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If I knew what I know now , I would tell myself to not wait so long to interact with students. The students and faculty are more than happy to help, do not wait so long to get involved. Space out your classes do not attempt to take two hard sciences or classes at the same time. Even out your courseload do not save your hardest class for last because, they will pile up and it will be harder in the end. Stay proactive and punctual. Get to know your instructors the more you interact with them the more they get to know you which can be really helpful. Take the time to get involved in clubs and organization related to your feild of study. Schedual your time wisley, and make time for yourself. Check for low prices on books and supplies on different websites to get the best deals. Be proud of yourself ecspecially, when you do well. However if you do not do your best on a test or project do not beat yourself up. Keep pushing you will do better next time. Make at least one friend in each class and exchange numbers in case you miss something.

I would advise myself to stay in school. Education is so important and the choices that you make now as a high school senior will affect the course of your life. Learn life skills such as good communication, assertiveness and discernment so that you make wise decisions. Find your self-esteem and hold tight to it so that you are not pressured into activities that will lead you down a road of destruction. Avoid the things that appear to be fun like drugs and alcohol because they will take over your life. Drugs and alcohol are destructions in disguise. Set your goals and write them down. Reach for them no matter the cost and don’t lose sight of what you want to achieve. It is very easy to be distracted by the freedom that you will experience once you leave the safety of your parents confinements. But do not use that freedom to indulge in your passions and desires that will have negative consequences attached to them.

This is you in 26 years after high school graduation. Please go to college and do not loose focus. Also the winning lotto numbers are ********** . Good luck and don't date Ricardo or Albert. Good luck!!

Although I took academics very seriously as a high school senior, I would tell myself to expand my school spirit and extra curricular activities. I think being involved with your peers and your community is extremely crucial when applying to four year universities and can define your future in more ways than one. Not only will being involved better your chances of getting accepted to the first college of your choice, but it will prepare you for future careers. I also think that having school spirit and making friends during your senior year is important because it's a time where you meet most of your life-long friends and figure out who you are as a person. Furthermore, I would tell myself to give 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} at everything I do, because working hard will always be worth it in the end. But most of all, stay true to yourself. As the great Sir Paul McCartney once said, "I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing anything weird wasn't weird at all and it was the people saying they were weird that were weird."

College is the start of a completely different life. We're no longer on a one-way track that always gets us to the same place. There are more forces at work now, giving us less control of our lives. A single decision can drasticly change our future whether we want it to or not. I suppose the best way to adjust to college is to find a certain place on campus and make that your "home". "home" could be a library, a computer center, a laboratory, or even a food court (I don't reccomend food court). Whatever you choose to be your "home", that will affect how you grow. Finally, I want you to know that they were wrong. Your friends are still out there and they haven't forgotten you. And when you need them, they'll have your back. So don't worry about new ones.

If I could go back in time to knock some sense into myself, I would simply tell myself to start applying for universities and scholarships early in my senior year. The single reason that I ended up at TCC is because I was a lazy procrastinator throughout highschool. Fortunately, early in my college career I had a wakeup call that turned my life around. If I had been the driven person that I am now back in high school, my life would look very different today. After telling myself all of this, I would then encourage myself by telling me the great things I could accomplish if and only if I stepped up and would start living responsibly.

Attending to community college, while all of my friends pack their duffle bags for university, is one of the most distressing but congratulating things I've experienced. The advice I'd give to myself is to take my education seriously. I joked around all throughout highschool. I tuned every bit of advice out because I was under the impression that I knew everything. That was until life slapped me across the face. The first rejection letter brought me down to reality. I glided through every single project, homework assignment, and anything school related. It took four years of joshing around, and three hours of crying for me to realize that education is everything. "Bill gates didn't go to college," very true. But how many Bill Gates does one know? Not only that, but his parents gave him two million dollars to get him started. My parents are not doing that, which means I have one choice. Say goodbye to the old Jazmyn, and hello to the Jazmyn who sees the volume in learning.

If I could talk with the social butterfly I was as a senior, I would tell her to spend more time in her cocoon. I would tell her that what forms inside of those constricting walls will make her wings rich in color. If she would listen, I would beg her to take a look around her small home and see how much room there actually is. There may not be anything bold or exciting, but there will be things she never knew were there. I would stress to her the importance of taking criticisms and seeing them as a gift rather than a weapon. She would shrug off everything I had to say, but she would beat herself up later, play victim and fail to realize how protected she is. I would then let her know that fluttering by innocently will not keep predators from destroying her someday. She would have to see it for herself, but I would let her know that it is going to hurt, and this time, she will have to find an escape on her on. Lastly, I would tell her not to worry. With grace, she makes it out alive.

