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I wish I could go back to my high school self and stress the importance of going to college and not quiting until I had earned a degree. I would tell myself to worry only about school because friends or boyfriends come and go, however once you have a college education it will stick with you forever. I would tell myself to wait to get married until I was completed with college and wait to have a baby. I would explain how having a baby while trying to go to school is so hard. I would review how much a job with a college degree earns compared to without an education, as well as writing down all of my bills. Applying for every scholarship available and managing loan money in college would be great advice to myself. I would advise not to take out more money than what I needed for school. I wish so badly I could go back and redo things because I realize now the importance of a degree and how hard it is to earn one now with a baby and a family.

Be positive. Things may get a little overwhelming, but your future awaits you. The goals that you have set will come about if you remain focused. It may seem like a long time until you graduate, but time flies, and the sooner you start, the sooner you will finish. Keep your path in front of you, and see the accomplishment, and fullfillment at the end.

Knowing what I know now about college life and making the transition, I would tell myself to take my education seriously. Once you leave high school that is all she wrote. You can do anything you put your mind, just trust yourself and have faith that you are better than your situation. When things get tough don't run and bury your head. Life is all about trial and error. If you do not succeed the first time, try again, and again, and again.

Knowing what I now know about college life and making the transition, I would strongly advise my younger high school self to attend college directly after high school while you still have the support of your family, financial or not. Instead of attending college directly after high school, I waited six years, unsure of what I wanted to do with my life. I worked aimlessly from low paying job to job barely making ends meet. Once I finally decided to attend college I had been out on my own for six years and then it became much more challenging to have to work full time and attend school full time as well. I would tell my younger self, it is perfectly okay if you don't know what you want to do with your life yet! No one needs to decide over night, however, still go to school and take your prerequisites while you are deciding. Do things in the proper order and life will be much easier for you later on. I wish I had parents that encouraged me to attend school, but now I know what I will do differently for my future children.

The advice that I would give myself would be to work hard and take those college prep courses. Also to not be afraid to branch out from home and to know what you want to do. Seek the help of those that you inspire to be like and ask them for pointers on how to transition into college. Interact with classmates and get to know your professors.

Take care of yourself. Get more sleep instead of procrastinating on projects. Ask people to study with you. Make your own study groups instead of trying to do it all by yourself. Take risks with asking for help. Be yourself. Stop trying to please everybody. The popular people are normal people too. They will be dancing alongside you at your twenty-year reunion. Apply for scholarships and go to college instead of waiting three years, because college is not the same as high school. Experience life Most of do things that make you happy. Be around positve people and do not have one frivilous relationship with other people. Live life as if today were your last.

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If I could go back in time to talk to my high school self, I would have told myself, "Priscila, you are going to work on receiving your Bachelors of Arts in English." In high school, I had plans on becoming a physical therapist, but I should have known that I would not be cut out for that major. I had absoultely no idea about how to get into a college, financial aide, what to expect or how the school systems worked. I would tell myself that college is not as hard as it seems. I would grab my shoulders, look myself in the eye, tell myself to take a breath of air and expect nothing from anyone except from myself. I would tell myself not to be scared and to go for everything I wanted because great things would come my way. I would have told myself to keep going instead of giving up. If I could go back in time to give myself all this advice, everything would be much easier. I would have saved more time and money, but I believe all this time passed for a reason. I needed to become mature and responsible first.

Knowing what Iknow about college life and making the transition into college, I would tell myself to relax and not stress. I would tell myself to go straight into the accounting profession rather than the nursing classes I spent a year taking right out of high school. I would tell myself to spend more time with family and friends because I would later move away and not see them as much. I would tell my high school senior self to work hard and study as hard as I could to learn as much as possible.

I would tell myself to want it and strive better for what I want out of of life. I didnt make it to my senior year I dropped out of school in 11th grade and went back to receive my GED. But if I had the chance to go back I will take the time to say to myself show the teachers that by them telling me that I will be another high school drop out and not amount to anything because of where I come from. I will show them that just because I had my first child at 16 this is my motivation to keep me going and to strive for succes just to make it known just because where I live does not mean that I will not make it in life. If I could go back I would tell my self you showed them now keep pushing for more so that you could be that successful Health Care Administrator that you strived to become.