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Take and re-take the SAT's and the ACT's, also start saving your money now and applying for every single grant and scholarship you can. Financial assitance is scarce and it makes college life so much more difficult. When you get to college, go to class EVERYDAY, no excuses. All of your classes are going to be based on 2 or 3 test grades so study way to much and limit your social life for the first semester or two until you're acclimated to what your university will expect of you. College is not easy, if it was, everyone would do it!

I would warn myself about construction. Our campus is always improving facilities and building bigger and better facilities, but as a result, there are often a lot of construction workers and vehicles around campus. They work at normal hours so sleep is not disrupted, but it would be nice to have a heads-up on. I would tell myself not to worry about picking a major, that the school is most important and that the major will fall into your lap.

There are three things I would tell myself. One, is to continually search for financial aid every year. Even though I may apply for a few scholarships I could never apply enough. Money is hard to come by in these trying financial times and to stay ahead of the game will always put me in a better situation at school and in life. Two, is never to be afraid to be who I am. I wil meet all sorts of people and I should not shy away from them but instead open up to them and be myself. Either they will accept you or they won't and those that don't, don't matter. Third, never second guess myself or give up on my dream. I know what I want to do with my life and my job in college is to pursue it without looking back. I will achieve my dreams.

Make sure to visit the school during the Fall. You have to remember to experience the school when it is most active!

Don't look at cost first. It will only make your true desire about a school more clouded. Also, don't just ask the tour guides questions, because they often feel obligated to give the most desirable answer. Ask a passing student, but ask more than one person the same question to get a better idea. Also, it may be smarter to take one less class than the norm for the first semester, even if it means you have to take an extra one later. Making the most of that first semester makes all the difference later! Stay in touch with home and be honest about how things are going, because your family knows you better than anyone else, and better than you may like to admit!

Consider all aspects, do not go on one attribute alone, such as academic or social, when deciding on a university/college to attend. Ease yourself in first semester, do not try to hit the ground running.

Go where your heart tells you, as cheesey as it sounds. When I went to visit TCU for the last time, and snuck onto the baseball field to catch the end of a game, something just told me that I needed to become a horned frog! If you go somewhere you really want to be, I feel like you will be more motivated to work hard to stay there.

I would just make sure you go there and enjoy your self it will be the best time of your life, just make sure you pick a school that you love and can afford.

Definitely visit the school(s) on your list of possibilities, if possible. It makes a huge difference when you can be on campus to feel what it's really like there. Otherwise, you might now know what you're getting yourself into.

I think that it is important for parents and students to take into consideration everything about a college including the size of the student body, location, and financial aid. Most high school seniors don't know what they are truly looking for in a college until they start visiting. Begin visiting schools early and go to as many as you can. When you are at a college that fits all of your standards, you will know because it will be the one that you compare every other school to. For instance, when I visited TCU, although it wasn't my first choice school, I knew that it was perfect for me. The atmosphere on campus, the people, the surrounding areas all set the bar high, and I continued to compare every school I visited or considered afterwards to TCU. The right school should fit, don't settle for anything less!