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Graduating from high school is very rewarding, but graduating from a college degree will give you the tools you will need in order to have a career. Even if you don't know what you want to do with your life, college will give you a path of concentrating on what your dislikes are and to be able to put them into a career of choice. After high school, there are responsibilities that you, like everyone else, has. Why not have a job that you want to go to every morning for the next 30ish years. You have to work as adult in order to survive in this economy. Make the career that you chose count as something you are proud of and it will define you.

I would tell myself that waiting to go to college is not a good idea. It gets harder to return to school. I would also say that you are going to feel like you are moving up the ladder and then some day someone with a bachelors degree is going to climb higher and make more money. So get your degree while you can.

I was not able to finish high school, so I got my GED. I began college rather late in life. If I could go back I would have chose to finish high school, and then go straight to college. I believe the transition from high school and then directely to college at a younger age would not have been so hard. It is hard to began college at a more mature age, especially when you have been out of school for fifteen or more years. I believe it would be a lot less demanding on any one to get their college degree first, and decide what you want to do with your career. Then think about a family.

If I could return to High School as a senior I would stress the importance of a higher education. I would tell myself how important the development of study skills are in high school so that they can be applied at the college level. I would also remind myself that although it is important to enjoy the college experience, I should not loose focus as to why I am there in the first place.

I think being the person that I am, I don't think I would encourage more growth and exploration before embarking on a collegiate tenure. My 20's were difficult and I think I could have avoided a lot of events if I had just went out into the world and experienced things such as AmeriCorps and so forth.

Save money, I know that going out with your friends is amazing but cut back what you spend on going out. It is just as much fun to hang out at your house for a much cheaper price. Don?t take for granted all of the hard work you are doing someday it will pay off!

I would have told myself to start college sooner.

Decide on a major early so you can take your electives in that area.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself this: Angela, have you lost your mind? quiting school and getting your GED is the worst decision you could ever make. Going to college is not as scary as you tink it is going to be. You can still go to school and raise a family. Can you imagine how hard it is going to be to raise kids without a college education? what are you going to do when your kids want to follow in your footsteps and quit school? Oh trust me they will, and when they want to get a car?, how about just being able to eat? Well you need to think about this stuff. One day a GED will not be good enough, you will have to have a college education to make it. Why would you want to wait to go back to school when you are almost 40 yrs old, why not go now and begin your life the way you deserve to..

I would tell myself to get ready to enjoy college life and all the new friends you will make. The work load is heavy but learning great time management skills in high school will definetly help.