would end. I am majoring in broadcast journalism. In high school I worked for the university student run news cast and was invited back when I became a freshman. I thought getting a "real" job was more important. For two years I worked at a call center that sold newspapers. The job only paid minimum wage but I was convinced that these puny paychecks were more important than the experience and networking. As a warning to all freshman I say- "Stay involved, take more than 12 credits, and network like crazy." Your professors (like your parents) are right. Do not go through the motions and expect a platter of a well done job and a side of nice salary to be waiting at the finish line. It's not.

If i were to go back in time and talk to myself, there are multiple things that i would tell my self to make my experience better. First i would of told myself to pay more attention in class in high school to be better prepared for the classes in college. I would of applied for more scholorships to help me pay for the unexpected expenses of school. The most thing of all i would of told myself to make better decisioin in high school so that i would be better prepared and be able to make smarter decisions.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to make as much money as possible working jobs before my illness progess to help payoff my student loans. I would find more information for the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. I would ensure to myself that I would know what I wanted to do before I actually entered college, so I would not be spending time in the different colleges at the University trying to complete their requirements. I would try to make sure that I focus on school -AND ONLY SCHOOL! I would make sure that my goals in my life will be worked at even harder to reinsure that they are achieved. I would inform younger self that there are so many resources available to me , if I chose to look for harder for the information that I needed.

My adivce to Jessica would be, never choose the place to go just because someone else is going and you dont want to be alone. I know you will miss high school, family and friends. You will always find friends anywhere you go, and the friends you thought you had, might leave. Your family will always be behind you, no matter what you accomplish in life. Never give up on what you want, just because what people would say. Dont be shy of standing up and going for what you like and want, not what others want for you, otherwise you will never enjoy what you are doing and will be wishing to be doing something else. Only if you are doing what you like, the desicion will be worth it. Never loose trust in yourself and always strive for the best!! Good Luck, and always remember you have the potential.

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When you are in high school you have more guidence than in college, where you dont have any guidence at all. If I could go back in time to talk to myself in high school I would tell myself to take advantage of my teacher to get more information about what is being taught. Everything in college is like a review, which seems like years and years ago. I wish I could have paid more attention to my teachers in high school, knowing that they had been to college. I realize now that my teachers in high school were trying to help me in so many different ways that I wish i could have payed attention to. I would go back in time and wake myself up from my wondering mind and tell myself to take the advice that I am receiving, and dig my head deeper into those books.

I like most people look back on the past and wish I could change something. Even though I know I can't possibly even begin to fathom time travel, no matter how much I tell myself time travel is impossible I can't help but wish that I could take Einstein's theory of relaltivity and figure out how to make traveling back in time possible. High school senior year is probably one everyone wants to do over, for it is the most important in regards to education. It's really the first time that the decisions you make will truly effect the rest of your life. I wish I had made better decisions. Before senior year I was a good student, I tried, I didn't slack, and was prepared for my studies. With my senior year I regrettably admit that I royally messed up. If I could go back I would tell myself not to lose the true friends that I had, not to stay out all night and get into trouble, and take pride in the things I did. I lost pride in myself, and now I have to pay the price, a high price to pay.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself I would say that you shouldn't worry about what others say when it comes to paying attention and giving your best during class. I would also take more rigorous classes and actually learn the material and not memorize it for just that time period. In addition, I would take into consideration the idea of time management as wells as monetary management. Furthermore, I would try to develop better communication skills to better interact with students of all backgrounds and the teachers. Finally, the last advice that I would give myself is that it would greatly benefit me f I was more involved in extracurricular activities and community service because those are the places where you truly discovery your ownself and the true beauty of the world.

If I had to go back and talk to myself about college life I would have to say that I would tell myself to stay in school. I attended college for one and a half years and because I was making good money at my job, I decided I did not need college and dropped out. I finally returned after my youngest son graduated from school but my advice to all young people is to stay focused when you get into college. Even though it is never too late to attend college, getting a degree when you are young opens doors to bigger and better opportunities. I have not regrets as far as being with my children but I do advise young people to stay focused, work hard and earning that degree will change the course of your life. So my advice to me would be to stay in college and earn that degree no matter how tough it gets. Do not settle for what seems to get you by at the time but look into the future on how getting a degree will affect you.