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If I were able to go back in time and talk to myself during my senior year of high school about the transition to college, I would tell myself that time management, good study habits, and communicating with your professors are the keys to success. Stay persistent during the entire semester so that you ensure you get the grade that you want in the end. Build friendships and connections that will last you a lifetime. Socialize with as many people as you can, you never know who can become an ally. Get involved in clubs and organizations on campus and maximize your college experience. Don't allow yourself to get distracted from the original task at hand, remember what you are there for. Treat every assignment like it's a final project. Strive to get on the Dean's List, and get involved with the school's newspaper. Do everything possible to start your career now.

College has been tough, and from these past four and a half years, I can give you one SINGLE solid piece of advice. No matter how bad you fall, no matter how many failures you encounter, you can always find a way to pick yourself back up. That’s how I’m able to write to you right now. I know you want to do everything all at once, because this will be an entirely new experience for you. I also know you’ll rush into it all without thinking twice (I would know that best about you). From not getting a good grade in an extra tough class to taking on too many clubs and organizations, you will make TONS of mistakes. Your transcript won’t look stellar, and you’ll get a few hour long chiding lessons from club advisors for problems. You will learn and grow from each of these defeats. Not only will you become a great leader in Circle K International, but you'll also join the wonderful brotherhood of Alpha Kappa Psi! You’ll become a great man as you will a student as long as you learn to pick yourself up.

DO. NOT. WAIT. TO. APPLY. TO. SCHOLARSHIPS. That is the biggest thing I messed up on senior year. I applied to colleges and everything on time, but I totally skipped applying for scholarships. That was dumb, senior me.

Dear Monique, Now it is the time to go big or go home. Start researching everything you want to know. Learn to let school work wait until after you acomplish your own personal goals. You need to have personal plan, ones you can plan out, and see accomplished in your situation. Don't wait to be social, talk outside of school. Find what makes you happy, and find out where that happens in the real world. Learn new things, and create a better study ethic, NOW! You will need skills necessary for fast paced study in college, to get ahead. You'll need to know how to talk to people you do not know, learn how to be comfortable with yourself as well as others. To make things easier from high school to college, I would do a few auditions for the violin, and I would visit the campus, talk to the other graduated seniors there. These are the people to help you into your first year of college. Don't be afraid of what you might do wrong, becauese it'll stop you from doing what you can do right after high school. Good luck! Yours forever, Me

Knowing what I know about the college scene now. I would give myself invaluable advice about studying ethic. Not only should the time you spend studying be simply looking through a book, or staring at a computer screen that contains the information you need to know, it should be time you spend truly comprehending the material. From what I have experianced, it is more worth while to truly understand one section of material than to have a vague understaning of ten sections. It is the in depth knowledge of a subject that will provide you with the information needed to succeed over a shallow view on a broad spectrum of information. All in all, give everything your best, but always know to focus on the main points and not the superfluous mass.

l know l will make it.

My advice to myself would be to prepare a lot more. I came from a family that pushed the value of education because they did not have the opportunity to receive higher education. I did not know much about higher education when I was a high school student and neither did my parents. I only knew that you have to know what schools you want to apply to, write essays and pay a fee to apply, and then have a degree choice when you do apply. It sounds naive, but this is very true. Not once did I consider how important grades were or doing research on the university costs and basic requirements to get admitted. It was not until my junior year in high school when I became more serious and pushed myself to obtain above a 3.0 and by then it was too late. College is an amazing opportunity for one to have, but it’s not as easy to get there if you don’t prepare. My concluding advice to myself is to have planned immensely for college and prepared myself mentally and academically the moment I stepped foot on campus as a high school freshman.

If I could go back and talk to myself as a senior I would give a plethora of advice that not many others contemplate about even as 40 year old adults. Being in college has been an extremely magnificent introspective and maturing experience that I wouldn't trade for the world. Before I went to college I never made the connection of all the physical sciences and how they relate to the world, fueling my passion to learn. I have had profound thoughts and experiences which are shaping me into a marvelous gentelman I know my deceased father would love to have seen me become. Having a mother with early onset Alzheimers has also matured me immensely these past few years and I continue to make her proud. I have been very active in college as president of the Medical Club and Senator for student government which has immensely imrpoved my college experience. If I could go back to high school and tell my past self what to do I would tell them. Get scholarships so your mother isn't struggling to make ends meat, help people, get involved with clubs, be patient, and READ THE TEXTBOOK!

I would tell myself to take more initiative as I have witnessed that it has actually helped. Answer class questions, participate in discussion, ask questions to clarify, and most importantly build a relationship with your teachers. They can help you in various ways, the most obvious being education, but one that is overlooked is their relationship with other teachers/organizations which may help you in securing scholarships, job opportunities, and can help in building a diverse network of peers and mentors.

Time, time is your most valuable asset. Higher education waits for no man, if it's the goal, truly desired, than stop at nothing to achieve it. They say "if you don't use it you lose it" after awhile you start to forget it all becomes fuzzy, the simple tasks become impassible mountains. I'd leave my past self with only this that determination and hard work are the only way forward, the only way to reach the top.

