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Take advantage of all resources, especially tutoring and your professors and TAs office hours. College math and science is far more difficult. These resources will only help you and they take no more time than studying on your own. In fact, you will be better at managing your time, because you can only go to the TA or tutoring center at certain times. And getting into the college of computer engineering is hard! No one will tell you this until right before your get accepted in, but computer engineering has the highest GPA requirement to get into the department. While other engineers just need a 2.0 or 2.5 in the required classes, we need a 3.0. So go to those tutoring sessions for Calc 2, Physics 1, and Physics 2. Those are the defining classes and you need to do your best in those.

If I could go back, and talk to myself as a high school senior, knowing everything that I know now, I would advice myself of three things. One would be to not care about what the other students thought of me,. Most of them who called me stupid, lame, and worthless, could not even finish their first submester, and are now working at a fast food place, or clothing shop and that is were they will work for the rest of their lives. The second thing I would tell myself is work so hard or gettting scholorships for school. I had to work two part time jobs and go to school for a submester and I am having to look for more scholorship now in fear that I may not have enough money come the time I have to switch to four year school. The last thing I would tell myself would be to aim higher than Walters State Community College. To be prepaired for the people that work there, because some of them do not work with you to get to your goals. I would elaberate in saying that you are an indepentet person and you can do it.

knowing what i know now about college life i would warn myself about is time management. it has always been a battle for me to plan out my time and successfully accomplish everthing. now that i am in college i feel the need for this skill even more. time management is important in everything we do and in almost every aspect of our lives. trying to juggle school, a job, family obligations, and a social life is stress-full. being able to schedule out your day and allowing enough time for all of the things that must be done , can be quiet challenging.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior the number one thing I would say would have to be fill out scholarship applications. Currently, a junior transfer student at the University of South Florida I am finding out that hard way that college and living two hours away from home is really expensive and student loans are not the best route sometimes. I also would tell myself that I need to watch the money that I'm spending because I will need it in college.

In college, students need to stay focused and have good time management. For most people, this is the first time in their lives that they have complete freedom and it's so exciting that an incoming freshmen ususally as if they must take full advantage of this. However, what they fail to realize is that there are four years available for fun, no need to do it all in one year. The primary goal of college is to get a degree. A secondary goal may be to learn how to live as an adult and be independent. Having fun will occur in the midst of the serious process. Another thing to remember is that it is very important to start off strong. It's good to have a strong base for an everchanging GPA. On avaerage, most students start working after their freshmen year, meaning they have more on their plate. As a result, they don't do as well in classes, but if they have a good starting GPA, there's room to fluctuate.

"Dude, brush your hair," is what I'd say. I never brushed my hair back then. However, to answer the prompt, I would tell myself a few things. I didn't get into the colleges I wanted. I ended up going to St. Petersburg College which was once a community college. I was too good for a community college! I was a failure. My big dreams were crushed. If I could go back, I would say," Little girl, you think you know everything, but you don't. Trust me, I know. You're going to learn so much. You won't learn it all, but you'll learn the important things." I'll attempt to brush her hair. "Just because it doesn't have a big name doesn't make it a bad school. Just because it won't be the 'college experience' you've seen in movies doesn't mean it won't be fun. " Brush, brush "Things don't always go as planned. Dreams can get put on hold for a little bit. But you can always go back to them. You can still try to live your dream." Brush, brush. "...Not to spoil anything, but you will!"

You have to be disciplined to complete the next level. Do not be side-tracked by all the distractions that come your way. Do not focus on the idea of playing baseball, join the military after high school. Find a job in the military that allows you time to go to school and stay out of harm's way as much as possible. Hold out when negotiating your contract with the military until you can find a job that allows for those things. Make sure to sign up for the Green to Gold program. Become a teacher, get a career, do not take "job."

Hindsight is 20/20, but if I could go back in time, there are many, many things I wish I would have done as a high school senior. One of the top things I'd tell myself was to make sure I applied for scholarships earlier! Money always seems to be tight and if I had started earlier in my scholarship search, then perhaps I wouldn't be worrying about it now. I'd also tell myself that, yes, your high school GPA is definitely important! I'd have worked harder in high school instead of letting myself take the easy road. In that same vein, I'd also make sure I faithfully attended each college class instead of letting other things dictate when I attended and when I was absent; just because I didn't have a car at the time, didn't mean I could make excuses for not going to class.

First I recomend, visiting the colleges before applying. Because I did not visit any other campus other than USF, I am not sure how different they are one from an other. Also learn and explore as much as possible. Everything you will learn in high school are the fundations for what you will learn in college, if the fundation is soft the edifice of information that will be build in college will eventually collapse. At the same time explore, by curious of what you like and don't like, and take the risk to try that class you are not too sure about taking, at the end it might be something that you and I would enjoy. College is not the best place to be undecided of what you want to study or what you want to do with your life, remember, every penny counts in college. And finally, keep in contact with all the friends you made all through out high school and specially remember your family, they will give you the energy for when you are under down, and the first air for when you need a break. P.S.: Learn how to do laundry ASAP!!

In high school, take more classes that matter and are important. I would recommend signing up for Advanced Placement classes to earn college credits. Get involved in high school and do as many activities as possible so you can attend a good college, especially the one you are most interested in.