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Stay focused on the end result and know what that end result should be before starting.

Just keep trying my best to succeed!

Just do it!

College is the most important & valuable thing I could ever do in my life - it isn't just about classes & memorization, it's about figuring out who I am, what I want to do with my life & how to make it happen. The foundation of education, especially right after high school is extremely important. Going straight to university after high school allows you to stay in the mindset of education. Going later only makes it harder to maintain the process of school. College is a 4-5 year networking event. I know many who have their jobs or life mates through someone they know via college. College now has been difficult because I can't have the sports loyalties & fraternity/sorority relationships that bond many college students. School now is what I did not want it to be, memorizing information & writing papers. College should be fun, enlightening & rewarding in every way and is the foundation for success on every level in the future. Delaying it delays growth, development & success.

I would tell myself to just keep going and persue my deams

I would tell myself that college is the doorway to so many opportunities, and that earning a college degree is something that no one can take away. I would tell myself that college takes dedication and determination to be successful. I would tell myself that the struggles and obstacles in college can be overcame, and that the struggles and obstacles make me a stronger person and prepare me for the real world. I would tell myself that earning a college degree is not a dream but a reality that is coming true. I would tell myself to remember that a college degree can be earned with passion and the will to become a better person. I would tell myself that a college degree is best way to ensure a positive, happy, secure life as an adult for family, and myself and to enjoy every second of college because time in college goes by so fast. I would look myself straight in the eye and say ?You can and will earn a college degree?.

Since my teenage years, I always dreamed to become an educator and help people who cannot afford an education. Unfortunately, my life was full of surprises that kept pulling me away from fulfilling my dream. After many years of hard work and after my five children have grown, I took on this journey, back to school, and finish what I started. Knowing what I know now, which is attending school online I would have started after graduating from high school. Anyone has a chance for an education today, which was not the same ?yesterday.? Home bound mothers or people with any type of disabilities could get an education with online schools. In making my transition to college I would probably avoid those who discourage me from pursuing my dream. With my mother close to dying and my father who passed away, I was the only one to look after my two siblings, so the online school would have been a good choice to become an educator. As I always say, never is too late to pursue a dream.

"The best route for you is to attend a junior college first to develop better self-discipline. Once those skills are honed, and you've earned your associate's degree, you can transfer to a 4-year university. This is the best route because 'baby steps' are best for you due to your lack of discipline."

Always do you best do not just try to get the grade to get by. Strive for success do your best to make straight A's, becuase if you do not it will be very hard to get in to college.

I would have told myself that there are no second chances and to take everything seriously the first time.

Assuming the answer to this question should be applicable to many other students other than me, I would have to say to not settle on your dreams. Find out what it takes to make your dream a reality and pursue it and BE PERSISTENT. Being a first-generation college student, I was so easily intimidated by the college protocol and thought "No" really meant "No". Being more specific to my situation, my parents always told me they would take care of my college finances if I made all A's in high school. I did just that, and when it came time to file my FAFSA form, they refused to give their tax forms to me. They said they did not like their information out there for just anyone to see, I tried to pursuade otherwise but it did not do any good. Oddly enough, I skipped school and went straight into the workplace and found the man I would marry and can now file as an Independent and can attend school although this school isn't my first choice. I wish I had been more persistent, but I think things work out for a reason.

I had been out of school for 30 years, before going back to school. I went straight to UNLV from high school, I was too immature to handle college and the area of study I wanted as my career, I spent one year at UNLV and dropped out. I believe every student should take one year of after high school to live on his or her own so they will understand how important a college is, I believe they will appreciate his or her education and realize how important an education is in life and success. I wish I had waited so long to go back to school. However, life happened, I am disabled now, and do not want to live on SSDI, for the rest of my life. That is why I went back to school and proud I have. I am homebound so I hope to teach Special Education to those who will work with our children of special needs. I am no longer able to do so, yet I hope I can pass my passion to those I will teach online. As soon as I complete my Bachelors, I intend to go directly into the Masters Program.

well i would say, STOP PROCRASTNATING! take your SAT's and ACT'S. stick to your goal of getting straight A's. go to a jr. college first. to many people jump right into a university and the next year there going back home because its too much, there home sick, or they just cant hack it. theres no point in rushing to a university exspecially if you have no idea what you want to be. thats wasteing money and to much loan money to pay back. jr. colleges are not that bad. but when you get there stay focused, dont ditch to the mall. =) it'll mess you up in the long run. DO YOUR GENERALS even though your tired of seeing english and math. just get it done. then after your two years or even year in a half TRANSFER TO A UNIVERSITY and KEEP GOING!

The best advice that I could give myself if I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior would be to not take all my classes seriously and try to learn as much as possible from all of them. Also, to try and be involve as much as possible in clubs and activities in school in order to be able to communicate better and not be so shy around other people or when speaking in public. The last thing that I would say to myself would be to take advantage of the fact that I could take some college classes while I am a senior that way I won't have that much general classes to take when I transfer to college and this will cut my college time at least by a semester. This is they best advice that I could give to myself.

A college education is important in this generation. Work hard at school work and get good grades. Make priorities and keep them. Ask for help when needed, don't be afraid of asking for help.

Assuming I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, knowing what I know now about college life and making the transition; the advice I would give to myself is take pride and be serious in reference to your future educational opportunities. And to prepare your mind to be a lifelong learner. Learning challenges the mind.

Always do my best!!!

College is the one thing that is worth going into debt for. The risk is not as bad as it seems. Go into health care instead of engineering. Being smart and having good grades isn't enough to make it in the engineering field. Being smart and having good grades counts for much more when starting out in almost any healthcare field. You won't even notice the transition, just the increase in the paycheck.

The advice I would give myself would be to go onto college after graduating high school to get the job I want. I love going to college online and I wish online college was available when I graduated from high school. I would have started college a lot sooner than now. I would tell mystelf that I would have graduated college sooner, and I could have had the dream job that I always wanted. Reaching my goals are very important and I should not have wasted so much time not going to college.

I would tell myself to work harder as a student than I did. To strive to be the best that I could be. I would tell myself that a college education, and the grades you get in high are just the beginning of life. Also that to make it anywhere in life you have to do well in school and go on to college.