Be cautious of the students loans you take out, and save whatever money is left over for the following year. If you receive more money then you need, return it. Try to get employment in the field that you want sooner, thus getting more experience and knowledge about the topic. Try to be involved in more research, and take only the classes that you need. Try to make friends, don't hide from the world.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would have told myself to develop better social skills. In this way, it would make it easier for me to relate to people in college. In addition, I would have told myself to get more involved in my school. By doing this, it would have made it easier to get involved in college also. I'd tell my high school self to take Advanced Placement courses in order to be better prepared for college course work. In addition, I would tell myself to learn to take risks sometimes. Also, I would have advised myself to look for scholarships sooner rather than later because I'm still looking for scholarships to help pay for my tuition. Next, I would tell myself to hang out with my friends more because it can be hard to get together when everyone has different schedules. Another thing I would tell myself is to learn to relax because stress can cause you to get bad grades even if you put in a lot of work. Last, I'd tell myself to learn to prioritize my time more efficiently.

If I could go back in time and tell my high school self anything, I would tell myself to enjoy every second of every moment in high school and being at home. One thing I would tell myself to do is to take every moment and cherish it High school flew by and I never took the chance to stop wishing it would end and start enjoying what it was like to not worry about responsiblitly and school that really matters for your future. I would tell myself to enjoy being at home with my family and closest friends. Now that I am at college, I would give anything to be able to sit down for a family dinner every week as well as call my best friend and hang out with her any day of the week. If I could go back to my high school senior self and tell myself something, it would have to be to live in the moment and to enjoy the moment when its happening. So much changes when you go to college, I would give anything to go back and relive my high school senior year.

I think the best way to learn how to do something new is to throw yourself into it and hope for the best. As a senior I wish I would have known the extent of how independent you have to become. I adjusted well and quick but for some it's much more of a challenge.

If I could send advice to my senior year highschool self, it would be to start planning early. Many of the different problems I encountered during my freshman year was due to lack of planning, such as the lack of a microwave and fridge. The lack of both of these tools made my life harder than it had to be for no reason. Another problem I faced is the many conflicts I had with my roommate, these conflicts would have never happened if I had applied for my housing on time. Another piece of advice I would give my former self is to take as many advanced placement classes as I could, the extra credit would be extremely helpful and would actually prevent me from having to take extra classes over the summer as I have to now.

Now that I've been in college for a semester, I look back and wish there was some things I would’ve done in high school. I should’ve applied for more scholarships, taken Calculus, and applied to the University of Washington. Most of all, I wish I would’ve spent more time with my friends I wasn’t going to college with. Out of my three closest friends, only one was going a different path. I took the time I spent with him for granted and I regret it. I would often just show up to his house and hang out with him spending hours just playing Call of Duty or out getting Roberto’s. However I wish I still hung out with him more. It never seemed like it was enough. I wish I would have went to California with him over Christmas, hung out with his group for prom, or went to more concerts with him. Now I hardly see him or speak with him, and I wish I had built a better connection with him before we parted ways. I can only learn from my mistake and ensure I won't repeat it.

Never give up and work hard towards accomplishing my goals.

When i graduated i was so impatient, wanted things fast. i ended up with a lot debts and a uncertain path. things in life are not like that, everything has its time. There is a time to be born, a time to live, and a time to die . We cannot force life nor its ways. everyday is a lesson and that is why you got to take things slowly. Every mistake you make do not take as such, but take as another lesson, try to understand why is it happening, what you did make to make it happen, and what can you learn while you go thorugh it. sometimes bad things happen to us, but we do not realize they are not bad things is just life trying to make us open our eyes, trying to give us a lesson, trying to make us a better person instead we focus on unimportant, and we miss the important message and the lesson keeps repeating over and over until we grasp its meaning, do not be one of those persons, pay attention to life, to what is trying to tell you, so the lesson does not repeat. Always keep your eyes open

Claudia Avendandano, you as a senior, you should consider the possibility of taking dual enrollment courses. knowing that it will be a advantage to your education in college; those classes can be taken earlier so , as a college student the focus can be placed in the courses you need for your career pathway. Another advice given to you is to not procrastinate during your spare time. College requires all the time and concentration to make the best of you. During high school get informed of all the entrance exams that your chosen colllege mandates, so you can take those in high school with a waver the high school provides. The more you know the more advantaged you are in the competition their is in the field you want to pursue. Take this time to get involved in your community and after school curricular activities. All these advice mentioned above is to help with the trasition from high school to college.

I would give myself many different advices. I did not know the importance of college during my high school years. I started knowing the importance of it when I started it. The advice I would give it to myself is that I should have taken college classes during my high school years because that could saved me some time and money. I used to see students taking college classes during their high school years but I didnt know it would be this important. I would also give myself an advice of knowing what my major is going to be since then. I didnt know what my major was going to be until my sophmore year which made me fall a semester behind. But taking summer and winter classes ahead, I will try to catch up and not be late.