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Learn about time management ASAP! It is of most importance that you learn how to schedule your day to be more productive. Do not procrasinate, because last minute work will not show your full potential. Do not hestitate to talk to your advisors it turns out that they were not intimidating people; they actually want to help you. Continue to always have a positive mindset and embrace college because it is the stepping stone to the real world.

The advice I would give myself as a high school senior to expect from college would be that college is a whole different ball game than high school. You have to stay on top of all your work. The professors aren't their to babysit you they are their to lecture and that's about it. They don't care if you stop showing up to classes or if you don't turn in your work. You have to manage your time wisely to study for all the tests you have. You can't procrastinate on things like you did in high school. If you wait to do something a day before its due you aren't going to get a very good grade. The last thing I would tell myself is that your GPA is everything. Once you fail a class it's going to take you a lot of hard work to bring your GPA back up. College life is a lot different than high school. You never believe how things are going to be until you have to experience it yourself.

This is hard for me to say. I attended high school after work, because I had to take care of my mom and my four siblings, since my father abandoned his family without giving any support. I began college but had to interrupt my education for almost thirty years for the same reason. Now, being almost fifty with a teenage daughter, I returned to college and try to realize my life dream: to become a teacher of French. Could I have done anything differently without neglecting the obligation I felt toward my family? I doubt it. Should I have been able to change society and its laws, I would have passed stricter regulations that strengthen the legal obligation of a parent to give financial support to his/her family. My advice I would give myself? Never give up, even when the situation seems to be without a way out. Stay goal-oriented, work hard and do not stop believing in the powers you have within you.

I would start with telling myself to buy a planner. With managing my time I was able to accomplish many things in one day. If everyday I write a to do list I will be able to finish the important things first then I can maybe have time to socialize with family and friends. I would also say that Monday through Friday is time for academic purposes only, so during the weekend I can have a break and not stress myself too much. I would also tell myself to not be fraid to ask for help. There is always a possability that another person has the same question.

Honestly, knowing everything that I know now and looking back at my experiences I would definitely say that the best advice would be to never settle for less. I would say to think about yourself first instead of friends and family and really reach out for your real dreams and go for the things you ultimately know will make you happy. I stayed here in my hometown only because of my family and because I didn't want to deal with the "hassle" of moving but I can honestly say I regret that completely. If I was at a school where science majors were more appreciated I would be a lot more involved with research, internships, community service, environmental projects, etc. My best advice is again, "never settle for less". That's probably my biggest mistake and I'm just trying my hardest to make the best of it.

The advice that I'd give myself as a college student is that, I should be better prepared and know what I want. The effort you put into it, is the output you will receive of your own life. College isn't hard, but no one said it would be easy. Do not waste any time, thinking that just because you attend class, you will get by as one does in high school. Enjoy your college experience, but learn while you have fun. You will only have the young college experience once. Don't waste time, time is valuable.

The advice that i will give myself it will be to apply to all scholarships possible. There are so many scholarships availabe that i never noticed until right now. Also learning to drive and getting my drivers licence will be a very good help to move around, like getting groceries. Researching on what universities are good on the career that you are intrested on. Another very important advice will be to take AP classes during high school in order to be prepared for college. This is because college is nothing similar to high school classes. i will aslo take into consideration the universities graduation rate and admissions.

If I was a high school senior again knowing what I know now about college, I would advice myself to not stress so much over my future. I think that everybody experiences that time in senior high school year when you do not know what to do and everything seems confusing, but I have learned these past months that you have to start acting instead of just thinking and stressing yourself over and over again. We all make mistakes, they are part of growing, but they make us stronger and we learn alot from them. If I had known what I know about college whan I was a high school senior, I would advice myself not to be afraid of the future because at the end even our mistakes are going to help us and make us stronger.

If I coudl talk to my younger self in high school I would definitely ask myself to become more focused early on. I entered college without any real direction, and even though I found myself eventually, it did take a while for me to figure out what I wanted to do. Throughout college I have changed my major twice. I know that college is a time of exploration and discovery, but I still feel bad because I feel like I wasted money and time in doing so. That said, I would advise my younger self to really try to find my calling. I would also strongly urge to myself to apply for more scholarships early on and not give me such a headache. Last but not least, I would tell myself that with hard work and determination, everything would work out in the end. It's funny because I feel so much wiser than when I was in high school, yet I know that I am still so young and have so much more to learn and discover.

