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The one piece of advice that I would give myself as a high school senior would be to work hard, but also have fun. During my senior year of high school, I was under much stress about college and my future. Most of the year was spent worrying about getting into colleges, advanced placement courses, extracurricular activities, and volunterering. I wanted to ensure that I got into college, and was prepared to succeed. Because of this, I likely missed out on fun moments that I could have cherished during my last year with my classmates. I wish I had taken more time to do fun things. I was on a committee for almost every school function during my senior year, including the prom. I wish I had taken a small step back, gave others a chance to shine, and enjoyed a few more relaxing moments. I still would have been high school valedictorian and gotten into college. I would have been just as prepared for my future, but I would have had a bit more fun. So, my advice overall to my high school senior self, is to work hard, but take time to relax and have fun.

I would give myself more time to do research about the college I would want to go to. I decided that I would go to community college to save money and I wish I had gone to a university right out of high school. I think more students tend to finish college entering in straight out of high school. I regret coming to University of Phoenix because of the high cost and if I could do it over again, I wouldn't have come here. I am now not able to live a normal life because of my high stress with my payments I will have starting in August.

First off, I would tell myself to remain in school because simply you cannot do anything without an education nowadays, don't go chasing girls, getting high, drinking. Keep playing football and any other sports that will help you stay out of trouble. The party scene will always be there even after you leave college. Do not worry about money now because you have your family to help support you during school even though its not the best things or what you think you may want, it would be the best thing for you to do right now instead of running the streets like you do. If you stay in school I promise you it gets a lot better, you just have to fight to get out of your present position. Long as you stay focused on school and sports everything else good will fall into place. Instead ,I chose a different road which was full of never ending detours and trouble. I was lost. But now I am on the road driven by the vehicle called education.

Stay focused on education before all other things in life. Complete your entire education right out of high school. Finish Bachelors degree, and Masters degree before having children and a family to support. Volunteer and/or do an internship in your field of study, to get your "foot in the door," and have more to list on your resume. BE SELF SUFFICIENT. After receiving your graduate degree get a good job so that you can live on your own. Go out with girlfriends and enjoy single life. Travel a LOT. Make sure you will never have to be dependent on a man, or anyone else to take care of you. You make your own rules and pay your own bills, so you can do what you want to do. You have plenty of time in the future to be tied down, supporting and caring for family members, and putting others before yourself! Now is YOUR time to work on YOU. Be selfish now, study hard, and be proud of your accomplishments. Save a lot of money. Do not get pregnant young, wait until you are a grown up yourself. Work hard and enjoy life now! Make plans for the future.

I would have lived on campus at the University and gotten involved in more activites around campus. I feel that I spent too much time worrying about who I was going to be that I missed out on who I was at that time.

Do not wait until your in 40's, you will miss out on an experience and the beneits of having a degree.

Wow, you have made it this far just scraping by, not putting any energy in to making sure your work is done in a timely manner. Every time your teacher gives you some advice about your writing - make sure you proofread, take the time to study those vocabulary words, put thought into your projects before you submit them - take heed. Teachers have already experienced college, take their advice, buckle down, study hard, and most importantly read, these will all help in the long run. On top of all this work, take time out for yourself, take time to be a teenager, don't try to grow up so fast - that'll come in time.

My first thought would be to not wait. I waited a great deal of time before returning to school and although I am enjoying my time in college now I would have loved to have begun this journey right out of high school. Embrace change. Embracing the ever changing enviornment is important to keep yourself focused and working hard. There are many changes that will happen as the education evolves, don't hesitate embrace the challenge. Be prepared to encage new activites, allow the time you have to yourself which is not that much, to do something fun or meaningful. Help in the local community, vollunteer with your peers and make a change in the commuity. Every small amount of help encourages others to do the same and before you know it a small impact becomes a great deal of change and welcomed help.

I would tell myself how important a college degree is in life. I would inform myself of how I should not wait untill I am 40 years of age to go back to school to further my education. I would advise myself as a high school senior to go to college straight out of high school. In addition to all of this I would advise myself to do research on a number of different schools in order to fully know my options. This way I would not be stuck paying $32,000 for my AA degree and still have an outstanding balance preventing me from moving forward to my BS degree.

I would have to tell myself to wake up and focus on school and my future. I should stay away from certain people and the bad influences that they had on me. There are times you should not be worried about everyone else and you should focus on you and you only. There is nothing that can stand in your way of accomplishing your goals. College life would be a much better pathway to take and learn that taking the long roundabout away to get there and to go through the unspeakable things I had to.

