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to work hard and not slack even though it is an easier school. Put 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of your effort into everything you do. Its not hard to transition, everyone there is doing the same thing.

I would give myself the advice to save my money. Being in college is a great opportunity that I am lucky enough to experience. I do wish that I had worked an extra job so I could afford more luxuries while I am here.

If I was able to go back in time to talk to my hgh school self I would tell my high school self to not worry anymore. Eventually you will narrow down your choices for a major and finally find one. Don't worry about not having a major because there are a lot of people who don't. I would make sure I told myself not to worry about finding friends because the people here are amazing. I would also tell myself that I wasn't ready for college and to take the year off to do things you love, and make money to afford college. Finding out who you are and how you want to make a difference in the world is important before finding a major.

I would tell myself to stop eating twinkies and get myself in the gym asap! If you really want to be a Law Enforcement Officer by the time you graduate, get in shape. And round is not an option! Also if becoming a Law Enforcement Officer isn't what you really want, you should switch your major to Captive so that you can become a zoo keeper. Because taking care of animals is equally as fun as protecting them.

Take a deep breath! Everything will end up okay. No need to stress out. Life is what you make it and the same goes to college. I would tell myself to remember you worked hard for this and keep working hard and the benefits will shine through. I would also say yeah college is different but it is the good kind of different. The last thing I would say is do not worry you made a great decision.

Man, If I knew than what i knew now.....I would always do my homework, I never really tried in HS and I could've taken AP classes to better prepare me for college. If I payed the couple hundred to transfer credits over to my college for the classes I took in HS, I would be able to graduate a semester early. If I wouldve done that I would save so much money, and most jobs in my field come in the spring, when I would graduate in December, making a better chance to be hired. I think everyday to myself, with my GPA from high school, if I only took the SAT's I could have also received a scholarship from the school to save more money. These are all thing I am prepared for for when my future kids go to school, and will make sure they try to save as much as possible when going to college. My story will help others be smarter about the HS to college transition.

Keep going head strong, and do not let people tell you anything different about you. College is absolutely fine and everyone is going to proud of you with your grades. Just keep working hard and keep your GPA high because you’re selling yourself in a way at college because the better you do in classes, the better everything will be. The transition is going to be a little bumpy at the beginning because you’re going to miss your family, but they're so proud of you and want you to do what you want. Take every opportunity at college like joining clubs, you love the FFA so make sure you join the club because it is worth it. They need a great secretary like you, and the ice hockey club will need you too. By taking these opportunities, you’re going to learn more things about yourself and how to work with others. Please don’t be a hermit in your room, do clubs then come back to you room and study because you’ll be successful. But for now, take everything day by day, but take opportunities as they arise because you never know what will happen.

If I got to go back in time to my senior self, I would tell myself to plan ahead better and try harder to find more scholarships to afford either living on campus or gas money.

The advice i would give to my younger self is that when it comes to college, dont let anything hold you back. Dont allow money or fear of leaving your homestate be a factor in chosing where you want to see yourself in the future. Also work hard, and if you thought you were working hard, work a little harder to achive your goal. Also if you go away to college dont pretent not to be homesick because youll just be fooling yourself. Living away from home is hard, harder than anyone will admit to you. Also when making the transition after highschool into college, be prepared to have the time of your life, new experiances, new friends,harder homework, but dont forget where you came from and who supports you.

Dear Caitlin, If I could travel back in time to give you some advice about the choices you are making now, it would be something along these lines.Care a little more about your scholastic achievements. Focus a little harder on your grades and don’t dumb yourself down or act like you don’t care just to appear “cooler”. You are smart and capable of attaining straight A’s, easily. High school won’t matter in the grand scheme of things, but you are establishing habits that will affect all aspects of your life later on. Care a little less about your social life. Your true friends will come later in life when you have chosen a field you’re interested in. Most of the people you’re spending your free time with now are not pushing you to believe in yourself and accomplish the goals you strive to achieve.Listen to your parents. They really do know what they’re talking about and will support you 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} throughout your endeavors. They will be there for you when your friends aren’t and the older you get, the more you’ll enjoy spending your free time with them.

