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From college advice to health advice, there are many things I would advice my past self. If I had the power to go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would advice him on how to take college exams, show him how to cook, show him how to do laundry, and tell him to enjoy every event the school has to offer. I would advice him to attend every job fair and club fair. I would tell myself to join any engineering club especially anything related to Civil Engineering. I would advice myself to go to a doctor before attending college so that he can prevent any future diseases, especially Germ Cell Cancer. This will prevent me on having to leave school, go through Cancer, and its horrific and painful treatsments.

When you dream of winning the lottery, what do you see? You open college and wedding funds for your niece and nephew; help pay your siblings’ debt; help your parents retire; and invest in your future. You invest for your wedding and for your children. You invest in being able to provide for your children everything that you wish your parents could have planned for you. Getting an education is winning the lottery. You care about being there for the people you love and helping them. Right now, help yourself. Invest in your education. Everything you do is leading to something. Your senior year is there to prepare you for college. Take opportunities that come your way. Create relationships with your teachers. And always ask for help. Your parents, teachers and friends want to see you succeed. Let them help you get the resources you need to accomplish that. Do not hesitate to look at colleges and apply for FAFSA. The biggest thing you will regret is not being prepared. You can have everything you dream of as long as you put the work and preparation in to get it. Prepare yourself, ask for help, and go win the lottery.

I would tell myself to be ready for change. I was fully prepared academically for anything. I've always been determined and disciplined in my school work, so I didn't have a problem adjusting to the college work load. However, I came here with my best friend as my roommate. We've been inseparable forever, and had never had a single fight. I would tell myself not to depend on her as much as I did. People will let you down, and you have to be able to be alone sometimes. Don't count on people to include you or worry about you, and don't waste your time worrying about them. Parties and clubs are always there, and sometimes they're fun, but don't be scared to just be you and focus on your school work, because ultimately that's why you're there. I didn't suffer any major setbacks in my first two semesters, but I would just warn myself that things are going to change, and I can't let anything that happens slow me down from getting a 4.0 GPA and doing the best I could.

If I could go back in time to when I was still in high school, and could give any advice it would be, stay strong. My life has thrown me one curve ball after another. The death of both parents, marriage, divorce, and homelessness has all made me fight to prove to not only myself, but to my family and friends; that you should never give up on your dreams. I know that I will make it, and become a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, and when I do; I will be proud.

After spending a year in college already, I would have so many things to tell myself. To have had the chance to tell me what I know now would've made my first year of college a great deal better. The main thing I would've told myself is to not make friends that take advantage of you. I made that mistake, did everything for them, and then they stopped talking to me unless they needed something. I would advise myself to make sure I was completely ready to be 6 hours away from home, especially because I did not know anyone going to Texas Tech. In addition, I would tell myself to pick a college where I knew some friends were attending, because transitioning from having my friends and family around me to a place where I had no one, was very hard on me. Another good piece of advice is to try to not schedule your classes at 8am! When you've been studying late and then have to wake up at 7am, and this happens often, it makes concentrating and taking notes in class difficult because you're drowsy, and that could potentially affect your grades.

The college is not difficult. If you pay attention in the classrooms and make all the homeworks you will have a excelent grade. Don't be afraid of it. If a new world, a new begginning, but you can do it. You will make a lot of friends, but you have to decided what is your priority: your future or your social life, thats all about it.

College is one of the most unique time of life. If I could go back and talk to my senior self, I would emphasize the need to enjoy every minute of college life. I can remember wishing for the next big step in college instead of taking advantage of everything as it came. Before you know it, college is gone and real life begins. I would also advise myself to soak in the information from all of my classes. Looking back, I am aware that retaining information from college is incredibly helpful to life after graduation, even in areas thought useless. I come across scenarios often when I find myself searching for an answer I know I learned in my college courses. However, a lot of college seemed to have been spent cramming for tests and projects only to forget the information shortly after. As an educator, I know how important learning is and would stronly press upon my past self to hold on to the knowledge gained in each class dearly.

If I could go back and talk to myself as a senior in high school, knowing what I know now, what would I say? The main thing I would want to tell myself would be stop being so scared. My biggest obstacle about the transition was fear. I was scared about leaving my family and friends ten hours behind. My family is very close-nit, and my friends were very dear to me. First thing I learned at college was that family is always going to be there but friends grow apart. Now being here at college and almost finished with my first year, I see how silly I was for all those nights I went crying to my mom because I was so nervous about college. And the words I would want to tell myself, “Don’t worry. It’s all worth it.”

I would give myself the advice to look into the college I really want to go to and meet the scholarship deadlines; because once senior year ends and you are deciding where to go it is hard because you didn’t apply to scholarships. I would recommend myself to be less into sports and more into knowing what university I would like to go to. And take more dual credited and AP classes that way you dont have to pay for them in college.

I would tell myself to take advantage of the time being a high school, to enjoy it more and be grateful. Also, to study a little bit more and don’t get distracted less.