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Listen to my teachers more! They often reminded the class that materials covered in highschool would follow us to highschool. Listen to my parents more! They always told me that education was the key, and that in life you can never get enough education. Education is the key to opening many doors in life! Listen to my guidance counselors more. Guidance counselors focused on directing my path for the future. Believe in my self more! Believe that I can achieve and succeed. College is different from high school. It takes hard work, dedication, and will power. It will not be easy, nothing worth having ever is. Stepping up to the challenge, and overcoming the challenges will make you the best student. List your priorities! What is important, and what isn't. Never leave class with unanswered questions, and always ask questions. Study hard, repetition is the key! Keep your on the prize! Who cares that your a freshman again, starting at the bottom again. Before long you will be a senior again with a world of opportunities!

Tour school with family, not friends.

Advice, Ill say " no procrastination !" That is the biggest concern I think anyone should have. As a senior you have to be on top of things. I wouldn't wait till the last minute to do things. A senior should have the college they want to attend set and stone. Also, grades are always important as well, from freshmen year you should have been doing decent in your academics. Of course when you do well in the begining it gives you some slack in the end as a senior. Study, study, study, it is most important, and in college it becomes a habit and thats basically what you do. When you stay on top of things you dont fall behind. The best way to learn is with the class, dont be a "procrastinatior."

Be prepared to make the important connections you need for yourself, such as in the business office, with financial aid, students and professors. Think throughly about what you are bringing with you as dorm space and storage might be iffy, you really do not need as much stuff as you think you do. Be prapered for the organising the responsibilities of finances, work, studying and social time. You need to define and keep the right balance of these aspects for a healthy life style. Get to know the curriculum and academic expectations of the school so you know what is coming your way. Take all aspects, including dorms, academcis, local area, of a school into account when applying in order to find the perfect fit. Be excited for an awesome experience but not afraid to rely on old connections from home as well as new connections at shcool for support if life gets rough.

I would have gone to community college for the first 2 years to save money.

Looking back, advice I would have wanted as a high school senior would be a few things. First, that the myth that you can't take classes that go towards your major until your junior year no matter what. In my school, Northland College, and at at least a few other colleges in the nation there are very efficient, progressive programs for meeting your liberal arts requirements. In my first semester of freshmen year here alone, I had four classes which fulfilled half of all my liberal arts requirements, and two of those went towards my major! I am so excited to say after this year I will be more than 75{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the way done with completing my liberal arts requirements! Another myth: that Private colleges are always more expensive. My advice is if you find one that's of interest to you, but see a big price tag, don't despair. Call the admissions office and ask about their financial aid options. There are many exceptions if you look harder and don't "judge a book by it's cover". College is not just a next step, but a life-changing experience which you can succeed in!

The advice that I would give myself as a high school senior about to enter the college network, is push foward with what you want and dont let distractions get the best of you. Dont have shiny object syndrome. College is one of the most nessicary parts of life in today's world. You can go anywhere and everywhere with a college degree, saying you did research in the feild you want to go into, that there are job avalabilities. Work hard, read all your material, be the first one in class sitting in the front row and the last one to leave. Go above and beyond what you "supposed" to do. College is fun, you meet so many new people from so many differnt backgrounds. You will take with you what you learn in the next four years around with you our entire life. You will have a life that most dream and wish to have. Just as every cheesey slogan on the television where its always grand and pretty flowers and pretty girls if you were to use their product. If you use the college product, you will truthfully get all of those things. Good luck!

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would have told myself that college is not as scary as it may seem to be when you are a senior and are making the transition. And living away from home might be a little hard in the beginning, but if you can manage your money very well you should be fine. College may throw many different things at you, but it is important to remain yourself and not let people change the way you do things. School work is more important than hanging out with your friends every night. It might seem like an okay idea to go and hang out with your friends and do homework while with them, but you need to also give yourself space from everyone else to do a good job on your homework because your friends could be distracting you from actually learning what you need to know. And meditation can be a magical thing with all of the school work you will get in college--ever since I started this semester I have been more relaxed and more focused on what is important in life.

If I were to return to my pre-college self, I would appreciate knowledge about the detailed workings of the school. Knowing the right amount of clothes and dishes to have based on meals and meal plans as well as room size and kitchen availability woud have been helpful. Aslo, a review of academic programs and class interests is a great way to see if the school fits a person academically. Infromtion about community outside of the campus, meaning shops available and integration of regional commitments, would have given me a bit more peace of mind. Transitioning into a dorm living envronment will go well as long as one is willing to connect with their roommate, neighbors, and resident life staff. Overall, the advice I would give is to find out as much as possilbe about daily life at the school and wait excitedly for the rest because its going to be awesome!!

The main thing I would tell myself is that it really isn't different. The only difference is that you're away from your parents, and you become surrounded by people from all over the world. College life is what you make of it. You're given the opportunity to make decisions every day to help dictate what you get out of college. I would also tell myself to not worry about classes too much. There is some attention needed toward classes, but there also is plenty of time to relax and have some fun.