If I could have the opportunity to talk to myself back when I was in my senior year, I would definitely tell myself to become more involved in my high-school student organizations, volunteering programs where I could have the chance to open my mind and realize what kind of student life awaits for me in college. Also, I would recommend myself to start planning and taking seriously my future academic goals, so I could perform better in high-school with my goals in mind.

If I were able to travel back in time, when I was a senior in high school I would give myself all the advices possible. In my senior year I didn’t take advantage of the credit by exams and the dual enrollment classes that is a college credit. I would also tell myself to start on the college applications and scholarship application by December instead of two months before deadline when most of them are already taken. My other advice will be to start on the community service before senior year , take the compass before getting out of high school.

If I could go back in time to my high school self I would've taken classes to prepare me for college. I also would've taken my ACT/SAT so I could've applied to other colleges so I could expand my knowledge about the world. I would've told my self that there is so much more to life than the town/city where I am at now. I also would have taken my academics more seriously by getting better grades and also trying to figure out what I wanted to major in, instead of waitng until I started college and changing majors three times. Like most high school seniors it doesn't hit home that you need to do something with your life until after you graduate high schoo and wake up the next day wondering what to do with you life. The only reason I'm going to the University of Texas at Brownsville is because it is close to home and I didn't apply to any other colleges and I knew they would accept me.

I remember when I was in high school specially in my senior year, I was a young man that the only thing that matter was having fun with my friends, and graduating from high school as soon as possible. As in today I look at myself in college, and I see that I have learned many things about it. If I could go back into time and give myself an advice, I would advice myself to study harder and to prepare myself academically by learning how to manage my time in studying because college is not as easy as high school. College takes a lot of time consuming and effort in order to achieve the goal of graduating.

If I could go back to high school, I would undoubtedly make sure I pay attention while learning how to write essays, cite sources, and make works cited pages. The many papers I have to write in college have been extremely hard considering I did not pay attention in high school like I should have while learning the appropriate ways and styles of the citations. I would have also worked harder in my classes and studied more. Knowing now that if my high school GPA was 0.3 points higher, I could have a great amount of financial help, I would have been more responsible about my studying habits.

The advices I would give myself is to not get a job in the first place and continue schooling even if it does help a little. Another advice i would give myself is to study hard and make it to the top. I would add that to not give up when life gets too hard.

My advice to myself during my high school senior year is to be more involved with the community. Despite getting good grades and concentrating on the academic portion of the school demands, helping the community improve creates more satisfaction and opens doors to scholarships and humanity programs that truly matter. Learning the theories about core classes like science and mathematics is only useful if it is put to use. Being more involved in the local sea turtle conservation projects, beach clean ups, helping others, discover self-giving now and you will be more satisfied with yourself. Seniors like to party, but my advice is to party less and help out more. I would also tell myself not to complain so much about the amount of homework the teachers give. High school homework does not compare to the hundreds of pages we now have to read in nursing school. Be more open minded, more accepting toward others and know that sharing similar music preferences is not the only thing that makes awesome friendships. Most importantly don’t give so many problems to your parents, they may sound crazy but in the end you will see they are very wise.

That everything you do in life it has be hard work and dedication, because with that all things are possible.

WOW!! I would tell alot of things, for example: apply for scholarships, STUDY, maintain a high GPA, dont be playing around.. but one of things i learned,is that everything happends for a reason and I dont regret anything that i did before. I learned from my mistakes and actions i make. Thats the advice i like to give people and friends.

If i could magically go back to a time during my highschool years i would definately tell myself to study more. I would take the time and when given an assignment in class go home an review it so that when i go for the class the next day i would be prepared and be able to make an A. I would also tell myself to payattention in class because youll eventually go over the same thing in college and in college more steps would be added such as math. I would also take the time to go over my work and appy for colleges and look into them in my early years and see the requirements for them and understand what my responsibility is for them. I would appy to more than just one college and take the risk of applying to an out of state college so i can have more opportunities that I dont recieve here in the small town.

Go to college, get yourself an education. Most preferrably learn about what interests you the most, even if it interferes with your work schedule. Do exactly what interests you, because if you don't, you will end up like me going back to college to get the degree you should've in the first place (biology). The upside for getting a college degree that you weren't happy with is that at least you become educated and will understand the "real world" a lot better than before, and of course, you'll have a fall-back. NEVER STOP LEARNING!