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I would tell myself to stay more focused and grounded in my morals, values, interests, and educational goals. I had to deal with a teen pregnancy my senior year of high school; the year where everything matters and is most important. I never regret either of my children, but I do wish I would have been a little more careful about the people I surrounded myself with. Also, I did not partake in a lot of extracurricular activities or sports that I would have liked to. Some of that was due to financial hardships my famly had, but another part was that I did not feel I would be good enough or succeed. I would tell my high school self to just try, make effort, and at least show interest in more of those types of activities. I would say to be more punctual, on time and dependable. All of those things are very important, and as you transition into college and becoming older, things do not get easier ; but if you just stick with it, you end up being a lot more successful than you think.

If I knew then what I knew now, I would have definitely told myself to have taken my junior year in high school much more seriously. I feel this way because had I done better on my ACT test, I could have been in a four year university as oppose to a two year community college. Also, I would have told myself to take full advantage of any grants and scholarships I was eligible for and apply for as many as I possibly could to avoid borrowing excessive loans. In addition to all of the academic flaws I would have corrected, I would have also given myself a word of advice pertaining to the type of crowds to keep. Hanging with those who don't have any long-term goals and standards set for themselves and those who have no plan set to get ahead to succeed in life, would be the wrong choice of people to hang around. Always maintain a good judge of character and always stay focused no matter what. It is okay to interact socially, but do not forget why you are in school. Education is the only way to get ahead in life.

Now that you've completed 12 years of education, what do you take away from the whole experience and what do you take from it and move toward your future? I say this, follow your heart. Follow your dreams. Be sure to write down everything that you want to accomplish. Give yourself time to get to know yourself. Open your mind to new experiences. Stay focused on the goals that you want to accomplish. Keep a close eye on your locus of control - especially when you are in a romantic relationship. Take the time to make time for yourself. Never committ if you're not 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} - always be certain. Do not pass judgement. How you treat others is a direct reflection upon how you feel about yourself. Follow your dreams. Follow your heart. Make good choices and decisions based on your morals, values, and ethics.

Like every other student, when I was a senior in high school I applied for many colleges. I was accepted to the local college, CSU Fresno, and a few colleges around the state. Among the colleges located around the state, there were two that were in reasonable distance from my home in Fresno, California. One was CSU San Jose and the other was CSU Sacramento; after a tour of CUS Sacramento, I decided that it was my first choice for college and I moved there. Soon after I moved there I learned that college is a lot harder than high school. Both the transition from moving away from everything I knew and the transition in difficulty took a toll on my grades and ability to fully focus on my school work. If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would want to say many things. The most important thing I would tell myself is that moving away is not the greatest idea.

College will challenge you. You have just started to find yourself, your voice, your own ideas. Going to school will test what you believe in and show you what you are really capable of. Don't shy away from any experiences you might run into. Embrace it, because right now is when you decide who you want to be. No one else is there telling you what to think or who to be. It 's your choice. You get to be completely and blissfully you. So What I am really saying is embrace everything school has to offer. Meet new people, read new books, become addicted to the local coffee shop. Really find out what you believe in and who you really want yourself to be. Jump in with both feet and don't be afraid to make mistakes. The best way to find yourself is to make as many mistakes as possible and experience life.

Olivia, I know you have dreams of becoming a pharmacist so that you can be the first doctor in your family. This dream can be reached, but you must realize that there are more ways to accomplish that goal. You can get you bachelors, then masters and then get your PhD in public health, you true calling. You have a special skill of working well with anyone, and you are able to speak to many people and help them with their issues. Use your strengths to go forth and understand what you want to do in life, and you will be successful. The most important thing is to make your own decisions. Do not let your family dictate what you should be in life. It is your life that you have to live, so make wise decisions now because everything you do will affect you later.

If I could go back and time and talk to myself as a highschool senior I would advise myself of a lot of different things. I would of told myslef to pay more attention in english so that I would not have such a hard tim formatting papers. I would also tell myself it it is more important to psy sttention to my studies rather then my social life. You do not realize that have the people you knew in highschool will not even be apart of your life. The most important thing I would of told myself is that when your teachers say that highschool prepares you for college they were telling you the truth.