GO NOW! DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE THIRTY FIVE AND HAVE TWO KIDS AND A FULL TIME JOB! Go and enjoy life during college. Meet many people, have many loves, and learn everything you can. Don't take yourself so seriously and learn to enjoy being goofy. Stop worrying so much about what others think about you. The beauty of being in college is meeting new people and surrounding yourself with similar personalities, and with people who will appreciate you for you. Enjoy the days of freedom. Go travel and see all of the places you can before jobs and other obligations slow you down. And most importantly, don't fall in the monkey trap by filling your hands. You have many years to screw up, don't waste it all in four years.

I would tell the "high school" me, that you have what it takes to succeed in class, even when you don't think you can handle anymore school, you find this drive deep in side of yourself to keep going. You make a great student, and even though you lose focus occasionally, you always get back on track very quickly. You are smarter than you give yourself credit for, the harder something seems to be in your head, the harder you work to figure it out. You are so amazing working with teams, and helping others, you should continue to talk to others, they really will like you. Do not give up on your dreams and goals, you can accomplish them and you will. Your family are huge fans of yours, and they will continue to encourage and inspire you to keep moving foward. Never get down on yourself, because you can do this, and you will be amazing!

I would advice to myself to never stop learning and to put all my effort trying to be the best in order to get the best from my high school years.

Stay focused and if you have a plan to get a college degree, the best thing is to go ahead and get it done. The longer you wait, the harder it can be, and information gained can be lost. Even if you don't go to college right after graduation, and choose to experience life first; when the opportunity arises to go to college , take it and do the absolute best, and achieve more than expected goals. You are paying for your education and have chosen to go further, so get your moneys worth.

My advice would to continue my education right after school. Do not put off later what you could possible do now. It is important to continue your education to better your education for yourself and for your son. Never give up on yourself and never give up on your son. Education is the key to a successful life. Your son is the most important person and you need to better yourself for him.

Dear High School Self, Being prepared and ready for college is not just something your teachers and parents make up, come to find out it is really important! So take the time to research what you want to major in and what classes are needed. Do not overload yourself the first semester, learn the ropes first. Talk to a college counselor and make a plan. Have a good support system of classmates, parents, friends, and even teachers. Use the resources that are available to you and above all do not give up, keep working, and ask for help when needed! You are smart, confident, and a go getter. Stay strong with your head held high. Grandma always said, "that hard work builds character".

I would tell myself to start filling out for scholarships before graduating high school so that my financial needs would have been in better order. I would also tell myself not to wait to go to college, and not to take that 'break' after high school before applying. This would have allowed me to start my career earlier and be more experienced in the field by the time I hit my current age of 28. Another tip of advice I would give to myself would be to focus on what will make me happy and secure my future financially, instead of worrying about what would have made me the most money at that moment in time. Planning and preparation for both classes as well as finances are more important than I realized in high school. These would have been the main things I would have liked to have understood then, and not ten years later!

The best advice I would tell myself follow your dream, believe in yourself, and never settle for the word you cannot achieve it because you don’t have the financial assistance. As a high school student I was always told you need a certain GPA to go to school. And honesty depending on what school you want to go to that might be true, but other school look for helping the individual bring their dream to light. Providing the frame work that is need by outlining what is need, allocating a support system from the beginning stage to the end. Speaking from my own experience if I had someone that help by provide me with the tools of helping me pursue the dream I wanted. I would have enter college after high school and not later. The choice is life is what we make of it. As a mother of three I instill a belief system with my children. I show them what determination is and how dream come true by putting your mind to work and follow the path of the dream. Stay focus, energetic, and ready to on all the fast ball and curves that life throws.

Peer pressure affects many younger and middle adolescents and worries many adults. Friends are important in most children’s lives and without worry. Teenagers are less affected by peer pressure and usually make their own decisions. Power comes in numbers and adolescents find facilitation easier with friends rather than alone. Peers have been known to take risks for approval from other peers. Especially in violent neighborhoods, friends are more like family looking out for each other. Snapping is common among adolescents with little control over their emotions. Without guidance from a friend they are more likely to get into trouble. Most of them spend more time with each other than they do their families: at school, after school, weekends, phone, and internet. Some even sleep by their phones as if they were “on call.” Losing a friend like that is such a great loss it can cause depression. Parents need to find a happy medium between control and freedom while adolescents are discovering themselves in order to avoid role confusion.

Fate. Either it is a real experience that cannot be changed, or it is a coincidental phenomenon that randomly occurs to everyone. Although I am ever more susceptible to the idea of fate, I believe there are alternate fates for everybody. My life has occurred in such a sequence to allow me to be where I am. I’m concentrated, motivated, and determined to get an education. In high school, this was not me. If I could communicate to my high school self any idea, I would tell that kid to take pride in his school work. I would tell him to work hard and make a name for himself. I would describe the importance of a good education. And most importantly, I would tell him that no matter what happens, no matter where he decides to go, everything will work out for him. He will have many setbacks and hardships, but he will become better from them. A man should not wish for an easier life, but to become a stronger person. These are words to live by no matter what fate one has chosen.