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The advice I would give myself is that college transtion is not that hard. The college made the transition very easy and that there is tons of friends and a lot of help that the teacher gives to have the students a successful college life. Although it maybe hard sometimes but you can always get threw it with some hard work.

I was very nervous getting ready to come to college from such a small school but what I think a lot of people forget is that every single student is also nervous so one piece of advice I would have given myself is to calm down and don't stress out too much because everybody feels the same way upon first beginning college. Another piece of advice: be open-minded, be ready to meet thousands of other students with different backgrounds much different than your own, and be open-minded about your professors and your homework, it is much different than high school, so be ready, I think the best piece of advice coming to college would be to learn not to procastinate! Although it is hard not to, doing so you will not have to worry about trying to pull an all nighter because that is not healthy. And lastly, have fun, make the best of it because it is going by fast already...

Some things in life require more skill then one can ever expect. The most useful advice pertaining to what I have experienced about college life and making the transition would be that growing up is the hardest thing to accept. Learning about oneself and knowing that whether or not you are around people all the time, you can still be the loneliest person in the world. If you are not comfortable with whom you are and you do not know how to grow up there?s a serious problem. Learning about your insecurities as a person and taking the steps to correct them while trying to manage a good balence between social and academic responsabilities can be a struggle. As a current student I am still having trouble with trying to realize that most of the decisions that I make are for my own good. Which means skipping parties, engaging in activities that are not appropriate for me to be participating in are not the steps into making a better future for myself. I would like to tell myself that when the going gets tuff you must look at your self and figure out that change is the best way.

Knowing what I know now, I would actually like to go back all the way to my freshman year in high school and repick some of the classes that I chose so that I would be slightly more prepared for those that are needed in college. If I could only head back to senior year, I would advise myself for freshman year to get into more extra curicular activities because I feel that it would have increased the number of people that I came in contact with and would have met freshman year. I think that if I had continued some sort of sport it would have made the transition a bit easier as I would not have been focused so much on work. FInally, I'd make sure that I got into decent study habits freshmen year so that when the courses started to get harder, it would not be as hard to make after the first semester.

I would tell myself to not slack off towards the end of my senior year and to do better on my SATs. I also wish that I had more extra curriculars and that I was an AP student instead of an IB candidate.

1. Book is not everything for you, you need more social activities 2. Don't be so stupid with the so-called love. Treasure yourself and the person who cares you.

Go into college with an open mind. There are a lot of different people and things to do and see at college, and if you chose not to open yourself up to new ideas, you will be limiting your development into a well rounded individual. This is important, but you must always remember do what makes you happy and what you have the most fun doing!

even though i didnt need to study in highschool i would tell myself to develope some study skills and good sleep habits

Go Crazy, branch out. Live a little bit before you get to college, so that you won't be too overwelmed by the freedom in college. basically talk to everyone about anything, made an effort to engage in random conversations. above all Don't Be Afraid of what people think of you, if they are not your friends or family then their opinions will fade from memory. you shouldnt be afraid of what you say or do. act as silly as you want or as serious, true friends will get you. i think it took me 3yrs to learn this.

If I could go back to the great year of 2007, and see myself before going away to college, I would leave myself with one great piece of advice, "dont be shy". My whole life I've always had a problem with meeting new people, and trying new things because I was shy. Unfortunately, being shy has the capability to severely ruin someones time at college, because college is a time meant for independance and discoverey. Shyness played a role for me at my first college, University of Miami, when I was a freshman because I was closed off from other students for almost an entire semester--needless to say, that wasn't an exciting time. After my transfer I decided to do my best to be an extravertial person, and so far it has played out quite well.