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Assuming the answer to this question should be applicable to many other students other than me, I would have to say to not settle on your dreams. Find out what it takes to make your dream a reality and pursue it and BE PERSISTENT. Being a first-generation college student, I was so easily intimidated by the college protocol and thought "No" really meant "No". Being more specific to my situation, my parents always told me they would take care of my college finances if I made all A's in high school. I did just that, and when it came time to file my FAFSA form, they refused to give their tax forms to me. They said they did not like their information out there for just anyone to see, I tried to pursuade otherwise but it did not do any good. Oddly enough, I skipped school and went straight into the workplace and found the man I would marry and can now file as an Independent and can attend school although this school isn't my first choice. I wish I had been more persistent, but I think things work out for a reason.

I had been out of school for 30 years, before going back to school. I went straight to UNLV from high school, I was too immature to handle college and the area of study I wanted as my career, I spent one year at UNLV and dropped out. I believe every student should take one year of after high school to live on his or her own so they will understand how important a college is, I believe they will appreciate his or her education and realize how important an education is in life and success. I wish I had waited so long to go back to school. However, life happened, I am disabled now, and do not want to live on SSDI, for the rest of my life. That is why I went back to school and proud I have. I am homebound so I hope to teach Special Education to those who will work with our children of special needs. I am no longer able to do so, yet I hope I can pass my passion to those I will teach online. As soon as I complete my Bachelors, I intend to go directly into the Masters Program.

well i would say, STOP PROCRASTNATING! take your SAT's and ACT'S. stick to your goal of getting straight A's. go to a jr. college first. to many people jump right into a university and the next year there going back home because its too much, there home sick, or they just cant hack it. theres no point in rushing to a university exspecially if you have no idea what you want to be. thats wasteing money and to much loan money to pay back. jr. colleges are not that bad. but when you get there stay focused, dont ditch to the mall. =) it'll mess you up in the long run. DO YOUR GENERALS even though your tired of seeing english and math. just get it done. then after your two years or even year in a half TRANSFER TO A UNIVERSITY and KEEP GOING!

The best advice that I could give myself if I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior would be to not take all my classes seriously and try to learn as much as possible from all of them. Also, to try and be involve as much as possible in clubs and activities in school in order to be able to communicate better and not be so shy around other people or when speaking in public. The last thing that I would say to myself would be to take advantage of the fact that I could take some college classes while I am a senior that way I won't have that much general classes to take when I transfer to college and this will cut my college time at least by a semester. This is they best advice that I could give to myself.

A college education is important in this generation. Work hard at school work and get good grades. Make priorities and keep them. Ask for help when needed, don't be afraid of asking for help.

Assuming I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, knowing what I know now about college life and making the transition; the advice I would give to myself is take pride and be serious in reference to your future educational opportunities. And to prepare your mind to be a lifelong learner. Learning challenges the mind.

Always do my best!!!

College is the one thing that is worth going into debt for. The risk is not as bad as it seems. Go into health care instead of engineering. Being smart and having good grades isn't enough to make it in the engineering field. Being smart and having good grades counts for much more when starting out in almost any healthcare field. You won't even notice the transition, just the increase in the paycheck.

The advice I would give myself would be to go onto college after graduating high school to get the job I want. I love going to college online and I wish online college was available when I graduated from high school. I would have started college a lot sooner than now. I would tell mystelf that I would have graduated college sooner, and I could have had the dream job that I always wanted. Reaching my goals are very important and I should not have wasted so much time not going to college.

I would tell myself to work harder as a student than I did. To strive to be the best that I could be. I would tell myself that a college education, and the grades you get in high are just the beginning of life. Also that to make it anywhere in life you have to do well in school and go on to college.