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Dear highschool me, Don't give up on nursing. Don't let the social outings get in the way of your intelligence and ability to exceed. You will accomplish great things at The University of Arizona, but make it easier on yourself and stay on track. You are very bright and your will to excell in life and to help others will be put to use. Do not fret the hard times, you will make it through and you will do better than you could have imagined. Just Breathe and carry on.

Do not be afraid to be yourself and get to know as many people as you can but never change the person that you are. Also to stay stress free and take care of assignments the day they are assigned and do not wait until the last minute to complete an assignment.

Honestly, I would yell at myself saying, "Get more involved in the community and school!" In high school, I completely lacked on getting involved with my school and also helping the community. I was an honor student and I focused on the academia part and trying to get perfect grades. I never thought about getting involved with clubs or groups in my school. However, being in college has taught me that grades do play an important part in school but that education is supposed to aid in helping the community and creating networking within the campus to prepare myself for the real world. I looked at school at a very simplistic point of view. I thought that getting good grades would advance me further and get me a job. Grades do matter but it is very important to interact with the community and my academic peers to get the best experience that college can offer. I think it is imporatant to tell myself that school is not all about the tests and textbooks. The true meaning of education and learning is to make an impact on the society that I live in.

AP Classes were the gifts of colegiate gods. If I had known better, I would have taken more AP and Honors courses to prepare me for the workload college requires. Although I am a smart student, focusing on the transition stressed me out.

The best advice I would give my high school self would be not to drop out. I dropped out my senior year in high school with a GPA of 3.8 because I didn't know what career I wanted to pursue and finding a college that was right seemed like an insurmountable task. Even though I didn't completely give up and got my diploma through correspondence classes a year later I would yell at myself for giving up when I did and for the reasons. I would tell myself that college is about discovery and independence as well as learning what you need for a career. I would also tell myself that I didn't need to have everything figured out right away but to begin with learning from others in college who are there to help with that.

I would tell myself that even if something seems easy, it can be the most complex. Always ask questions and restudy the information learned in class that night. Its better to do a little work everyday than to try and cram two days before.

I would let myself know what classes to take when. I now know what classes are the most diffucult and time consuming, so it would be worthy advice.

Advice to my high-school self: Be prepared for insanity. The first day of college you will walk into a place that is not only huge, scary, and new, but also will challenge everything you know. There will be so many different ways of thinking and acting that you won’t even be able to wrap your mind around it. College is about finding what you like, what you want to do, and who you want to be. Take some time to absorb all the craziness, because only then can you start to become who you were meant to be. Give it time. You will come in to college with these giant expectations, but just relax. The best friends will come, classes will fall into place, and everything will begin to work itself out, but it takes time. Enjoy every last bite of mom’s home-cooking. Easy Mac and frozen dinners will drain your bank account faster than you could even imagine, and they are nothing compared to Mom’s meatloaf and veggies. Spend every free second you get with your pets. You will miss their love more than anything, and dorms have strict no-pet policies.

I would make sure to tell my high school senior self to cherish each moment. There is no need to rush and pass everything up. When you take care of your business and live as a great prioritizer everything else will take care of itself.

I did not attend college right after high school, but worked for several years afterward. If I could go back in time, I would tell my younger self to stay in school while I worked. I garnered much experience from working, from being a lead technician at the hospital, to my experience in the hospitality industry; my life has been enriched from my work endeavors. When I returned to school I found my maturity was allowed me to truly appreciate my education, and I found that many of my peers would be drawn to me to for my insight and organizational ability. The reason I would tell my younger self to attend even one course at a time while working. I felt that be not studying for several years, I was at a disadvantage when I returned to school. I felt that my mind had a hard time processing information, mostly, from being out of practice from the scholastic process.I would not want to give up my experiences, but I feel that I would have benefited from continuing on to college.