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I would tell myself to be better prepared. I wouldn't wait until the last minute to get scholarships and figure out what I wanted to do.

School will be tough and your going to struggle but that's just part of life. Remain focus and don't be afraid to ask for help from friends, family, counselors, mentors, and your significant other if you have one. Always be positive and listen in school. The hardest part about doing something is doing it but the rewards are 10 times fulfilling than the struggle. Remember, your going to go in the military and you will struggle there too. No matter what, don't say "I can't" or "I quit" because that will not lead you to the path of success in your life. Stay awake in class and do what you can to eliminate your student loans prior to getting out of college to be debt free. Do your best to network with your peers and business contacts so you can find an internship and a job when you graduate. College will be your future for the next few years so strive to be successful in school. One last thing, choose wisely about which college you go to because once you choose one and if you decide to quit; it's a lot harder to go back.

Stepping into a time machine and being able to give myself advice as a high school senior about the years ahead would be the ultimate gift. As a senior I was making decisions on what University I should attend. My best friend and I got into two of the same colleges and planned on being roommates. Once decieded something came up and my best friend had to go to our second choice. I could've and I should've went to the other school with her for two reasons: I received a $40,000 renewable schohlarship and the school was $41, 000/yr and my best freind was going to be there, so it was a win-win. Being stubborn, I didn't take the amazing offer I had and that led to a whole year of college that I ended up not enjoying. The advice I would give myself, is to swallow my pride and attend college with my best friend. It would have been a wonderful experience even though I didn't like the school as much as my first choice.

If i was a high school senior, i would have applied to a university six months before i graduated. I also would have not wasted my high school year not getting help or knowing about colleges and scholarships. I would have pushed myself to get scholarships and asked questions. Because I worked my butt off to have my As and Bs all through out high school. I also would have used my SAT scores to apply to mulitple Universities. That is my goal to go to a university.

Stay strong to who you are, you are the only person who knows who you truely are...remember that. Things that may seem hard at the moment will pay off in the end. College is just a bigger free-er version of high school. And all that hard work you put into your grades will show. You know your dreams and goals in life dont let anyone tell you, you have to settle for less. Prove them wrong with your dedication and hard work. Because when you get their heads will turn and when they say "I cant believe you made it" you can reply back "I knew I could." Stay strong Reba you are going to go thru ruff times and even ruffer struggles but its all worth it. In the end just keep swimming.

My advice to high school me would be to stand out. Stand out from the rest of the crowd and be confident. High school is a time to learn how to stand on your own two feet and to develop a voice. It’s okay to have a voice and it should be heard loud and clear. Yes, granted there will be people who will not agree with your opinions, but at least you have the courage to let it out. You will have people that come across your path and will try to bring you down. If it comes to that point learn to stand your ground and don’t you ever let them make you think that you do not deserve what you want in life. They have a problem with their own life and just want to take it out on someone else; however that doesn’t mean you have to take their grief. Another piece of advice, love you You are a captivating beauty . Beauty doesn’t have to be a size 0; it comes in all shapes and sizes. Never let media or your bullies tell you different. Your beauty shows kindness, talent, and love.

As I transitioned into college, I felt that I was very prepared and was more than ready to begin my studies. I then found out my university no longer had a Spanish minor and I would have to wait a year to begin taking higher level Spanish courses and to study abroad. I realized how much I had taken advantage of my high school Spanish classes. I had always performed well in Spanish, and I decided to pursue it along with my education degree, in order to eventually be a more diverse, versatile teacher. Now that I have to wait, my skills are definitely not what they used to be. If I could go back, I would tell myself to make just a few more flash cards, and conjugate a few more verbs, in order to better prepare myself for my future courses, and my career as a bi-lingual educator.

Do not overwhelm yourself with the things that will not matter in the long run. It is easy to overthink and expect the most out of anything, whether it be good or bad, but do not let it consume your life at that moment. There will always be other opportunities down the road for you to try something, and those opportunities will not put your current situation at risk. When you are in college, it will take some time to adjust to living on your own. Once you have adjusted to living on your own, it will take even longer to adjust to the actual school; especially if you have doubts about whether that school was the right choice for you. However, if you start with an end goal in mind do not focus on anything other than that end goal, and you will make it through that part of your life. Just do not give in no matter how pointless or irrelevant it may seem to be because you will need it in the long run.

The advice I would give myself now knowing what I know about college would be to study hard, ask for help when you need it, and love your college soccer teammates. First piece of advice to study hard is important, for in high school studying last minute was not a big deal; but if you study last minute for a college test, you will not do well, college is hard. So take the time and write out notecards and start studying a week before a test. Second piece of advice, ask for help when you need it. Unless you ask for help you are never going to understand it, but the teachers will assume you do. Meaning if you fail a test and then ask for help it is too late, that test is already in the system lowering your grade. Third piece of advice, love your soccer teammates, because your husband will be deployed during your first year of college and you are 2000 miles away from home. These teammates are going to help you through it and will become your new family. These are the pieces of advice I would give myself.

If I could go back to my 2010 high school senior self, I would tell her to stay true. In the three years in college, I've learned that there's a lot of pressure from the people you surround yourself. People will tell you what you want to hear, ask you to do things for them, be completely reckless. It's inescapable. People who may be your friends now may turen out to be strangers later. Some of them will disappear from your life when you graduate or even sooner. So, why should you care about what they think? You can say no anytime and it's completely fine. You always have a choice to know the difference between right and wrong. It's so right to be different. Everyone is unique and they will realize it one day, and it's amazing that you realize it sooner. You live for you and not anyone else. It's never too late to be you.