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My best advice would be not to take too many courses. Having a high school schedule consisting of four AP courses in one year topped with your other courses is more than stressful and lead to extreme anxiety and possible depression. Another would be stop worrying about what your friends do. Everyone walks at a different pace and just because they have four AP courses doesn't mean you need four AP courses as well. Don't allow peer pressure or snarky comments from your classmates to decide the year for you. In terms of applying, look for scholarships as early as possible, and take the college searching seriously. Know what you want when you go for your search and make sure you finish all the financial aid and loans before preview.

If I could go back and time and give my high school senior self, advice I would first point out the importance of time utilization and procastination. I would tell myself to stop procastinating and to make decisions for me. I would expound on the fact that if I would get things done in a timely manner, I would have time for other aspects of my life. I also would make sure to say that the great amount of stress I always have could be completely eliminated if I would simply follow the advice given. I would also expound ,profusely, on the matter of friends and being social. I would elaborate on the importance of self and knowing as well as understanding the effect that this key factor can have on "my" life. Lastly, I would state that if none of the advice I have given is/ was taken into consideration then my life would, inevitably, turn out the very same way it already has and I would end by saying "Make your choice."

Apply for the music scholarship that was never well advertised. Religious studies at mount union is a waste of time as an Evangelical Christian because it's 90{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} universalist. Don't live on campus because it's insanely expensive. Spend more time finding scholarships in order not to be in debt over your ears. Join CRU ASAP.

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to take a deep breath and relax. I spent so much time worrying about the future in my senior year that I missed out on some things happening in the present. With how well everything has turned out with my choice of school and major thusfar, I'd like to be able to go back and tell myself not to aganize over things so much and go to a few football games or something.

You're about to go down a road you'll never see coming, good times and bad. What would you say if I told you, that you like math, and just don't know it yet? In a couple of years, you realize all of your friends are getting ready to graduate, while you are still trying to get through high school level classes at the community college. I know you spent all that time in high school believing that when you graduated, it was over. You're wrong. You need to pull together, work harder than ever before, and please take more math. Math makes you feel dumb, but you get it. You'll find it comes naturally after a while. Don't work at that pizza shop for too long. Get away from the people you call “friends” they are poisonous. You fall into bad times with those folk. Don't get me wrong, you have plenty of good times that won't change. But the life you are heading to demands more out of you than you have ever put into education before. Please, sign up for classes early, get the math done, and enjoy sooner.

If I could go back and talk to my highschool self, I would tell myself to apply myself more academicly and start applying for as many scholarships as possible. I would also tell myself to get a job to start putting away money for school. The final thing I would have told myself would have to be to look around and apply for more schools just to make sure I have more than one option.

YOU HAVE TO SLEEP! My junior and senior years of high school I got accepted into a PSEO program and got my Associate Degree. So going in I felt I had seen it and got the idea and would be fine. No I was not, the dorm I was in was co-ed and we were a family we always wanted to hang out and play games and talk all hours. I still managed my studies however, I just felt like it was a sleepover every night and we could not get enough of everyone in our living space! Just because I had done the work for my prior college was nothing like the excitement we all felt since we were finally on our own with nobody monitoring us anymore. Halfway through the semester I was extremely sleep deprived and wore out and my focus was spazzy. By my next semester though my new roommate and I got ourselves on sleep schedule, we still had plenty of time for friends and activities and I best of all I was zombieish no more!

If I could go back in time and give my high-school self advice about college, I would indefinitely tell myself to do what is best for myself and not for anyone else. I would go to a school where I wanted to go, to get an education and not for a social life. Being a senior in high school, I was dead set on getting as far away as I could from my small town of 10,000 people, and for that reason, I choose a huge university 6 hours away from home. After being away from home for an entire year, I knew that this huge school wasn’t right for me, and this was the reason why I decided to transfer. Going to a school with 30,000 students, 3 times the size of the population of my hometown, to a school with 5,000 students was night and day difference. Transferring to Mount Union University was the best decision I have ever made. I have made life-long friendships, and have formed bonds with so many people here at this small campus in Alliance Ohio.

I would say keep it up with high grades. Also think about ur future in what your goin to do. Get a career not a job. Live stress free all of your life. Be the best person you can be in high school. Show what you can do in school so coleges can see what your head is at in life

I would give my high school self the advice of looking at colleges for academic reasons and not mainly for their sports teams. I mainly looked for the best track teams that I could join. Now that I am in school and I know what I want to do I am finding myself wishing I would have done so. I love track so much but the school I am at does not have the major that I want to do so now I am going to have to transfer. I don’t regret coming to the school I am at, I am glad that I was able to do college track for a year, but my academics is more important so I am going to transfer to a school that has my major. So I just wish that I would have looked at colleges as a senior in high school for the school with the best program for my major and not necessarily for the school with the best track and field team.

