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All of the choices you make will create who you will become in the future. Learn from the mistakes and move on, embrace the joys, appreciate the strength of your friends. Don't be so concerned about other people's opinions-- discover who you want to be and be that person proudly.

Don't get caught up with drugs, you can do it just work hard and focus!! You are smarter than you realize it just takes hard work and dedication

Find something that you love in college and get involved. Commit to something good. Don't let other people stop you from doing something you want to do and find friends who will do things with you. Don't go home so much and if your roommates don't have the same interests and don't push you to do hard things or become a better person then change apartments. Save more of your money and make a budget and work plan before you start the semester. Don't be affraid to job shadow and learn as much as you can about the world and keep an open mind about the way others do certain things. Always push yourself to be better but don't take on more than you can handle. Keep a planner and don't forget to do your homework or study. Most important love yourself and love others for who they are and who they are trying to be.

I would tell myself to make a schedule and stick with it. I also would tell myself that I should be taking the required classes for my field, not just "fun" classes. I would also buy a lot of e-books instead of textbooks.

Realize what a gift a college education is. Be prepared to study hard and never procrastinate finishing your degree. Apply early and continually apply for scholarship opportunities. NEVER get down on yourself and think you are not good enough! It will be much easier to get through college in four years right out of high school than 30 years later with debt, a mediocre job, a family, and health issues. Be committed and do it now!

I would try to get as many college classes done in High school as I could. It would save a lot of time and money.

There are so many changes that are about to happen. Moving out on your own is a little intimidating at times. Juggling school, work, and a social life will be one of the hardest struggles you'll find in college. Even though it will be incredibly challenging, the growth that comes from continuing your education is well worth all the blood sweat and tears it takes to survive. Moving out of the house will be very strange at first. Then it will be exciting, and after a little bit it will get scary and hard. To have the freedom to do anything you want, whenever you want is liberating in the best way imaginable! Not too long after you move out you realize that you need to get involved with campus or dorm life, you NEED friends to hang out with. Sure, a lot will come and most will leave. You don't need many, you just need the loyal few. Get a job as quickly as possible, it will be such a surprise when you find out how quickly a thousand dollars will leave you. It's a scary change. It's hard. But it's totaly worth it.

Just do it. You aren't too old or too stupid to achieve your dreams. Don't wait so long, you will do great! You can make a difference in peoples lives.

Relax! Life is meant to be enjoyed. Yes, it's true people go to school to receive degrees and make more money, but I would challenge myself to rethink that assumption. School is meant to help us think for ourselves and try new things. Choose what your passion is! Once you gain a desire to learn, that's when formal education becomes lethal for your success. Sure, money is important, but it's not as important as your life. Don't let money govern decisions you make in your career or college education. If you don't know what you enjoy, try everything out with an open mind. Once you know, go for it!

Try and find scholarships as soon as you can, work hard and enjoy what you can because some things come and go and you miss out. Seize every single opportunity that comes your way.

I would tell myself to take as many concurent enrollement classes and AP classes as possible so that I wouldn't have to take them in college. That would save me so much time and money. I would also tell myself to study a career that I enjoy and not just any degree.

Don't be afraid to get out of your comfort zone is the advice I would give. At this moment I am beginning to realize important factors of life. Important factors of life to me include quality human interaction, opportunities to prove ideas, and prioritizing what really matters. All of these aspects require us to step away from what we are comfortable with. Referring to human interaction, I now know we as humans need to communicate to others our feelings and desires. We can talk to our family, friends, even complete strangers. As we do so our borders of imagination and possibility expand. We truly can become something more as we include those around us. After gaining these interactions we still need to put what we feel is right to the test. Ideas from others can be very useful but nothing will happen unless we try things on our own. After we succeed or fail we have begun to prove to ourselves if something is right or wrong. Then the time comes when we must do what we know to be right. We must prioritize our time, talents, and energy. Thus we must get out of our comfort zone.

I have actually attended two universities so far in my life. Fresh out of highschool I enrolled at Brigham Young University. After a year I decided I didn't like college (specifically BYU) and dropped out, letting myself fail almost all of my classes. I now attend UVU happily after three years of "self-discovery" and work. If I had the opportunity to talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself to wait. I would tell young me exactly what was going to happen, and that he should find some place to work for a few years and then go to any college he wanted. I would tell him that if he continued on his current path he would be unhappy for a long time, and he would waste a lot of time. I would also tell him not to be a pilot, but to read more and take the first step to writing that novel he's always dreamed of but never had the courage to start.

To my former self, this is you twelve years into the future. My advise to you would be to go to college right away after highshool. You will still have a desire to be a teacher and it would be better to get it done now. The reason I say this is because, I took a different path than that. Right out of highschool I met someone, although I thought I was in love, he had just gotten out of prison and I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I ended up getting pregnant and during my pregnancy he was in and out of prison and I ended up having to raise a baby by myself. Her dad isnt in the picture and I am now married to a wonderful man and have another child with him. He ended up adopting Madisyn and I am so happy. But, I am in college at the age of thirty now, pretty much starting over with my career from scratch. I have had a hard life these last twelve years and I want a better life for you. College is so wonderful so Just go. You will never regret it.

I would say to my highschool self that finishing highschool strong is so important! I would also say that applying for scholorships is essential! That way you do not have to worry and stress about how you will get through college and most importantly, you will avoid the monsterous debt that follows many college graduates.

Remember that no one but you is going to be you. You can't depend on anyone or anything else staying the same, because you have no control over them. All you can do is change yourself, so make sure you become the best you that you can be. Adapt to the changes around you, and if that demands work or discipline, all the better. Try new things, learn as much as you can as quickly as you can. You are only inhibited by lack of faith in yourself. So press on, continually changing, adapting, learning, and eventually become the you that you always try to be.

I would tell myslef to apply for scholarships to help pay for school and also to find a job and save money to also help pay for school. II would also like to tell myself that I need to study more and harder to get good grades my senior year. I guess the last thing that I would tell my high school self is don't sweat the small stuff. No matter what happens, you'll get though it and be stronger for it.

If I could go back in time and tell myself what I know now I would make sure I told myself how different college is than high school. No matter how many times teachers and parents told me that college would be different I never really listened and college was a kind of wake up call. I had to work harder at school than I ever had before. I would tell myself to work hard now so it won't be as dificult in college.

Don't allow the teachers who told you, "You will fail like your brother." bring you down. You have the will to make it through anything that you apply yourself to. Listen to what Mom tells you, because it's true. Your school is your life, it is your job, and it is your duty to succeed. Oh, and stop skipping classes, you'll realize when you attend your courses you actually learn a thing or two! Dance isn't everything, even though I know you love it the most! Don't forget about your math and science studies even though you hate them, I promise you'll learn to love them soon enough.

To be able to go back in time and give advice to my high school self iw ould tell myself to stop focusing on football. Football is your obsession, and you need to let it go. It is so fun, but your grades aren't as good as they should be. You need to focus on the things that really matter. Start applying for schools, scholarships, and really have a vision for where you want to go. I would also tell myself to meet more people. Network yourself. Build relationships with people who are going to take you places or who may be able to provide you with opportunities later in life. if not opportunites atleast lasting friendships who will always help you get places.