Nichole, You are going to college soon. I want to let you know that you will once again be a little fish in a large lake! Do not let this discourage you! First listen to what your professors have to say. You do not know everything! Second think before you speak! This will save you a great deal of time and frustration. Allow yourself to get caught up in your school work! You have plenty of time for other trivial things later. Exercise! This is important to keep your energy levels up when you are pulling long nights studying. Volunteer. If you want to be successful in your life you need to volunteer. Not only is it helping out others who need it, it is making you see that there is good in the world when you will question that. You do not need to decide what you want to be when you grow up so take as many classes in anything you want that you can! If you are bored with a class find a way to make it interesting! Lastly, give yourself a break! You don't have to do it all right now! Sincerly, Older Nichole

June of 2002 I have traveled back in time only to find myself walking around school taking pictures I stop me and say" I am you in the future, I came back here to talk to you about all the life choices that you made and I want to give you a view on how your life is now and how possible it could be if you just listen to what I have to say, but knowing you which I know because I am you I know you will learn the hard way." If you continue to focus on school and not let life easily distract you then you have a chance of actually becoming what you really want in life. Please do not let anyone say that you can't and you won't be anything because when that person does say those things to you stand strong and know that you will be everything you want to be in life." If you do not listen to me your life does turn out okay and you do go back to school and have a great family but you will have a hard road to sucess i am afaird.

If I could travel back to the beginning of my senior year in high school, I would advise myself to not worry so much about working and making money. I would tell my self that focusing on achieving my educational potential in school would make me much more money down the road than I could ever dream of making during high school. I had the second highest ACT score of all who took the ACTs in my senior class. If I had worked hard for the grades to back that score up, I could have gone to the college of my choice. Likely on a full ride, or at least with much of it paid for. I would make this clear to myself back then if I could. My mother tried, maybe if I could go back in time I would have listened to me more than i listened to her.

You need to start taking the steps to achieve your goals. Your a senior and your procrastination is at an all time high, and you think that your right about everything. Sadly, the truth will hit you eventually. There are an incredible amount of scholarships out there for the taking. Fill out as many as you can. Life isn't friendly. High school is such a small part of our lives that we dont even realize that the materialistic thoughts of the majority blinds us into thinking high school is everything. Find what you want and chase it until you have it firm in your grasp, and then go beyond it. Never plateau. Don't be intimidated by the world. You will get out of this world what you put into it.

If I could go back in time to high school, knowing what I know about college now, I would tell my self to get my act together. I would tell myself to study harder and take my SATs and ACTs over and over and take them seriously. Since I've been in college, I've learned that I need to spend lots of time outside of class studying and reviewing even if there is not a test coming up. I've realized that sometimes pushing yourself to the max is necessary to achieve your goals. I have realized that giving a hundred and ten percent effort in everything you do, whether it be classes, studing, sports, or friends, is very necessary. If you do all of that then you know you have done everything you could to get what you want.

If I could go back in time and talk to my high school senior self, I would advise myself to take the time to enjoy the moment. My whole senior year was filled with tons of stress and anxiety over the multiple changes in becoming a college student. I hardly took the time to enjoy the moment I was in with the friends I had then. I would definitely give myself the advice to just enjoy being young, because when they say you find out who your friends are after graduating high school, they aren't lying. As everyone moves away and does their own thing, it's even harder to keep in touch with them than when you're busy in your senior year. I think it's one of the most important things to take in your surroundings and count your blessings, and enjoy life. My senior year would have been so much more enjoyable if I had known this, back then.