Time management is the most important advice I could give to my high school self. College life is intimidating. A student has to find friends, and discover who they are while being successful. Classes are graded differently, and the work is much more difficult. It is most important that a student remains organized and motivated. Simple things like reading along, going to class, and doing homework the day it is given, are very important. Freshman are very easily side tracked by the social life of college, then let their studies fall behind. Once this pattern starts, it never stops. It is important that a student stays on track with the syllabus and finds a balance in college life. It is not easy, especially when someone is so new to being on their own. It becomes hard to wake up on your own, know when to eat, how long it takes for homework, or how much time should be spent watching TV. To go back in time and talk to my high school self, I would say the most important advice for the transition into college would be time management.

Many times, I find myself reflecting on the past and how I’ve gotten to this point in my life where I stand today. While I realize how privileged I am, there are a few things I would have told myself when I was in high school to help my high school self through the difficult transition into college. My main piece of advice would be that it’s not the end of the world if I don’t know what I want to do for the rest of my life. Many people are trying to figure the same question out, and I’m not alone. I would’ve saved numerous sleepless nights, staying up worrying about what I could do with my future, what I would enjoy, what I would be good at, the list goes on and on. Now I realize that the first year of college is all about figuring that out, and that I have plenty of time to find the perfect fit for me.

My advice to my high school self would be to not be afraid to go out on the limb and just be myself. College is all about discovery and figuring out what you want to do with your life. You will not get it right on the first try, but do not give up because the more you try the more you will learn about yourself. Never stop learning and advancing yourself just because others around you might be satisfied do not give up and go for average. My final advice is to learn as much as you can and just go for your dreams because you won't know what is possible until you try it and you might just suprise yourself when you go out and just do what you can.

I would not do anything different. I have loved everything about this campus and I am so glad I chose this school.

Research your major and school before you make your final decision. Look at a lot of options and don't limit yourself because you think you know what you want. Try and shadow someone in the field you are interested in and see if thats what you really can see yourself doing. I made the mistake of picking a major I didn't know enough about and I was limited to what schools I could attend for that major. I think there should be that "feeling" when you walk onto a campus and know its right for you. I got that feeling when I walked on to this campus. I fell in love with it after one visit and I knew it was exactly where I wanted to be. Also don't walk into college thinking it is one huge party like they show in movies. If you really want to be successful you need to start getting organized with everything. Take school seriously and make sure you give it top priority. So many people focus on only their social life and end up failing classes. I have a great social life and academically do well. Its all about balance.

The responsibility I have witnessed myself aquiring over these past few months is tremendous. I have matured more in the few months spent here, than I did thorughout high school. If I had the priveledge to go back in time and give myself one piece of advice, it would be this: strive for what you believe in! There are so many distractions to overcome at college and many people will try to hold you back, but if you shoot for your dreams anything is possible! Only you can hold yourself back, and if you do not push for what you believe in, you will never reach your true potential. Stop listening to people tell you, "You can't" show them you can! You have four years to create your future for the rest of your life, so make it count! Don't wait for the perfect moment, make this moment perfect!

The high school that I attended prepared me for college more than I ever knew while there. The AP courses and college preparatory classes taught at a college level and resembled my classes here at Mount Union. If I could go back in time, I would tell myself to take advantage of those courses and utitlize them to the best of my ability. I wish I could have respected them and the teachers better. I wish that I would have thanked my teachers every once and awhile to show my appreciation because of how much they have impacted my college experience. I was a very involved senior, playing multiple sports and attaining membership to a miriad of clubs so I would not change anything about my extra curricular life in high school. Because I achieved good grades and became very involved outside of the classroom, the only desire I have for my senior year is to have been more appreciative of what I had. No one can ever really understand how much they are blessed until it's gone and they can go back and reflect on it. I can only wish I gave more thank you's.

I would give myself several points of advise. First, I would definitely evaluate a school in many different phases and not focus on a certain topic. For example, choose a school because you feel comforatble there, you could see yourself living in the area afterwards, you could play sports or not, and feel welcomed. One major factor is playing sports, and if your cut or don't want to continue playing, you should still like the school and want to stay there. Second, I would tell myself to get involved right away, but take on leadership roles from the getco. I have been very involved in campus groups, but only as a member until my junior year. Showing that you took initiative and putting results down on paper is what really impresses recruiters, and creates a positive image for yoruself in the community.

One great piece of advice that I would offer to my high school self is not getting to attached to home or a specific person in your high school. College provides you with multiple opportunities to meet hundreds of new people. If you still have ties with home that might distract you from enjoying college fully. Although, I myself have not had this problem, but I have seen it distract multiple of my new friends. Another piece of advice is to keep an open mind about everything. I have some new friends in college that I would not have expected to be friends with in high schol. Having an open mind allows you to try new things without qualms or distractions. Finally, the last piece of advice I have is HAVE FUN. College is of course about getting an education but with all of the studies, you cannot forget to go out and enjoy the college experience. My roomate has this problem and she tends to be stressed out a lot more than me. However, since I go out and have fun with my friend,s I am able to forget about school work and laugh about life.

My advice to high school seniors is do not slack off in your classes. They just get harder and harder in college. Keep up on the books. If you do this when you're in high school then the transition from high school to college will be a lot easier.