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If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would encourage myself to get a high GPA so that I could get a full scholarship to attend a university. I come from a low income family of six children, so getting a full scholarship would have been a huge blessing; I have had to work full time and attend school since the age of sixteen. I never fully grasped the concept of how expensive attending a University is. I attended a community college for five years prior to attending the University of Arizona because I could only handle two classes at a time due to my work schedule; I also discovered that you can be a part time student and receive grants at community college but you must be a full time student at a university to even be considered. To this day I am working full time and I am a full time student. I have always been an ambitious person and I am glad that I never quit, but I can't help but wonder if life would be less difficult if I would have focused more on my GPA.

If I can go back to high school senior and tell helpful advices to myself to have a smooth transition from high school to college, I would keep only two things in my mind, confidence and search. I, indeed, had a hard time transitioning from high school to college. The main cause for this is that study method would be different and the materials are enormous for one exam in college. In addition, the new environment will make you nervous and take some time to get used to the new habitat. The first I would do to have a successful college life is to have a confidence in my mindset, no matter what. I sometimes lose confidence when I did horrible on the exams even though I felt myself that I prepared hard. However, humans are not perfect. This is when I need to search and look back what I did wrong and try to adjust my study method. I want to emphasize the fact that if I can maintain a positive mindset with confidence that I can do better for anything while searching for the solution that works for me, then I adopt that and use it to improve.

Study more

Going back in time, I would advise myself on a variety of factors regarding college life. First, I would discuss with myself whether the school that I am picking is the right one for me, and whether or not I'm selecting it based on the right reasons. Further, I would inform myself that the transition between high school and college is substantial; that moving away from home and into an unfamiliar world can at times be rattling. However, I would also assure myself that such an upheaval is good. It is a remarkable growing and learning experience. One learns how to deal with new people and new situations. In addition, I would mention that such new scenarios would also teach me a great deal about myself as a person, and would prepare me for future events that life presents. In conclusion, I would whole-heartedly support the idea of me attending a university and I would motivate myself to succeed even further.

Be more outgoing and get to know people more. Also be yourself, you want people to like you for the real you.

Study what is quantitative and difficult

I would tell myself to take more college classes earlier and save money

If I could go back in time I would advise myself to take more advange of the scholarships that were avalible. I deeply regret not taking the oprotunity to apply for more scholarships. I would also have made it a point to apply for on campus living. I feel like I missed out on so much socially because I did not live on campus.

If I had the ability to talk to myself in the past, I would have quite a few important things to say. First off, you should go to the University of Arizona. Watch your money, and don't waste any on the meal plan. Go to the grocery store instead - it's a lot cheaper. Drop computer science, it's not your thing. Go with business and psychology - that will get you much farther. Joining a fraternity is so worth it for community service and extracurricular activities. I would give myself advise on a few areas such as time-management, social/dating skills, and study techniques to myself in order to help live college life more effectively. As a farewell, I would warn myself about some bad life events to avoid, and wish me the best of luck in college.

If I had an opportunity to talk to myself as a high school senior I would firstly tell my past self that college is nothing like high school and be prepared to have to work 100 times harder than I'd ever had to work before. As for making the adjustment, I would merely tell myself to just hang in there and in about two weeks you will meet an incredible group of people that will be your friends forever.