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College is going to be very different. Make sure that you keep an open mind about it and do not stress out about the whole process. Everything will turn out great so just enjoy your senior year and have fun. College comes with a lot of freedom but also a lot of responsibility. Just do your best and go to class and there wil be nothing to worry about.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I could give myself a lot of advice. However, one piece of advice stands out above all that. I would tell myself that it is okay to fail sometimes. I am a perfectionist, and I always have been, but I've learned in the past few years that nobody gets it right all the time. Making mistakes is a part of life, and it isn't always bad. Some of the mistakes I've made in the past few years have taught me more than any victory I've ever had in my life. While success is the obvious goal in life, the occassional failure isn't going to stop the path to success completely. I would tell my past self to take every failure and consider it a learning experience, because that is one of the things I've had to learn the hard way.

The advice i would give myself is to be more serious about my work. Always try to be involved in as much as i am interested in or can handle. Its ok to ask for help, to go to the teacher or to ask your friend. Its ok to be myself to not try to fit in with the crowd, because who i am as a individual will help me grow more as a person. That sometimes saying no to my friends is ok because it means that i am focused and ready for the next step in life. That being popular is not the biggest thing on earth and that working together is even better than working alone. That instead of trying to just only help myself that i can also help the people around me. To always stay positive and to surrond myself with people who want to be positive just like me. To never give up and to always keep trying, if i ever fall down to always try to get back up. Always keep my faith in god and try to love people and not dislike them, because networking is the key& just be me.

If I could go back in time to my high-school days, I would remind myself that grades do matter, and that I need to keep postitive and stay motivated. I graduated in 2005 from high-school, and did not realize at the time what a big impact my high-school GPA would have on my options for college. At the time, I was focused on becoming a movie star and did not think math or science had anything to do with it; nor did I know that the performing arts was even a degree choice. Needless to say, I did not know much about college; neither of my parents nor any of my four older siblings graduated from college. So, I was the first in the family to make that choice after doing community theatre for years. I decided that I wanted to get paid to do what I loved, and therfore made that decision to be the first in my family to graduate with a college degree. I now have an Associates Degree from Sinclair Community College, and am currently persuing a BFA in Acting at Northern Kentucky University-all while maintaing a 3.7 GPA!

Looking back on everything, the main piece of advice that I would give myself is to not worry. Going into college I was a nervous wreck, whether it was about moving into a dorm, to having a roommate, to even worrying about failing classes. Worrying never makes anything better, just take a deep breath and face your challenges head on. Another piece of advice that I would give myself is to manage your time wisely. It is easy to watch television for an extra 30 minutes, instead of studying, but that test comes quicker than you realize and cramming for a test is terrible. Taking the time to study will make life so much easier, and will help keep some of the stress that comes with college down. The last piece of advice that I would give is to network. Whether that means getting involved in a lot of campus activities, or getting to know your peers and professors well, it will pay off in the long run. These people will help you find your place within the community and can even help you after you leave college, by helping you find a job, to even becoming life long friends.

I have often pondered this question before. Looking back at my high school self, I was mainly concerned with my grades and work. I didn't have too much to stay on top of. Since going to college, I am now busy with keeping up my grades, work, my sorority, and other campus organizations. At times it can be overwhelming and stressful to balance everything. With that being said, I would tell my high school self to stay on top of my priorities and not to procrastinate. Sometimes it is hard tp stay focused when everyone around you isn't. However, staying on top of your priorities will make life less stressful and more balanced in the end.

I would give myself practical advice. While I greatly enjoyed my time in college, I wish I had taken more practical classes. I would instruct my high school self to take some technical writing classes to be more marketable from a business standpoint. I also would tell my high school self to explore semester long study abroad opportunities. Northern Kentucky University has a wonderful study abroad program with an ample amount of scholarship opportunities for such programs. I was able to travel abroad for short periods through school, which greatly enhanced my appreciation for the humanities, however I allowed personal reasons to hold me back from longer trips. I would tell my high school self to work hard, harder than I thought possible, and to not let romantic relationships get in the way of her education or the means to pay for that education.

Dear self, In a few months from now you will begin your journey as a freshman in college. Everyone is going to tell you that college requires more work and dedication, and that procrastination can not be an option, and they are right. What you will not hear as often is that college is a new opportunity to question and challenge yourself. It's a time to remember that you are completely capable of accomplishing anything, and that listening to your heart is what will lead you to happiness. I am writing you this letter because before you graduate you will take the ACT two more times. You are going to study a lot, and prepare in the best way you can, but it won't make a difference. This is when I need you to relax, take a step back and believe that a number does not define who you are or who you will be. Do not give up, and keep applying to scholarships! College is so expensive, but there is always a way to pay for it. Do not believe that one school is your only option, especially when your heart knows it is not.

As a college student who is facing the struggles of paying for college, I would have told my high school self that I should have applied for scholarships more. College isn't a joke. It's definitely a different world and helped myself realize that life is not going to be easy. I wish I would have taken more advantages of the opportunities I was given, especially when I came to focusing on college and how to pay for it. I would have worked harder on my audition materials and tried to prove to myself that I am worth all of the many college application fees. Personally, I would tell my high school self to have more self-confidence. I am more important than any of the sadness high school brought me at times. I felt low, and now I realize that it wasn't worth it. Your biggest critic is yourself-and that's something I finally am starting to realize.

I'd tell him not to worry, that he is and is going to remain fine. Then id tell him to study a little more not because yuo have to, but because you should. But most importantly I'd tell him to say goodbye to every one, because you sure will miss them.