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Don't be shy; college is not as scary as you think it is. Most people are more than willing to be your friend. Talk to that person you sit next to in class, don’t leave a stone unturned. The campus is filled with things to do and awesome people to meet. Don't stay in your dorm room alone wishing you had something to do or someone to hang out with, the only thing that can keep you from making friends is yourself. You need to initiate the conversations and start the ball rolling. People can tell if you are closed off and will treat you accordingly, it is what they think you want. You got to let them know that you want to hang them, don’t wait for them to come to you. Talk to people, join a club, and get off your lazy butt.

Go to college and make a good life for myself first. Think about making sacrafices now so I can be happy in life later. The hardest thing to do in life is go back to school after having a child. Facing the ups and downs of life without a good education to grow and build on is a fatal mistake. I see now the mistakes I made have left me starting back at the bottom and stuck in a dead end job with an endless struggle to find a way!

If I was back in high school, the advice I would give myself is that college is not easy, unlike high school; I would have so many options in career choices and classes as well as extracurricular activities. College is going to require you to be more of an adult than a child. Especially if you go to a college out of state, you will learn to be more responsible and accomplish matters on your own because parents are not there to help anymore. There is going to be much late night studying, meeting new people and making new friends. Experience what is outside your community, see what else there is in the world. College is an important step to achieving your goals; it’s a way to survive. In this generation it is a necessity to have a college degree in order to live a good life, to feed your family and give them all they deserve. It is very important to focus on your education and make good grades. It is also a wonderful event in your life to be a teenager yet you are learning to become an adult.

Sometimes I think back to when I was in high school and think about how easy I had it. I didn't really need to try in class, study or do homework and still managed to graduate in the top 10{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of my class. When I started college I really thought it would be the same and a had huge reality check. My grades were falling and I wasn't being the student I knew I could be. After almost 2 years in college the most valuable piece of advice I could give to myself is to take school seriously! College was nothing like highschool for me, there was no one pushing me to do my work or study it is 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} my responsibility and in the end the grades reflect that. I am glad to say I Iearned my lesson early on, but If I could go back and give myself this advice it would make a world of a difference just to really understand that college is very serious and it is a huge responsibility.

Become more social with your classmates. Create study groups and better study plans, and be prepared. Teachers do not pressure you to do well. You must take your own initiative and be prepared for your teacher to be, for lack of a better word, awful. You can do well, and it will take a minute to get in the groove, but never sell yourself short. Once you stop believeing in yourself, it doesn't matter what others say. You need to believe in you before you can do well.

The best advice I could give to students about to start their college career is to not forget who you are and what it is you really want. There will be time for relaxing and having fun but college flies by and if you forget your priorities your grades will suffer. The first year of college is the most important because it sets the tone for the next several years and you don't ever want to have to work from behind. Real joy in life comes from knowing you have done your absolute best so you don't have any regrets. There's nothing worse than knowing you could've done better or achieved your dreams after you have already jeapordized your future.

Never doubt the choices you make. When you are studying while everyone else is partying know that that will lead to leadership oppertunies that if yo gave in to the pressure you might not have gotten.

I wouldn't go back and tell myself to get better grades because that was never issue. Instead I would suggest taking more dual credit and ap courses. That way I could get credit for both high school and college and get ahead on some of the early required courses. I would also tell myself to get more involve in clubs and community service organizations early on instead of playing catch up in once getting to college.

If I could go back, I would inform myself that I should be more prepared and put more of an emphasis on studying to get the hang of things. Not only would I make sure to have a healthy balance between studying, but also hanging out with friends so I wouldn't interfere with my grades. I would also tell myself to study the campus because it is vast in size and really easy to get lost if you dont know it very well. I have always had the dream of attending Texas A&M and becoming an aggie. I am so glad that when the time came I chose A&M and became apart of the Fighting Texas Aggies.

I would tell myself that I need to be more independent and study more focusing on the future. I would also tell myself that it is important to have safe clean fun because although fun is important I have an army contract at risk and my future career is at risk. I would have told myslef to take things less-seriosly. I would have also told myself to find good friends who stay out of trouble and who actually care about me.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself a few different things. I would tell myself to apply for jobs. Both of my parents work extremely hard, but unfortunately, they do not have large salaries. Looking back, I wish I would have worked in order to help pay for some of my tuition. My two years in college have already gone by so fast and it has made me realize that I need to be intentional in my relationships with friends and family. I will not always be surrounded by the same people, so I need to fully enjoy time with everyone I am with and invest in their lives. Finally, I would tell myself to make the most of every opportunity and love every minute of life. I have come to realize that most of the time, you can not change your circumstances, but you can change your attitude and outlook on your circumstances. If you have a positive outlook in every situation, you will be able to enjoy life for all that it has to offer.

