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It was my goal to finish High School early, while completing as many College courses as possible. If i could go back, I would focus on getting more College courses completed, therefore bumping me a little more ahead in my current courses. Having said that, i have made the best of my prior schooling and looking forward to studying hard and earning the diploma i have always longed for.

I WOULD TELL MYSELF TO READ MORE. READ AND TRULY UNDERSTAND ALL THE ASSIGNED READINGS. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW AND BOOKS OF ALL GENRES TAKE YOU THERE. I WOULD ALSO TELL MYSELF TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND DON'T STRESS OUT OVER EVERY LITTLE THING. EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY BECAUSE I AM A GREAT STUDENT WHO WORKED HER BUTT OFF TO GET ACCEPTED INTO COLLEGE AT THE LAST MINUTE. IF I COULD HAVE TOLD MYSELF ANYTHING, I WOULD HAVE SAID, "HAVE FAITH IN YOURSELF, BECAUSE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU WOULD JUST BELIEVE IN YOURSELF."

Dear Caysie, Good job! You are now a senior in high school. You have made it through some challenges in your life so far, and I know you are worried about what is to come. I know you may feel a little overwhelmed with what colleges to apply to, what you want to study in school, where you are going to live, and how you are going to pay for school. I want to tell you now that it will all be okay. Believe in yourself. I know it is a hard thing to comprehend, but you will have so many opportunities in the years to come. Trust and believe in yourself. Don't worry about deciding now what you want to be in the future. You are 18 years old. You still have time in trying to figure out what best suites you. You will figure it out, give yourself time. Don't worry stress about paying for college. Remember, you are investing in yourself by continuing your education. Remember, like Dr. Seuss says, "you have brains in your head, feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself any direction you choose". You got this Caysie!!! Believe in yourself.

I would give myself to keep studying and learn new things before hitting onto college. As for that I would like to tell myself to go find college classes that will boost me for graduating sooner and take courses that are free. Be prepared for what lies ahead and assume in the interest that I would like such as being an Architect. I would say to myself that I must get an education and need to so I can make a difference in my community and everyone around me. Learn a lot of math because you would definetly need that in college since it is so important in whatever field you study in and to be ready for graduating with a Bachelor's in Architecture.

I wish I could pound the phrase “Lighten up!” into the skull of my 18 year old self. You see, high school was something I took extremely seriously. Life-threatening, future-altering, image-shattering catastrophes assaulted me constantly. I considered myself to be very self-important, to the extent that I convinced myself I was personally responsible for 2,000+ high school students and the image that our high school portrayed to the community. If I could forewarn myself about my college transition, this is what I would say: Self, Calm down! Now is the time to play and have fun. The rest of your life will be filled with opportunities to work hard and improve yourself. There is value in learning to relax (something we have always struggled to do). The world will not stop when you get a grade lower than an A. Truthfully; not one person will care, aside from you. Follow your heart in choosing your profession and future career. Remember to keep your feet on the ground and hold strong to your moral center. Love, Me. (Also, bring an emergency sewing kit to your first job interview.)

"Dear Gretel. College is nothing like high school. You cannot breeze through it without studying. Take your love of reading and put it to good use! knowledge is power, and the sooner you get this done the sooner you can live your dreams. It's easy to tear yourself down, so do the hard thing and build yourself up. Love, Gretel P.S. Get your medication regulated otherwise your depression will cause you to drop out of BYU Hawaii."

I would give myself the same advice I have given my little brother. I would tell myself to do more Advanced Placement classes because they put you ahead of the rest in credits, and knock off a lot of time and even a couple of semesters, as well as saves you a lot of money. Develop a study habit that works for you because, you may not need to study in high school to get a good grade, but you definitely need to study in college. If you don't have good study habits now then you won't have them in college. Stay away from girls. They are nothing but trouble. Yes they are beautiful, pleasing, and lovely, but they're more trouble than they're worth in the end. Trust me, I'm married to one. Suck up to teachers. The more you suck up, the more letters of recommendation you will be able to get, and the better they will be. Sit at the front of class because it induces better learning, and it's easier to pay attention when you're right in front of the teacher and not in the back and able to sleep.

I would look straight at my eyes and say, stop listening to the people that tell you that you cannot become a doctor because school is too expensive and nobody in your family has done it before. Start now, do not let the tomorrow take away what you can have done today. I know that your passion is medicine and to make people happy so start now, start to look for ways to learn and take classes you need at school, do not take classes just to fill up your school year, think big. I am not telling you that school would be the most complicated thing you would have done in your life, but you will know where your dream is going to take you. Do not stop dreaming to become a professional, in fact, keep dreaming, but keep it real because after dreaming and without actions we will wake up to nothing. You will find out that you are not the best at everything but do not let that make you feel like you cannot do it. I am here to tell you fight for your dreams, you can do it! start making your dreams happen right now.

