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If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would defenitely give myself some words of wisdom; which were much needed at the time. I would tell myself consider your future and where i would want to see myself 10 years from now. I would also tell myself to value school, it is a privilege many do not have. I would also advise myself to take school more serious and focus only on your grades because that plays a major role when getting into college. Yes, friends are good to have but school is the main focus.

Hello, Sheena! Congrats on coming this far and completing your senior year! I just want to impart some advise to you, as I know you are contemplating on just taking a year off to discover the world. I just want to encourage you to pursue going off to college and perhaps even play volleyball. I know you may not seem like you have the confidence to go, but you will be fine and you make lots of friends and it will be a completely new and exciting world. You have done everything right as far as academics and attendance , you can have your pick of schools to attend. Just go for it, be open-minded and give it all that you have. You can make it!

Dear John, Hi I know that freshman year might be a challenging new road for you, but hang in there. Do me a favor and not screw up so bad freshman year for you will make up for it during your junior year. During the second half of sophomore year you will be tempted to ditch with your friends, well don't. Listen to your elders and do good in school so that once high school is over more opportunities might present itself. Also it might be not you but join the school clubs. They help with your resume, and gives you a little bit of experience when dealing with other people, not just your friends. Your a very intelligent kid, do not let it go to waste. Your athlethic so join the football team, basketball team, track and pretty much anything you can. When things get hard I know you tend to quit, well don't because today I am doing things I never thought I would be able to do. Pick something and stick with it. Also consider joining the military right after your senior year, get the g.i. bill and take advatage of free school.

"Don't ever let your confidence stop showing. On your first day of class, as you walk through campus on the sidewalk, keep your head held high. You are a beautiful, successful, and funny girl. Do not be intimidated by the foreign or the unfamiliar. Back home you are confident and people respect and acknowledge you for being that way. Do not let the transition into college scare you away from all your confidence because the boys are cuter and your peers are older and more mature. Let yourself shine through and strut into your classrooms ready to take on college and ready to radiate yourself to all. I will warn you, the first few weeks are scary and full of uncertainty, but take advantage of that to step out of your comfort zone and be the person you naturally are. Always show your confidence and never doubt the person that you are or who you are gradually growing up to be." I know that if my high school self could hear this advice the transition into college would have been a much more welcomed one. This is advice I would go back in time to give myself, and others.

Do not be scared or intimidated by the size, information and buildings on campus. Use your teachers and advisors and especially the tutor center before its too late in the class that seems a little difficult for you. Make sure you attend class as much as possible as that is where a majority of your learning comes from. Make friends, and get in a study group. Even if its not for the same class, just having a set time to study can make a major difference in your grades. Take a breath and enjoy everything college has to offer.

My advice to myself would be to continue as I do in making friends with everyone in the school no matter what 'social group' they were in. My next advice would have been to look at more options with what I want to do and to choose the ones that will give me even more options in the future. That said, I must still plan for failure. There’s no harm in having a plan A through Z. I would also tell myself to take more steps. It’s better to do things slowly and thoroughly and finish with good results than to skip ahead and have to keep going back. My last advice is to continue being curious and keep asking questions. But don’t just be satisfied with the answer. Use it to do something else. In addition to that, I should keep teaching myself more things instead of waiting to be taught because it is very likely that you won’t learn what you want to learn in school. Especially if you’re just waiting for it.

I would tell myself to consider more carefully what I want to do when I get out of college and whether that is really an achievable goal. I would also tell myself to work harder in high school for my last year because senior grades really count.

I would tell myself that there is a whole other world out there, bigger than high school. Even though high school is an important time, it's just a minute part of the rest of my life. My priorities that seemed to matter most back then have changed drastically, and I would tell myself that I am capable of things I never thought I could do and I should continue to challange myself to be all that I can be. Since the university I currently attend is in Madrid, I would also tell myself to take my language classes more seriously because being multilingual can really set you apart from others when going into the workforce. One last piece of advice that I would give myself is to not let negative people bring me down and to use them as motivation to continue successfully in whatever life may bring me.

I would tell myself to be organized. I also would tell myself to use all my resources to help me. Always study and stay ahead of the game.

I would tell myself to only invest in things that I am 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} sure I would like to make a future out of. I was very active in Air Force ROTC my freshman and sophomore year. However, after my first semester of sophomore year I decided to disenroll from the organization to achieve my goal of becoming a physical therapist. My current program is 6 years and ROTC only allows a 4 year program before going active duty. I also wish I had been more proactive when seeking out teachers and classmates aid. This would allow me to receive better feedback on grades and develop study groups early on--vital to my academic success.