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Myself before didn't care about high school. I couldn't wait to leave and move on to college. I thought high school was dumb and the classmates I had were dumb and immature. Now I wished I could of cared and made more long term friendships. I would tell myself to be nice to my classmates, be more open and talktive in class. So, it would be easy for me now to have the guts to ask someone if they wanted to hang out somewhere or go to a party, anything to be more 'people friendly'. Even though it is an advantage that as a freshman I didn't get caught up with the partying and drinking and passed the first semester with a 3.1 GPA. A little part of me wishes I could fall into the majority percent of freshman who don't pass or who barely skim through the first semester, so I could go back and say "college is the best the first year," but I the other part of me hopes that I'm going to say,"college is the best the last year" because I get to start my dream career, unlike others.

i Would tell myself to learn better study habits and pick out key items when in class. I would also advize not to procrastonate and to do work as soon as it is givin. if i do all this i could have an exciting unstressful college experience.

I would tell myself not to be scared. Change is inevitable, but if you take a little extra time to prepare yourself, there's nothing you won't be able to face and overcome. When I graduated high school, I went straight into college. It was a scary experience and I was very unfamilar with a lot of the system. Through trail and error, I gradually figured out the tips and tricks and information I would need to be successful. However, it took me some time to get to that point. For a long time, I leaned on my older student friends, trying to piece things together that way. After a while, when I did not achieve the results I desired, I made the decision to just find out and put myself out there to learn the things I wanted to know. It's better to say that you tried and failed, then having not tried at all. And though it took a lot of self-encouraging speeches, I eventually mustered up the bravery and gusto to ask questions and not let myself be walked over. And with where I am now, I'm hugely grateful.

I did not have any idea what I wanted to do as a career when I was in high school. Now that I've figured it out, I love my school but the field that I'd like to be educated in is not available here. I have decided that I want to go into the music business, and it is not a common major unless it is performance-based. Now I'll be transferring schools next year, which I am not opposed to. The only problem is that it is harder to find scholarship money directly from the school as a transfer student than it would have been as a freshman. If I could give any advice to students searching for colleges, I'd tell them to make sure that the school they'll be attending offers the courses they need to follow their career goals! I didn't have any problems with the actual transition to college life, but the most valuable thing I learned was time management. As an athelete, it's difficult to get everything done, but if you keep your priorities in line and get to know your professors it's definitely doable!

Save your money. Stay at home for a year or two and get the basics done at a junior college and then transfer out. Keep your friends close to you, because when you need them, they will be there. Call your parents more. Don't argue with them, it will make sense soon. Sleep, get some rest, because you will be studying alot in the years to come. Just because you glided through high school doesn't mean you are going to do the same in college, you attended a small school and now you must try harder to be the best so study, otherwise you won't succeed.

As a high school senior (one year before intended, early graduate) I did not participate in but one school activity, apply my self as I should have, or form lasting study habits. If I was able to talk to myself last year, I would try to knock some since into my stubborn head. My first goal would be to urge myself to join school activities and form better relationships with my peers. Next, I would device a way to convince the "younger me" to take initiative in my studies and perform to my academic best. Lastly, and most importantly, I would make every attempt to persuade my senior being of the importance of creating better study habits. Study habits have proven to be the greatest element from high school used in each college course. In effect, I would repeat to my self all of the things my mom had told me for years.

I'm so young, just a freshman in college. Sometimes I wonder if its normal for me to dwell on my past, and think of actions I might have re-thought. If I could give myself any advice, I would tell myself to look around every once in awhile. After high school, everything changes; sometimes for the better, but sometimes for the worse. In high school I was so focused on getting into college and moving away I forgot to look around and realize what it was that surrounded me. I would have taken more risks, said what was on my mind, and appreciated the people around me. I would have studied harder, and honed my studying skills, and had more fun!

College is essentially learning. Learning about yourself, people, relationships, academics and life in general. You are able to be who you want to be, but make sure that you choose carefully. Take chances! Be free! Have fun! But don't forget why you are going and to be cautious. School must come first, but without balancing the necessities of life, (eating, sleeping, making friends, relaxing, having fun) school will become painful and burdensome. Focus on making friends and enjoying the subject matter, rather than finishing the homework as fast as possible. Attempt to understand that learning is interesting, but only if you make it so. Also, be happy with whatever situation you find yourself in, and keep in mind that social situations are fluent. An enemy now can be a friend later, as long as you keep an open mind and open heart. By keeping an open mind, an open heart, and taking care of what you need, you will be able to get what you want and enjoy the work it takes to get it.

WORK ON TIME MANAGEMENT! Don't stress so much and have fun. You are a smart, beautiful girl and you have your whole life to look forward too. Stop planning the minute details and appreciate your family and friends. You are going to do so well, so give yourself the opprotunity to get to know who you are and what it is that you love so much about writing those wonderful words. Feel free to make lots of lunch plans with the family, as they will start too miss you allot when you get busy will papers! Live every single day kid, and don't forget to love it all.

Don?t worry! What's meant to be, will be. In college, I?ve met a log of different people, with different attitudes toward life and work. I?ve observed that most people seem to stress over things that really aren?t very important, or that will eventually turn out okay no matter what. There is no need to worry about things that are out of your control, or to get anxious about the piles of work you have to get through. The best thing to do is to be as prepared as possible, and to calmly think things through. Remember that there are more important things in life than some school work. A late assignment, a bad grade, or a failed class can be made up or retaken, but you only have one chance with your family, friends, and health.