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College life is another world. In high school you had the support of your family concerning food, housing, the school supplies. Now its all on you and you finally appreciate what your parents did for you. You wake up and think about how to pay your bills, your books, your food. So the advice is that save enough that you can and do your best to have enough scholarship. I studied in a foreign country so for me its more difficult but I do my best

If I could go back in time and give myself advice when I was a high school senior I would tell myself that I could do better. Not just that I could do better but that I would do better. I would explain that I am smarter than I thought I was and that I would figure that out six years later. I would tell myself that I should have kept better company. I should have surrounded myself with people that had the same goals as I did so I could focus more on school rather than my social life. And finally, I would have told myself to appreciate the freedom of childhood while I had it. I would tell myself to join any club or activity that even remotely interested me because life is short.

Apply to every university that you can, avoid community college because it is not for you. Grades are extremly importand so focus hard on them and try to get into a group so you can be involved and social. Scholarships are very important so apply to as many as you can. It is okay to work but your focus needs to be on school. It souds so cliche` , but listen to the adults, they know what they are talking about.

Out of the many things I would like to tell my younger self, the most important would certainly be the simple statement "do not be afraid." Throughout high school I made good grades, and I worked hard. Yet I was incredibly nervous to go college, and because of that I chose to only enroll at the local community college as a part time student. College ended up being much easier to adjust to than I had expected, but I have still not completed my degree. If I had not been so worried and afraid, I believe I could have graduated in the traditional timeframe. I would love to be able to go back and tell myself to have courage and not to hold myself back. Unfortunately, it is a message that cannot do me any good now, but I try to use it to encourage those that it does apply to.

One important thing I would tell myself is to not let Aaron's death control what you do in your college career. You should listen to what mom tells you and start at the 2-year college. It will save you a lot of time and heartache in the end. Also to trust what your gut says and don't always listen to what the advisors tell you. If you want to take that class, then take it. You don't need anyone to make you do anything. Just follow what you know to be right and don't be afraid to join the clubs and sororities. They help more than you know and are nothing like drill team. Always remember though that you can do anything you put your mind to and regardless of the obstacles put in your way you'll make it through.

I would have prepared myself better by taking more challenging classes my senior year!

I would tell myself to start on scholarships and grants in the 11th grade. I also would tell myself to do nursing(RN) and go to a college right out of high school. I would not waste my time and get the education I needed.

Given the chance, I would tell that frightened, stubborn, and confused girl that her parents were right. She would probably suck her teeth and tune me out, but if she would just listen for a second, then I'd remind her how important a support system is for a shy girl like her. Going to a smaller school closer to home, getting involved in school activities, and remembering she is not the only freshman that ever lived would make the transition far less lonely and overwhelming. Also, since that silly kid had never worked a day in her life, she naturally thought tuition and other funds would magically appear in her student account. I would surprise her with the truth: it doesn't. She would have to work, at a job and on her scholarships, to fund her education. And while the word "work" may have twisted her face, I would repeat it as many times as it took until she got it. College takes work. You do not quit and go home when classes and your roommates and the new world you've found yourself in gets difficult. This is your future. Grow up, and take it on.

I would have taken summer classes leading up to my freshman year in college, saved up more money for school, and studied harder. As a high school senior I really had no idea what college would be like.

Since high school I have learn somethings I wish I had done like starting on my scholarships early as possible. I had teacher and other people that I should be working on scholarships but like most students I wasn't trying to do all that; I was more interested in having fun for my last year in high school then doing scholarships. Another thing I would have done would to have talk to the two universities that I wanted to go to as much as I could so everything would have been done. Talking to people from UT Arlington is something I do more to make sure everything is received and that they don't need anything else's from me. Them were the main two things I didn't do as a senior and if I was able to go back and talk to myself as a senior thats what I would talk about about doing scholarships on time and talking to people from the universities that I wanted to apply to.

I would try to dispell some of the rebellious, non-conformist ideas I had regarding joining clubs and community service, because I have learned that it is really rewarding to be a part of your community and make a difference in it, instead of trying to distance yourself from the other people around you. I also would have encouraged myself to work harder to apply for scholarships, because it would have been nice to finish a degree with some of my small inheritance left over, instead of being in debt. Lastly, I would have encouraged myself to think more seriously about graduate school, as opposed to working towards a degree in Art Education. I enjoy helping and teaching others, but public education was not a good fit for me.