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I would tell myself to work on getting scholarships and making plan to go to college. I would tell myself that college is not as hard as high school and going to college would be the best thing for us. Going to college after high school would be easier then later, because I would tell myself that if I put it off we would keep putting it off with one excuse after excuse. I would be 39 by the time we went to college, so putting college off would be real bad. The transition from high school to college is not as bad as I thought college life was. That getting married and having kid could of wait tell after colleges.

Judy, There is all kinds of financial help for you to go to college. Don't wait a year or talk yourself out of going to school. Today you need a college education because there are no good paying jobs unless you hold at least a Bacheolor's degree. College life is the start of a new era in your life and a great experience as a young adult. Going to college will broaden all avenues of your life. You will be doing this for yourself to secure your future. An open mind can turn your education in any direction. The direction you go is only obscured by you. Look into your interest to see where your goals lead you. This will be the best decision you ever make and you will not regret this choice. College in a choice that you could regret not going or college could be a choice you don't regret.

Going back in time to talk to ones past self is something everyone wants to do. And for so many reasons. But for one reason, pertaining to college, I would encourage myself to look into online schools. I wasted a lot of years due to where I lived. A small town with only a Community College, which I attended. But that was the stopping point. I would encourage myself to look deeper and see what I really wanted to do with my life, not at the amount of years it would take to complete. And then go for it. I have never enjoyed being bored and not in a learning environment, and believe I would have been able to convince myself to go all out, and really dive into the task.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, there would be many things I would say to myself. I would be very blunt and tell myself how important it is to always do my best no matter what the situation is. If there is anything that I do not understand, I would tell myself to speak up and ask for help. Not asking something and not asking for help gets you nowhere. If you ask for help, you are learning and will go further. Be organized and do not procrastinate. It is extremely important to get all assignments turned in late. Do not settle for average; always strive for better. Pay attention more in class and take notes. Stay focused and enjoy school, have fun, but do not let it get in the way of your education.

At age 17 i was legally emancipated and i decided, in all my wisdom, to work instead of finish school ( senior year). Though i gained my GED It took another year to do it, i would slap myself on that one because nothing but partying ruled my life then, i was young and i could have really done something with state scholarships and the like. I would also give a word on certain love life mishaps wich moved my life all over the place to much until i met my wife and settled into a real life with meaning to me. Maturity was the biggest barrrier to college and I didnt actually go forth until I was 20, though i should have gone earlier i rather enjoy this type of teaching. I would finish bye explaining were to go and what to study because once i decided later on things really made sense, i enjoy learning about new technology and college isn't terrible. As i walked away i would warn to never start smoking cigarettes, its really hard to stop =(, and if i think college sounds hard try raising a two year old little girl!

Stop rushing through to try to graduate. Take your time and enjoy were you are. Make plans for the future and take some college courses. interact more with those around you and break away from being shy. Do your math. I know you think you wont need it but you actually will. Stay focused on whats important to you now and refuse to compromise. You know you like school so dont be a slacker!

As a 31 year old college student, I would tell myself to take school more seriously, and get my degree out of the way right away. I would be very adimate about convincing myself there is no future in labor jobs, and even if it seems like there can be much money made without a degree, there is much more money and less strenous work to be made with a degree. I would have to smack myself for thinking I know everything, and make sure I know there is a long hard life in front of me if I do not start taking my education seriously. I graduated high school with a 2.8 GPA, but I am finishing up my associates degree in a couple of months with a 3.94 GPA. I would use this information to let myself know that I am capable of doing the work and that is how important it is to me at the age of 31. I do not think it would matter what I would have said to myself though, because like I already said, I knew everything back then and no one could tell me any differently.

I have had many years to think if this very question and I always see to come back to the same answer. Take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way, becuase you never know if it will come around again. When I was in high school, I made the mistake of assuming that college was always going to be in my future, and in four years I was going to set the world on fire. Imagine my surprise when at the end my first semester, my parents told me that they had to spend my college fund, and that I was going to have to quit school and come back home to work. Almost twenty years later, I am picking up where I left off. I will take advantage of every opportunity that comes my way, because I don't have another twenty years to waste.

Take something that you love and are passionate about and make it your career, and you'll be happy. Jump in with your whole heart, goal in mind, and strive always for success. Even so, don't take on too much and think that you have to do it all by yourself. Take at least one class each semester that is just for fun to ease the stress and make the experience fun. Take advantage of every resource available to you. Make friends, build social skills and relationships, get involved in the world around you, don't just let it pass you by. College and your education is the beggining of the rest of your life and the last stages of creating who you are as a person, and who you will be in the years to come. Don't just sit and watch the world idly, only accepting what chance gives you, take hold of it and mold your own future in the image of your dreams. You are the only one who truly knows what you want, and the only one with the real power to make it happen, so do it, and enjoy the journey.

I wouldn't have changed anything or given myself some advice. I like the way I went about college after high school. Everything I've done in the past has made me who I am today and I am sure if I would have changed something, be it small or large, it would nonetheless have a butterfly effect and I wouldn't be where I'm at right now. I was previously enrolled in college and I had to stop for a time due to my life taking a dramatic turn in events and now I am back on track and continuing where I left off.