The advice I would give myself would be to apply for every scholarship out there, be involved in school activities such as sports, clubs, alumni association, etc. I wish I would have known about each club at Weber State Univeristy before I actually started. When I was in high school, I never filled out scholarships, never thought about joining a club because I felt like I would be the "odd" one out. Never once think that when you are going into college. Go to college with an open mind and learn new things, join new clubs, participate in group activities and group discussions at school. Dont go to college thinking you are the "odd" one of the group or even the "young" one. Nobody cares what age you are at school. If you are outgoing, spontaneous and fun, people will love to be around you and want you to participate in everything possible. Its good to know your peers, classmates and your professors. Knowing your classmates and even your professors, makes your college experience even less frightening and timidating. Get active and show Weber State that you are here with an open mind and ready to engage in school activities.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself I made the right decision in waiting to go to college. I would tell myself that I am more prepared now than I was when I was about to graduate college. I would tell myself to relax and know that the decision I made was a good one no matter what my peers, parents, and teachers told me.

Don't stress over the little things. It is important to know what is going on and how to do it. But if you give it time, usually someone will explain it to you, or you will figure it out. I am good at stressing out, but have mellowed out some since high school. Going from high school to college was a quite a jump. I didn't know what to expect, I wasn't sure what to do, and it scared me. I would tell myself to not be afraid to ask for help. Over time I have learned the hard way that it is ok to ask for help. The majority of the time, the person you are asking is willing to help and actually cares. It was little things like this that would stress me out and sometimes still do. I have learned to take things into stride, I guess you would say. It is important to take things as they come and do the best you can. It would be nice to know then what I know now. But that would defeat the purpose of having to go through it to learn it.

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Get involved. I know its scary, but people will be accepting. Don't let your fears hold you back. Don't wait till Senior year to make friends. Ask people to hang out on the weekends and don't bail on them last minute. Get out of your comfort zone. Create a new one with less boundaries and more space to explore all that is available to you. When you enter college, don't expect it to be something different from high school. People are people and they don't change that much. Do expect more responsibility. Don't wait for others to tell you what to do. If you can't find the answer, go searching. And most important. Don't worry, you'll be fine and do amazing.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would ask myself if I have done everything in my power to make sure that I was prepared to leave my family and go out and make a life for myself. I would also ask myself if the school that I choose is definetely the right one for me. Think about everything you have wanted to do in college and make sure that the school has all of these things. If they don't have a national sorority that you want, mark one and don't defer from the things you know you want to experience in college. Also make sure the school has all the major and minors you think you might want to venture into.

I would persuade myself to enter college immediately as a high schooler because I was afraid to go and waited 4 years after graduating high school to enter college. In the time that I wasted I could have already finished my asscociates degree in accounting and been on my path to a bachelors degree! It's not that hard and you don't have to go to school everyday, you can still work! I would make myself realize that I could work and go to school at the same time, now that I have a two year old daughter I am going to school and feel like it is easy compared to what I expected. I would push myself to make the effort and try attending college to see that its not as scary as I thought!

Jennifer, even though high school was easy, college is a whole different world. You can't just take it for granted that it will be easy because it won't. There will always be another party on another night but when you need to study, you study first! Going to classes is mandatory -- if you're sick, suck it up and take some tylenol long enough to attend your class and get your assignments. College is preparation for the real world and if we don't make it in college, we won't be successful as adults in the real world. Listen to people who tell you to buckle down and study, it is so much easier if you do. They really do know what they are talking about and they are not just trying to bust your bubble.

If I could goback in time I would tell myself " don't wait on others" and put more of an effort in. I would tell my self this, because if you wti on others to do the things that you need to be done it will never get done. I would also tell myself to put alittle more effort in, because if you dont you'll get senior ittice and think that you have all the time in the world to put in appalcations to school of to fill out scholarship forms. Then you realize that you dont have the time you thought you had and it will be to late. so the advice that I would give my former self would be to not drop the ball and spend your senior year wisely.

College is a big step in life, and it might be a little scary at first, but you'll do fine. Work hard and remember that learning is the reason that you are there. There are people that you may not like, and those that you meet that you will be forever grateful to have known, but these interactions, and the things you've learned from them, will be what makes you grow as a person. You've done everything that you could have to prepare yourself for this change, and I know how much you've been looking foreward to this new opportunity in life. It is everything that you could ever have hoped for, and so much more. Don't let the change scare you away, and remember that even your mistakes are just part of the process of growing up.

Take every opportunity you can to learn and get more involved in the community. Also, don't choose a school for the material things choose it for most importantly the quality of the education but also don't be afraid to expand your horizons, don't live in a box. Go out, make friends that will last you a lifetime, do something crazy, take lots of photos, and don't let the little mistakes in life get you down. But most importantly learn to let the little things go, you can't control everything that it going to happen in your life. If you stress about every miniscule detail that somehow goes south you'll explode. I'm not saying to just not care about the important things, like grades, but don't let the pressure of haveing to be a 4.0 student or Mom and Dad's perfect little girl keep you from living life. Have fun, college is the time of life that you learn who you are, experience all that the world has to offer and take in each moment as it comes.

I would make sure I chose the correct major. This is my second time going back to school to pursue a different degree..hopefully this time it's the right choice!