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Ring Ring Ring "What is that sound?" I think to myself. I roll over in my bed and open my eyes, there right in front of me there was someone in my bed too! I start to panic, "who is this person? Wait! Why am I at home? Oh yeah I was sent on a mission!" I sigh in relief. Cautiously I tap the figure in the bed. I watch in amazement as she starts moaning and pulls the cover over her head, the action all too familiar to me. So I decided to start jumping on the bed. "Will you stop that!" the figured yelled as she threw off her blankets to glare at me. She gasped. "I know what you are thinking and yes I'm you in the future, two years into the future actually and I was sent here to you, well me, to tell you while you are a senior in high school that I think you should apply for all the scholarships you can get because you are going to need that money, use it wisely and don't quit your job." I hurriedly explain. Then puff I was gone.

I would tell my self to get a job well still as a senior. I would also tell myself to save it. I wish that someone would have told me how much money it cost. I had seen "its about this much" but it would have been nice if I would have known just how much. I would tell myself these things so thatI wouldn't be so up tight. If I would have saved my money and worked as a senior, I could have not worried about money as much in college. I wouldn't be as worried about what if I don't find a job this semester. I would also tell myself if I don't get a job and save money I might have to give plasma. (I hate needles, but if I can't find a job than that is were I could get money for food and housing) I know that if I were to tell myself this I would really try harder to save and to get a job.

As a Senior I had an athletic scholarship of eighty percent to a private school in St Louis, an offer which I thought it was too good to let go. I didn't enjoying school, neither the place that I was living in and my grades reflected all that. First thing I would tell my self would be that it's not about the money or who is offering you more, if you are not enjoying your school then all that money isn't worth anything. if doesn't feel like home from the beginning then it will never be, make sure you love it from the first day. Go visit other schools and try out to any school you want, you are only as good as you allow your self to be. You have great potential don't be afraid to let go of that scholarship! Second biggest thing, find out what you really want to study, seek for help from others and try not getting loans. Study business which is what you really like, don't be afraid of the hard classes that's where you'll learn the most. Do that and you'll do just fine.

One of the most important things to remember when entering college is to open your heart and mind to new opportunities. Involving yourself in service, leadership, school functions, and religious practices will help ease the discomfort of such unknown territory. Being a part of anything good will improve your college experience immensely. Be spontaneous! Academic excellence is extremely important, but taking the time to build relationships and experience new things is equally important. Take the time to build life-long relationships with the awesome people you meet. Treat school like your full time job of at least 40 hours a week with occasional overtime (overtime=treating yourself to ice cream). Like a normal job, work normal hours such as 8A.M to 4P.M. The best thing I ever decided to do was take Sunday off. I never work or do homework on Sunday. Having a day to relax completely and do whatever I want helps me get through the next week. The last thing to remember is to embrace the opportunity to learn. Embrace the opportunity to fail and succeed. Embrace the opportunity to be challenged.

If I could go back to high school when I was a senior, I would tell myself to take harder classes and more of them. I would also tell myself to study harder and to not breeze through high school like it was a joke. Along with taking more classes I would tell myself to study better so that I could use those habits to be a better college student. I would also listen to my parents more about how to really live alone. Learning more about budgeting my money and my time and cooking. There are probably more people that struggle with this than not! While budgeting my time I also need to include having a good time with others, that way I would know what the full experience of college life is like. I would be more willing to grow educationally if I am having a good time socially.

First of all, I want you to remember to enjoy your senior year. There's no going back. You and your friends will split ways and see each other less, classes will get harder and consume your time, so enjoy it. Now, college. In my opinion college is the height of teenage years, but you have to make it that way. When it comes to room mates, cleanliness is always appreciated and will save you a lot of arguments, understanding is required, always try to see it through the other person's eye, maybe they have a good reason. When it comes to classes, hard work is always good. Don't put it off, if you get it done you won't have to think about it and you get to play! Don't ditch class, you paid a lot of money to go and failing won't help. Find tutors in friends, they have an interest in you and will help you do well, and they're free! Save all the money you can, don't splurge, because when your scholarships run out, you'll need it. Learn how to cook real food well. Tell mom and dad "Thanks!"

If I could go back in time I would tell myself to work harder in school and to get more involved. Moving to a school where I was on my own, I have realized that there is so much to do and so much I missed out on in high school. I would tell myself to taken my math classes more seriously and to seek more help. I would try to tell myself that I had a lot of potential and that I just needed to realize it, and that I could go far if I were to put forth the effort. I would say that I didn't need to stay to myself and to let myself have fun instead of stay home and study all the time. If I were to take my own advice, maybe I would have a lot less to regret. I am taking my own advice here in college though.

