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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.