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Dear High School Senior Edna,I know sometimes study hall can me boring and you feel that you could easily just wait till later at night to complete your homework, but I would suggest that you take advantage of study halls and complete your work. When you get to college their will not be many chances for you to get sleep and a lot of your time will be spend trying to find time to complete your work. Also, find more ways in which you can study, I know you might feel like giving up at times but I know that the school you are in is preparing you for college. Find ways in which you can involve yourself in many more clubs and organization in school, learn about what it is to be president or have a leadership role, it will help you when you want to enter different clubs in college. Also, look for more ways to find scholarships or ways to obtain money to pay for school, college is really expensive and you rather know that you have some money to spend on paying tuition and books rather than struggle in balancing multiple jobs and schoolwork.

College can be one of the best times and most frustrating times of life. You are now away from your parents, trying to figure out the world on your own. Just remember, it's okay to be uncertain of what you want to do in your life. It's okay to change your major more than once. You don't have to have everything figured out right now. Remember to enjoy these moments. You will look back fondly on all the challenges and changes that occur during these years. Find balanace. Get involved. Take advantage of the opportunities presented to you. There is no limit to what you can accomplish, so believe in yourself and in others.

My advice to my past high school self is to not limit yourself. No matter how much you might think your love will last forever, it probably won't, so don't go to just any school to be close to your girlfriend. You should have a back-up school for gauranteed acceptance, but you are more than able to get accepted to universities with a bit higher prestige. Also, don't rule out community colleges for the first 2 years. Most courses transfer to a 4-year univesity and you could save yourself thousands of dollars in tuition. I also urge you to dedicate more time to applying for scholarships. College is expensive, and this money will help subsidize your student financial needs so you won't end up with a pile of student loan debt before your even have a job to pay for it. Lastly, go to class and do your homework. Don't procrastinate. College isn't like high school where you can rely on your natural aptitude and charm. An all-nighter in college is truely an all-nighter (not just staying up 'til 1 am studying for a test).

Dear Self, Please do not take the next five years off of college. you will be so much happier when you are 23 if you are done with school or at least have most of it behind you. Please do not drink away our brain cells as we really could use them. Take the path less traveled and finish all of your schooling before trying to have fun. Getting your priorities in order is very crucial. Always remember a healthy balance is important of everything you do in life. Do not take any trips to Sacramento with the guys because the trip turns out to be a huge mistake. Start thinking about your future now so you can start to make a career choice instead of working at a job forever. Party no more than two times a year. that is the Maximum allowed for you untill you are twenty seven. I set the date at twenty seven becuase I figure by then you may be smart enough to never do it. Every move you take and every thought you take should have purpose behind it. Everything you do should have meaning. Dont be a spectater in your own life.

If I could go back to my high school self and give myself advice, I would advise myself to realize that in college I need to be studying everyday. Because in college we don't get as many tests and points in the classes, I needed to make sure I did well on each and every test. Also, I would tell myself to realize that I'm going to make different friends, and that just because I am making new friends does not mean I am forgetting my old ones. Meet as many new people as you can and embrace all of them. Friends will help you along in college and without them, you may not enjoy it as much as you should.

1. Apply for as many scholarships as possible because tuition,books, supplies, and housing are not cheap. 2. Study Math. 3. Take AP math and sciences classes. 4. Go to campus and ask various students and students similar to your ethnic and socio-economic status what they like and dislike about the school. 5. Be sure about what you want to study because once you are in college no one will help you decide. 6. Decide your major as soon as possible, because not knowing can make you behind in credits or cause you to take courses you do not need. 7. Enjoy the rest of your time in high school, because life after High School is more fast pace and stressful. 8.Keep good ties with your current job, it will be great to have the job during the summers. 9. Apply to any schools that you are interested in, the more you apply to, the better your choices are for among many things: location, financial aid, majors offered, and social organizations. 10. DO WHAT YOU WANT! Do not let others (Family, Friends, Boyfriend/Girlfriend,etc) influence your decision. This is a big , roughly 4-year decision. The End

College is going to be hard, prepare yourself early for the hard homework and steep learning curve of the classes. Your teachers will not babystep you through anything, it's a completely independent process and be ready for it. But at the same time enjoy everything about it, independence is awesome and you will have the time of your life on campus. Enjoy it while it lasts.

If I were to go back in time and talk to myself, I would say enjoy your time, but take advantage of all your great opportunities, use good time management, when you become stressed take a step back and a look at the situation because its probably not as bad as you think.

I would tell myself to actually take interest in the field of competitive education. Take full-mind, endure each lecuture with enthusiasm towards knowledge, and be responsible for aquiring the best of grades. All for the order of making a positive difference in our Nation, around the globe, and most importantly, for the sake of humanity. Inform the young man that I'm in the midst of American equal opportunity, thus I should study abroad, intuitively. Never, ever use "not" having money as an excuse. To dream big, even if a University has an abundant, seemingly impossible price tag for tuition. I would give the innocent high school student the wisdom to partake in a rigorous, work ethic, dedicated towards preparation amongst the SAT and ACT. This would be an essential point, for the high school "me" to know, because the "now me" did not attempt either examination once, for it is key in gaining scholarship money and gaining acceptance from a major University. Just because you come from a broken family, fear not. You don't have to follow your brothers fate, for his disability of spina bifida slowed his enthusiasm towards college. Now you go get them Trey.

Knowing what I know about college life and making the transition, the kind of advice I would give my "high school self" is to get organized, understand your course requirements, as well as professors, and to not pressure yourself to make a hasty decision about any career or major. Back in high school, teachers guided their students through all the homework and due dates. College professors are different in their approach to homework, so it's good to know when various assignments are due. This follows into getting to know one's course requirements. The worst excuse possible during one's college career is "I didn't know it was due today". Instead of having to use that overused phrase, it's better to go over the syllabus that the teachers have carefully spent hours preparing, and to get to know your professors, too. Office hours are for your benefit, so take advantage of them. Office hours are for the sole purpose of meeting with students. Last, but not least, college is the time for someone to discover who they really are. It's not a race, trying to discover your future career path. Take time and enjoy exploring options.