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Tierra, you are such a good student, so stop worrying so much about how you're going to pay for college. There are so many scholarships out there. If you put your best foot forward and apply for as many as you possibly can you are bound to get at least one of them. Money is no object when it comes to your education. Just relax, and if you stay focused things will work themselves out because you are doing the best you can. On another note, I think you should break out of your shell. You seem so shy. Just put yourself out there once you get to college. Friendships will form naturally. Some will flourish into something great and others will die off, but remember that some people are only meant to be in your life for a season. Just learn to network and enjoy yourself. Talk to everyone you can because even the smallest encounter can change your life in the biggest and best way. Keep your head up, and don't tire yourself out. Most importantly, remember to balance work and play. It's important to focus on your classes you need a social life too.

Work harder in your high school classes and apply yourself more to your studies. The information you learn in high school will help increase your chances of success in college courses.

Knowing what I know now about college life, there are a few things that I would change about my senior year in high school. I would focus more on improving my GPA because there were a lot of undergraduates coming from high school with 4.0's. I would have tried to join more activities and tried to become a leader so that I could use these abilities for college. As I recall, many student in college do well because they actively involved in organizations. This in return makes them want to apply themselves compared to the average student. As a senior in high school, I would have made sure I was ready to attend college mentally, physically, and emotionally. When you are away from almost everything and everyone you have grown accustomed too, it places you in a state of mind as if you feel you are in a drowning pool and there is no escape from it. Overall, I would have enjoyed my experience as a high school senior because you only experience it once and everything after it is entirely up to me.

Take advantage of all the opportunities you have, work on honing your writing and never neglect allowing the mind to prosper. Do not dilute your faith and interest in the face of others who judge, because in the end you are the running the stage of your life so run with it. The passion and skills that you put effort towards now shall be made even stronger in years to come, now is the time to decide what to do and how to do it. Planning out the next four years of college will enable you to make sure that you take advantage of all opportunites and your dream. Make it valuable and worthwhile, lifes an ocean so sail it and seize the day. Do not let the burden of indecision and worry weigh you down because your dreams are brilliantly blazingly hopeful.

The advice that I would give myself before entering college is to learn how to study properly. Studying and being successful is everything in college because it gets you somewhere. Studying is the most important thing and knowing how to study correctly will help to get by during school. Struggling is always going to be a part of the college and educational experience being able to get help and have the right kind of support around you will help in the long run. I would also tell myself to pick friends who have the same kind of motivation that you do in succeeding in college. One finds out who they will become in college and getting there is the hardest part.

I would tell myself a few things actually, one I'd say pay attention, take notes, be on time and, study harder! I'd also tell myself to go to college right out of high school, it's hard to get back into the swing of things. I'd also tell myself to be calm and collective you can do this, get organized and devote all your time to the work, it'll be worth it in the end!

I would give myself the advices to not give up on education if money is the problem. Help exist that allows one to continue education. Is very important not to lose hope and give up on dreams. If one is determine to reach one goal there is always hope and help available to those that seek. College is a road of accomplishments not only academically but also personally. College gives the tools for one to feel secure and posite about oneself. It is not an easy road to go through but it is defianally worthed. Education is something we will have our whole life and no one can take it away.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would prepare myself for the true college experience. We all see the movies about college that portray it as a time of partying and heavy drinking. No one captured the true college experience. Today, it takes a self-motivated person with a great desire to be successful. One needs to be able and willing to hold down at least a part-time job in order to help pay for the expenses. Balancing work, school, and making time for friends and family is an art that is learned over time. If I could go back in time, I would better prepare myself for the hard work I would have to put in through my college years. I would tell myself to put childish things aside and strap in for 4 years that would forever change the way I see the world around me.

I would tell myself to try a lot harder and be much more motivated than I was. Once your GPA is bad, it takes a long time to bring it back up again. Always be thinking about the future and how focusing and getting good grades now will affect it. Also be sure to keep in good shape and exercise regularly, it helps you sleep better at night and feel a lot better! And another important thing is to get plugged in. There are so many great opportunities to take advantage on campus so stop being so lazy and actually get out and join a club or a sorority or even get a job. Just make sure not to let it get in the way of your grades. Those always come first; that's what you're here for remember?

I have always been driven in completing my schoolwork in a timely manner, but I would tell myself as a highschool senior to push myself harder and go above and beyond. I would tell myself to take more classes and not be afraid of change. I would also tell myself to start saving money when i was a lot younger. I would push myself to do better because I am a better person then i let myself be. I would apply myself more to my studies and pay better attention in classes to get better grades.