"It is okay to ask for help." These seven words could have spared me from numerous counts of stressful situations. It is also one of the most important lessons to learn in life. Help comes in many forms. From a collegiate perspective, the most relative are financial and academic help. For most students, including myself, college is often very expensive and sometimes unaffordable. Filling out scholarships is a vital part of continuing my college education and has been the greatest help I can receive. It is financial aid that made Texas A&M University a possibility, and has enabled it to become a reality. Academically, the biggest challenge in college is adapting to the teaching style of professors. Often times, you must teach yourself the material. However; that is not always the case. Tutoring is usually readily availabe to those who seek it. Admitting you need help is easier than it is to improve your GPA after it has dropped immensely. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, and knowing when to ask for help is important in identifiying what those are and becoming a successful individual. I wish I had this knowledge as high school senior.

If I could go back and talk to myself about college, I would tell myself to work hard during senior year, learn how to study and enjoy time with your family. During senior year I slacked off compared to how hard I had worked previously. This constant slacking off led to me having to study extra hard at the end of the semester to get my grades up. If I had just worked hard the entire semester, I could have saved myself a lot of stress. Throughout high school, the material was easy and I never really felt challenged. I would tell myself to use my senior year as a time to learn to study, and to study for my classes, even if the material came easily to me. I’ve had to spend a lot of time in college learning how to study for classes. If I had learned how to study in high school, my grades first semester would have been much higher. Finally, I would tell myself to enjoy time with my family. Leaving home to go to college was something I had always looked forward to, however now that I’m here I miss my family.

In acquiring the knowledge of college life these past few months, I would recommend to my highschool self to study more and be more outgoing. While I did study in college, I have realized that in studying more I do in fact see a rise in grade percentages. I would also tell myself to be more outgoing because in college you meet many people with similiar interests and can make lifelong friends and connections with these same people.

I would tell myself to take the ACT again and apply for more scholarships, regardless if I was able to meet the qualifications. I studied hard and got really good grades so I have no regrets about that. My senior year was very productive and I was involved in numerous organizations and clubs. I would not change anything about that and would tell myself to continue to keep active. I would take more college level classes. My high school only offered English and Goverment. I took the English, but not the government. I would tell myself to take both and to also enroll in one online college class at Grayson County College each semester.

I would like you to know that college is very beneficial and rewarding. It will take you a long way in life and make it financially easier on you and your family. You will have more rewarding opportunities in your working environment. Take the time now and finish your college degree before you decide to have children. Children are the greatest reward in the world, but it will only make it easier on yourself and your family if you get a college degree first. Take your time and decide what program will be most beneficial for you and compare different schools. Get the best grades possible now in high school so that you may qualify for more scholarships to help you pay your tuition. Also, make yourself more marketable for the scholarships and volunteer or join extra-curricular activities. Make sure you have good study habits and are geared for success. Don’t let anything stand in your way, set your mind on your goal and achieve it with success. Good luck in your future and make it count!

Try your hardest throughout your senior year. Many of your peers will start to slack off and fall behind, take advantage of this to maybe move up in your rank a few people, try and be in the top ten graduates! Be sure to tell Mom to do her taxes early so you can file your FAFSA early, just get it off your chest as soon as possible. When you actually get to A&M, hit the ground running and get involved. Don't worry about being self-conscious, the people here will love you for who you are and by being yourself you'll make friends ten times easier! However, be sure to remember that school comes first and just because you do well the first semester doesn't mean you'll do well the second. You don't have to declare your major right away, take some time, go to some seminars, and broaden your horizons first. It may seem like elephants are two-stepping in your stomach now, but don't worry, you're about to become a part of the Aggie family and that's an indescribable love.

If I could go back to high school and talk to myself, I would tell myself to enjoy being at home more. I would appreciate my time with my family. I would also tell myself that life goes by too fast to not enjoy everything you do. I feel like high school just flew by because I was constantly involved in something. I was always in sports, school organizations and church groups. There were times I complained about always having something to do and never having relaxing time, so I would tell myself that all of the responsibility and leadership of being class president for two years, waking up every morning for cross country practice or leading my church's first youth group all pays off at the end. I would tell myself that everything I learned from being involved throughout my high school years has helped me through the transition of being off on my own and taught me responsibility. In the end, I would say enjoy all the hard work and dedication you put into everything you do because it really does help get you through college, one of the most important times of your life.

Go straight to college from high school. Keep your head in the books. It will be of a greater benefit in the long run. All the long hours studying and making yourself better now will come back tenfold later on in life. Things don't get easier as you get older, especially with trying to go to school and bettering yourself. The best option is use the time you have wisely and never look at what you could be doing. There are times for parties and children later in life, once you are financially stable and going to college is the greatest gift you can give your future family.

If I could back in time, I would definitely tell my Senior self to study hard in college. Nothing else can kill your grades and GPA faster than procrastinating. In addition, I'd tell myself that it's always best to ask questions when you are not sure about the answer. Don't be afraid to ask questions! It's an essential part of learning. Also, I'd tell myself that if I'm not sure about scholarships, or things that deal with "prerequesites", try either way. Find out what you can, and make calls. Don't just sit there and expect the opportunites to come to you. You have to go after those opportunities yourself, because how will they know you are in need of them? If I could go back in time, I'd tell myself to enroll as in many classes as possible, but also to take tutoring. Don't be afraid of tutoring. It's worse to know you failed when you know you were right, but were afraid to speak, than to fail when you tried as hard as you could. Dear Senior self, keep trying as hard as you can!