The advice I would give myself is that in tolerating others, you have to realize that there is no comparison between you and any other person. We are each on our own unique, individual journeys. I would also tell myself not to worry about the future, to let loose more, and be positive. "Not all those who wander are lost"--J.R.R. Tolkien

I would have advised myself to believe in my own potential more. Attending this school has given me the opportunity to be an active leader on campus, do very well in my classes, and find my own passion for learning and my field. My transition was coming from Germany as a Rotary Foreign Exchange Student in a city of about 2 million, to Unity, ME- a town of about 2 thousand. It was a culture shock as well as size, I wish I had been a little bit more prepared on just how small this campus is, but jumping in head first worked for me. I choose to live in the moment, advice before hand wouldn't be all that beneficial for me.

Going back to 2008 to talk to myself as a senior in high school would be an amazing opportunity. I would be able to convince myself to do better in school than I have been since enrolled at Trident Technical College. I would tell myself that college is nothing like high school, that studying and attending classes is a necessity: parties are not. You do not have daily grades, or homework that matters, tests are the only thing that you are held responsible for. I would tell myself to stay focused and buckle down, you can not coast through college like you did in high school. Taking a semester break every other semester is only hurting yourself; focus on your future career, not the temporary minimum wage jobs. You are an intelligent person and I know you can do well in school but you have to be determined to do well. I hope you take my advise and learn that college isn't about the parties, it is about pushing yourself to do well and to have a future.

Go straight to Unity College. Don't go to KVCC, don't go to USM, don't take a year and a half off...Go to Unity. Unity is way better. It offeres the types of learning styles that you are most compatible with. The people there are so friendly (teachers and students). The classes are fun and engaging, it's exactly what you need. Also, don't fake your community service hours. We do it all the time here and it is fun and rewarding...don't be a slacker.

When I was a senior in high school, I slacked off. I thought to myself, "You are already accepted into college; why try now?" If I could go back in time, I would tell myself not to think like that. If I had tried harder senior year, I would have a higher GPA than I graduated with, thus giving me $3,000 more a semester for the Presidential Scholarship. My high school self would be told to look through every scholarship available and apply for each and every one because in college she would become broke from paying off her tuition debt every month. I would tell her not to spend her paychecks on necessities she does not truly need, because that money could have been saved up to pay for gas for the drive from New Jersey to Maine, or that it would have been nice to save it for new shoes, since she now has duct tape on her boots from not having money to buy new ones. My high school self would be trying her hardest to not be in debt, like she is now.

Relax and focus on getting caught up with your schoolwork. Focus on the goals you made and keep calm. Know that you won't make friends at college right away - but there is skype and facetime to keep in touch with everyone back home. Make the most of the time you have left at home because once you leave things wiill never be the same again. You will get very homesick, but remember mom is just phone call away. Everyone cares about you and has nothing but high hopes for you - don't lose sight of yourself. Things get better after you graduate, and things will only keep getting better from here.

If I could go back in time to lend advice to myself regarding college, I would tell myself to be ready for a challenge, not just academically but on a personal level as well. College life, if taken for all it is worth will help a person to reach new intellectual heights that will change how they perceive and interact with the world. This can be a scary thing, despite the exhilaration it lends, so being ready to bend long-held truths and perceptions of the world is essential to gaining a fully enriching and well-rounded education.

If I was to go back to my senior year of high school and tell my former self some advice about college life and the transition. Some of the advice that I would give myself would be to stay calm and to have fun at the same time, because even though you may have a hard time getting through things, you will have friends that will be there to help you whenever you are in need and with friends comes a great time of joy in your life because without friends to be there by your side, you will have a harder time transitioning to college life because friends can get you through good times and the bad, and no matter what happens they will always be there for you, so this would be the advice that I would give my former self in my senior year of high school.

I would tell myself simply to try harder to find a job so that I could save up for college and apply for more scholarships. The hardest part of college is paying for it.