Take time to study so that you can get the all the information and if you ever have any problems always know there is someone that can help. Never be afraid to ask for help that is what the instructors are there for to help you understand the material and as a college student there are many different things you can do help prepare yourself such as taking student workshops to help get you on the right track and these workshops give an idea of what is expected in things such as papers. The overall aspect of the tranistion from high school to college can be scary just remember there are going to be people that can help you along the way and never be afriad to ask questions about anything there is never a dumb question. The college experience can be a great way to make a difference in your life and help give you that career goal that you have been after for so very long. College is a big step for anyone it has so much to offer.

If I could go back in time as a high school senior, the advice I would give myself is to stay motivated toward my studies and maintaining to be a great student because in the fututre students will be successful in life. Studying everyday and doing homework will help me to develop new concept skills in college to make sure that I am learning properly and the teachers are doing their job correctly by educating me toward my future. More teachers should not just use one type of teaching skill, they should mix it up by teaching different ways everyday, so the classes will not be boring and more students will engage in different attributes. Also, if I could turn back my senior year, I wish I would have learned more from the high school math curriculm, having mentors to help me learn the concepts I needed to learn. I would have gotten better, and math would not be a struggle for me in college. I believe if I study everyday for three hours, I will know what my strengths and weakness are to make me excel to the top, being the greatest success of a lifetime.

Dear Roxanne, I know you don't like school right now, but you will succeed at whatever you put your mind to. You are a powerful woman! You will meet many people and enjoy your college experience. Join Student Government Association, you will become Vice President and when you become President stay with it, you won't regret the experience. When you finish your Associates, stay in school for your Bachelors. Right now although you have the determination to finish, you have twins to take care of! Make sure there aren't any gaps in your education so when you have your beautiful twins you will be fully ready to care for them. Apply for every scholarship you can! One of the people you meet in the future taught you to cast your net wide! One last word of encouragement. You failed your first online course, but through your determination, the very last class you needed was online and guess what? You aced it! Is that not proof enough, I am telling you the truth? Knock down every goal you plan to achieve! Your most faithful adoring fan, Roxanne

I would tell myself to stay away from boyfriends. I would have focused on my grades and possibly gotten scholarships to pay for school. I would tell myself that by worrying about relationships in highschool that I do not go back to school until I am a 30 year old mother of two. I would include that the boyfriends all went to college after high school and are graduated by now. I am the one that suffered academically. I know that while in high school those relationships seeem so important, but in the grand scheme of things they really are not.

I would tell myself to go to college right after high school. To make a plan and stick to it. I joined the military and 17 and went straight to boot camp after high school. After I got out of the military, I got married and had a child. Then started school. And of course I would not change it but I wish that I had a career by now. I would have told myself to go straight to college and focus only on school. Watch who you become friends with, and do not, under any circumstances, get caught up in any alcohol or drugs. It is not worth it. I would also tell myself to volunteer and help out more. Have a good attitude and encourage everyone along the way. And go all the way with school, don't stop with just a bachelors or a masters. It may seem like a really long time, but it is worth it, and there is so much life to live afterwards.

When I was a high school senior, my priorities were my friends. I did not worry about paying bills, or going to work everyday. I had so much free time that I wasted working on my social life. Today, I have two sons under 5, a job, meetings, a business and I am going to school online. If I could go back to speak with Alahna at age 17, I would tell her that every friend that she has now will have vanished from her life by the time she is 25. I would tell her that her energy would be so much better served by going to college and working on her career. I would tell her that if she puts fun off for later now, she will be able to have the kind of fun she only dreams about and at a time in her life when it really counts. We take high school for granted and I actually remember feeling like those years were going by so slowly. Looking back, I appreciate the teachers I had, and how they would encourage me, telling me about my creativity and potential. They were not required to tell me so.

The advice I would give myself would be get on track and don't let your grades slip and make sure you are a confident and mature and know what your doing in all your classes. Ask for help if needed. I would tell myself that apply for a lot of schools that may or may not want you but know which school you really want to go and build your education and be satisfied with were you go. Money going to be the concern but applying and earning scholarships is a big part of the financial need for books and tution as well. Also have fun, becuase its not many people that have fun while at college or wan to have fun. Hanging out with buddies and going out to eat or reading/studying together and relaxing as well.