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The advice I would give myself is, "GET READY!". College is not easy, but when you are prepared and well rounded, you have your priorities striaghted. It never gets any easiers, but it doesnt get harder either.

Study for both the ACT and SAT scores. Take ap classes to know how college classes are like and to get credits out of the way. If you take college-level courses, you'll be prepared and you will also be one step closer to your dream job. Another advice is to get good grades and keep consistent grades, and that means that even though you're a senior, DO NOT SLACK OFF. Last but not least, enjoy your parents back at home and the last year of high school because time flies, and you can't depend on them forever.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself to let go. Let go of your insecurities, let go of your "friends", let go of your child mentality, let go of the guy who acted like the smartest kid alive; just let go because you're about to receive something greater. Once you enter college, high school seems like gum under the table. Everything that was said and happened in high school means nothing. In college you will meet people that have the same mindset and desire to be someone in life. You will spend hours with complete strangers, and come out of the classroom as best friends. You can express yourself and not feel judged because there is such diversity here. Some classes will be hard and challenging, but girl they're going to make you be able to do what you love in the future. No one tries to be superior over you, because you are all in the same boat really. The best is yet to come! One more thing; on the first day of school, your class is on the third floor. You're welcome.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to have the confidence to follow my dreams and formulate a plan to achieve them. Like many others, I made the mistake of thinking I had all the time in the world, that life would just work itself out. I took the safe route because it was easier and failed to truly evaluate myself because I was afraid of failing in the future. I've learned now that failures are building blocks and learning experiences. I've learned that I do have the natural abilities to achieve my dreams. I'm returning to school to earn my MBA when I should have made that a goal from my senior year in high school. If I could talk to that kid again, I'd tell him to never fear failure, to rely on his natural abilities, and to realize that things going wrong from time to time is simply a part of life. He shouldn't fear it. He should plan for success regardless of the obstacles and never give up until he achieves it.

Should I happen to be able to give myself advice as a high school senior, I’d tell myself to be bold and take more chances. At age 26 I have finally come out of my introverted shell after learning to love myself and really embrace my personality, quirks and all. I would tell myself to speak up more in class, work harder in group assignments to bond with classmates, get to know my professors, and let myself be vulnerable and open to making new friends. Most college students are recent high school graduates and knowing that we are all having the same doubts, fears, and anxieties, I would let myself know the importance of making solid friends with which I have shared interests and values. I’d tell myself to stick to my beliefs and gut feelings and know that staying true to who we inherently are is important during college when we are exposed to so many new things at once. I’d tell myself to study more, rest, take care of my body and mind, but also continue to have fun because the memories I have of my time at Texas Tech are some of the best

Apply to the University of Texas at Austin. Do not miss the deadline and watch all of your frineds get accepted while you just put it off and attend Tech because you are an automatic admit. Take more AP classes because you are smart and you could have ranked higher.

I know you have big expectation for life in college, but don't work it up to be this great utopia were all of your problems no longer exist. It will be better than high school. I'll give it that, but it won't be perfect. Don't worry. Everything will get a little easier. It'll still be hard for you to talk to people, but you'll make progress. The hardest part of class will still be prioritizing, but you will learn. It will still be hard for you to except help when you're struggling, but you will meet some amazing people whom you will feel comfortable with enough to ask for that help. Yes, the underlying problems will still be there, but college will have this amazing effect on you. It won't make your problems go away. It will help you face those problems in a new way and it will help you grow into someone you never knew you were capable of being. Go out there with more reasonable expectations on how difficult it will be, but don't forget how worth it that struggle will be when you begin to grow.

Dear High School me, Do me a favor and please, please, please get involved with a church and bible study as soon as you get to campus. I'd say that would be the best way to make friends that will be there for you through everything. Get to know your roommate, your professor, the people that live around you and if you can, the president of the University. Study! I realize you could get away with not studying in high school, but college is a completely different story. It will literally destroy you to not study. Make sure you go to football, baseball, volleyball and basketball games. The school spirit is overwhelming and you will love it so much more than you ever thought you could love anything. If you could carry anything from high school, be it the lack of interest in crazy partying. You will make the best friends drinking orange juice at midnight playing Apples to Apples and watching your favorite movies over and over. And lastly, remember, you (should) only get one at college, make sure you don't regret a single day of it.

Tips that I have been told through out high school in preparation for college include, "make a schedule for yourself", "apply for scholarships", and "I hope you like Ramen noodles.", but no one ever mentioned one thing to me that I wish they had, "It's all only temporary." Those few words apply for everything you do and everything done to you. Since being pushed out of my bubble I have experienced more highs and lows then before. When the bad days come and I just want to go home, or just want to call it quits I remind myself, "it's only temporary." The pain, the worry, the longing of home is only temporary, things won't stay in that sad state. This also goes the other way around though, those days where you feel like your at the top of the world only last a short time. Enjoy it while you are up there, enjoy it while you can because it's only temporary, then its back to normal. The world is always changing and because of that we must always change, so enjoy what you have now and ignore the downs because it's all only temporary.

Sarah, right now you are stressed out of your mind. There are a lot of choices you have to make on your own about where you want to take your education, and seeing as you are the first to go to college and the most ambitious of your friends, what you choose is very important to your future. This is all true without saying. Although you have reason to be stressed, you should look within yourself and think about what you want instead of what everybody else thinks is best for you. You know that your talent and motivation will carry you anywhere you want to go. Texas is a very far way from where you grew up, but it's going to be an adventure. Risk is necessary for greater things to happen in life and you deserve that. Break out of your shell and go for what /you/ want. Crazy as it may seem at first, it is a common known fact that fortune favors the brave and the bold.