College is your destiny and your place to shine. Remember who you are and who and what you love and cling to that. You will feel nervous, scared and insecure many times in the days to come, but you will also feel enlightened and happy often. As you start out your college life, you will want to participate in school activities and that's ok, but don't give blood on the first day of school, you're body doesn't react well and you will get very lost on you're way to the dining hall and go hungry. You're new roomates will make you nervous and some will drive you crazy, but one or two will keep you from getting lonely so don't cut yourself off completely. You will have to work to pay for some of your expenses, but unless you find a job that you truely enjoy, its going to make you miserable, so hold out and keep looking till you find the perfect part-time gig. Don't worry, Math 1050 won't be as hard as it appears. Always do your homework and have fun.

When I was a Senior in high school, I didn't think much about college life except that it would probably be boring and just a continuation of ?more high school?. All I wanted to do was to get out, go to work, and to be my best with what I knew (at the time). Knowing what I know now about college, and if I could travel in time as a messenger to myself to back then, I would tell myself, ?So hey-- you say you want to be your best? Think about college, Jim. I know your plans and that you really enjoy what you do right now and you can still do that and go to college! Broaden your horizons! Color outside the lines! I know that you love adventure and if you really want to be your very best and find adventure, then think again about going to college! Trust me on this one Jim; you'll be grateful later.? To this, my high school self would probably ask who this messenger is, and the messenger would reply, ?You; thirty years from now and barely starting. Go to college, Jim. College-- college-- college...?

I would look into majors more. I went my freshman year knowing nothing that I wanted to do. I just knew I wanted to be in college and so it was knowing I had no idea what I wanted to do. I would give options of what there was and tell myself to do more job shadowing and looking at whats out there.

Work, work, work! No matter what state you are in or what financial aid is available, money is always good to have. Utilize the summers to save as much as possible. It is also important to work as hard in school as it is at your job. Developing good study habits and a good routine is very important to eliminating stress and confusion in college. Practice in High School! While you are in High School find time to develop meaningful relatinoships with friends and family alike. A support system always comes in handy when you hit a hard time or are frustrated with school or roommates. Some days encouragement or extra money from home is exactly what fixes the problem. My last piece of advice is to take as many AP or concurrent enrollment classes as possible. Those classes prepare you well for college work and get you into good habits. If your college accepts such credits it is extremely beneficial to getting right into your major and the stuff you love. Oh, and don't forget to enjoy life and everything you have to do.

Study hard and try to get more scholarships and financial. I didn't know I was going to struggle for money as much as I did. You need to get as much out of high school as possible, you're going to need it! Also, don't take your teachers forgranted, they know what they are talking about and they are always there to help you!

Focus a lot more on taking AP and concurrent enrollment classes to get eary college credit, and possibly try to graduate with an associates degree. Try to get involved with more extracurricular activities and be devoted to excell in every aspect that you do.

I would advise myself to find out as much as I could about what I wanted to do in college, so that less of my college time was spent trying to get a direction to go. That would be the biggest thing, but I would also tell myself to study our each option as carefully as possible before picking a school to attend.

I would tell my self not to worry as much because the transition is alot easier than expected.

As I look back at my own selection process I regrettably didnt take much time to consider the necessary ingredients to a good liberal education. Exposure to new ideas is an essential part of becoming a professional or even an educated member of society. Exposure only to the ideas presented in class, strange or not, is not enough. Consider searching out an institution that perhaps differs more from what environment you are accustomed to. You will be grateful to find more to talk about with those around you and also that a greater polarization of personalities on campus will only bring you closer to those you associate with. That being said, college is not the place to fit in...if anything try not to...this is where and when you are most free to explore your potential and discover your very own recipe for happiness.

I am glad that I worked hard as a senior and took many AP and concurrent classes because it worked out in my favor and allowed me to skip over many of the general ed classes. Instead, I was able to jump right in to my major requirements. As a senior, I would have taken more time to check out housing options and price things out. The biggest thing I learned that I should have done earlier is how to budget. It is surprising how much living can be; start early to live frugally. I feel I made a lot of good decisions to prepare myself, including good study habits and not slacking off, waking up early, getting into a routine, making friends, and spending as much time with my family as possible. It is important to have good support and family ties especially. I do wish I would have worked harder to earn and save more money, and it would have been nice to have done better on the ACT to recieve a good scholarship. My advice is to learn how to be a good test taker; that is half of college.

Apply for all the scholarships you can, and don't waste your first semester trying to figure out how to study, just do what you did in high school.

To not stay up late just for a boy. It's not worth it and it doesn't help you succeed academically. Then, also, to pay more attention to my schoolwork, that it is actually more important than my social work.

I would advise myself to study more. In college you need to spend a lot more time doing homework and studying than you did in high school. I spent my first semester in college just playing and not spending very much time on my school work. And I ended up not getting a great GPA. So the biggest advice I would give is to put school work first. Spend 2 hours studying for every hour spent in class. I would also advise myself to be outgoing and make friends. Your social life is what keeps you going. Make friends in your apartments and especially in your classes. Form study groups with other students. That helps a lot because if you don't understand a concept maybe one of them does. You can discuss concepts and problems and work together to understand them.