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The most significant thing that I would tell my younger self would be to not worry about the small things. I took a non traditional approach to my career and schooling and started my career while I was still in high school. I then took a break from work to go to college. I had spent almost 4 years working in a professional high tech field and the idea of being treated like I didnt know a semiconductor from a sharpie was very difficult to swallow. I would tell myself that college is about paying your dues in life just as much as it is about the learning. It is about putting in the effort and learning how to learn. I would tell myself that the challenges I face in life after school are far larger than anything college can throw at me. I would tell myself to stick with it and get it done the right way.

I know that you always wanted to go to a campus and have the "college lifestyle" but it wasn't want you really wanted... Not really. You wanted to have the intellectual conversation without the crowds, you wanted the interaction between instructors and students that meant the most, not something that the instructor was trying to rush through. When it comes time for college, look at online universities. It will give you the opportunity to live in the real world and complete your education. You will get the best of both worlds this way, trust me! By the time you finish school, you will have the experience needed by the companies you want to work for and the education to match it! Definitely look at online campuses for universities, look at University of Phoenix because the schedule works the best for what you want to do with your life!

Advice to my High School self If I could go back in time and talk to my high school self, the first thing I would say is, "Yes, college is worth it." Sit down Tracy, let me explain. You need to plan for tomorrow, today. Do not wait until tomorrow, and wish it were yesterday. Don't just listen to what I am saying, hear me, and understand this. College is a way of finding and expressing who you are and leads you down that path, guiding you, teaching you, showing you the true reflection of yourself, and who you will become. It is discovery and excitement. It is apprehension and anticipation. It is friendships, academic and personal bonds that will last a lifetime. It takes time to mold a perfect sculpture, but once complete it can endure; it can succeed. Moreover, when you hear your name, receive your degree, and know you are the first in your family to ever earn such an honor; it is a sense of pride and accomplishment like no other. Knowledge is power; it changes the world. Grab the opportunity, secure the power and you can change the world!

Oh to go back in time would be great. I would find my young, unknowing self and sit down and have a very strong conversation about what i should do with my life. I waited almost seven years to return to school and i kick myself in the behind every day. Everything is fresh in your mind when you are a high school student and I would be sure to mention that I could spend my time more wisely than I did. The transistion now is more difficult because I am older, and almost have to learn everything over again. Do it while you are young, take the challenge, do better for yourself while you have the chance. You are going to enjoy college, it will not be as difficult as you think, you are smart.

Advice I would give myself if I could go back in time would be to finish out school and not just settle for a GED or online high school credits because they diploma is more valuable then you realize at that time. I would also tell myself to listen in class and do less playing around because education is important as an adult.

If I was in High School I would have study more and get my life on the right path make sure I have every thing i need to start college and save money for school and talk to people who in college now. This would help me in life

Be patient and take your classess serious. This school has significanlty helped me continue my education without having to stop with my responsibiities.

I would give myself time to figure out what I wanted to do career wise. I hurriedly went on to college after I graduated high school so that I could make a good living for my son who I had in high school. I now have a degree that I dont use because there are not alot of job opportunities in my city that would make my associate degree useful. If I could go back, I would've taken the time to figure out which career path would be more useful and which career path would help me better myself and my community. I wish I didnt get the associate degree in the field I have it in, I would have given myself time to discover the interest in the health field that I do have now.

I wish I had this opportunity. I was totally unprepared to go to college when I first left high school. Even though I graduated with a 3.8 GPA, I took things for granted in college. Since homework wasn't graded I rarely did it. While I studied, I was never prepared for class ahead of time. I was never serious about my education. Now that I am 50 and going back again, I am taking a totally different approach. If I do not understand, I ask questions. I know what I have to do so instead of playing golf on Sunday afternoons, I do my school work. School work is just as much of a prioirty as everything else. I have lost so many opportunitues because I did not finish in my 20's. I wish I haad the discipiline I had now back then.

My advice would have been to do better in high school. I really struggled in high school and I didn't think it really mattered but when I started applying to colleges and scholarships I wasn't getting accepted to the school's I wanted to and the one school I did want to go to and got accepted I couldn't afford because I didn't get many scholarships because of my grades. My advice would have been to work harder and study harder and do the best that I could have so that I could have gone to the school that I really wanted to.