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Embrace every moment. Such a cliché, but isn't it also the key to life? If I counted up every moment I let pass by me, every moment I wasted in high school, I would have enough regrets to last me a lifetime. Not taking a date to senior homecoming, not joining the band when I had the chance, waiting until my senior year to run cross-country. Granted, I have my share of amazing memories from high school whether it be hiding from my gym teacher to avoid a physical, running across the football field in a nun's habit, or floating down the river on a giant inflatable lily pad. So many good times but, how many more could I have had? It doesn't take a special person to successfully make the transition to college, it just takes someone who can enjoy each fleeting and ephemeral moment. It is through those experiences that friends are made, lessons are learned, stress is relieved. Have fun, laugh, love, and by all means live. Those memories and those occurrences will see you through, the friends you made through them. Just remember three short words, embrace every moment. Just live.

If I could go back in time to whenever I was a senior in high school, I would advice myself to take more college credit classes. This would be beneficial to someone who is looking to graduate from college early and proceed on with their career. Another thing I would advice, is to make sure you make good grades and apply for all the scholarships you are eligible for! Making good grades and applying for all the scholarships you can will help you tremendously with all the bills that come with college!

“Don’t be discouraged if you start to struggle and, most importantly, know that you are not the only one struggling.” For me personally, this short sentence would have saved me hours of torment. In a large campus setting, it is so very easy to feel as if you are alone and drowning in your own personal sea of troubles, but know this: there are others out there who are in the exact same boat as you and who feel just as helpless. The girl sitting next to you on the bus, bobbing her head to an unheard tune on her IPod and looking as cool as a cucumber, could be locked in just as much turmoil as you over passing that dreaded exam coming up. The guy sitting next to you in class, who always seems to have the right answer, may breathe a sigh of relief each time he guesses correctly (while hoping he can do so again on the midterm). These individuals exist, and in far more places than you can imagine, but you won’t know that until you talk to them. Your best sources of help are all the potential friends around you.

If I was to go back in time and give myself advice, I would tell myself to relax about the transition to college life. I would tell myself that it is one of the most life changing and incredible experiences. I would encourage myself to be outgoing and friendly to everyone that I meet because they may become your best friend. In addition, I would encourage me to stay true to myself and make your own decisions, and not let anyone pressure you into doing things. At the same time, I would encourage myself to enjoy myself because it is an amazing four years that you will never get back and the experiences and memories you make will last a lifetime.

If I was given the opportunity to talk to myself as a high school senior, I would say that grades and doing your best is far more important than anything else in high school. Although my grades my senior year were great, I wish I would have strived a little bir harder to get straight A's. I also wish that I would have saved more money from my job for school. I needed to know just how much studying is required in college and I would have studied more every week and I would have also had a part time job my first year in college. If given this opportunity to talk to myself, I would stress the importance of saving money for school and that I really would have worked as hard during high school and my first year of college as I do now. Now I know what kind of grades and achievements I am capable of and I just wish that I would have given myself more credit. If I had done that, who knows what I could have already achieved. I would have gotten a head start for college.

If I could give advice to myself as a senior I would say do not worry so much. I was really affected by the transition and I was scared that I would be making all the wrong choices. I was afraid to fail and to choose the wrong goal for myself. My advice would to be to let all of that go. The correct decisions and path come into play when you let them take the natural course. I would have never figured out that I wanted to be a Speech-Language Pathologist if I did not just try to live life. It was all coincidence that I found out what I was passionate about. For months I had been searching and searching different majors and trying to pick the right one for me. If I knew that I did not have to waste all that time searching for something I could not change I would have had more time to do more infulential things like I am trying to do now.

The first year of college is exciting and important in your career, but the social aspect is the same as high school. Make sure to stay focused on why you are there and if any, only get involved in a couple activities. What will you take out of those in your future? Get involved in activities that will offer experience for you career. Visit the career center, if you don't know what you are going to do with your major or if you don't know what your major will be. If you have a difficult time getting a hold of you academic advisor, get a new one that will be there for you adn follow their directions. Stay punctual and reliable; people notice and that could make or break an opportunity or a grade. Finish your homework early and worry about your own homework before someone else's. Call and Skype your friends and family often; they will encourage you and keep you from getting sucked into social drama in the dorm. Go ahead and stay in a dorm for your first year, but if your year doesn't end the way you wanted, go home and commute.

I would tell myself to not try to attend the University of South Alabama right out of high school. I spent one day there and was lost for three hours (when I was really only fifteen minutes away from my dorm). Stay close to home at least for a year to transition yourself into college life. Community College, though you may think it seems inadequate compared to a university, is really more focused on helping students make the transition from high school to college. Keep all your options open. Never turn down any scholarship from any school, wait until the very last minute to make your decision and weigh all your options first. Professors do not care if you come to class, if you do the work, or if you fail. They get paid regardless. You must be self-motivated or you will fail. Pick class times that you can attend, and will attend. If you plan to work, pick class times that are either all on two days or can be really flexible. If you plan to miss class due to illness or injury, inform your professors beforehand. They are more likely to be more flexible.

Take math every semester.

If I could go back to 2010 and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to learn how to study. College is a lot different from high school and I did not need to study very much but when I got to college I needed to study but lacked the skills. My first quarter was rough but I learned what was expected of me in each course and I developed study skills. College takes a great deal of self-discipline because there are many distractions from school work. This would be the most important thing I could give to my high school self for advice.

If I could go back in taime as a high school senior, knowing what I know now about college life and the transition I would have started to find schlorships instead of putting myself in debt with student loans. I would also have not taken any summer breaks and went straight through without having kids. Now I find myself going back with kids and have to do it on line to better my future for mysel and my three kids and I also take care of my sister that has breast cancer. Today society is very hard ecnomicly if you dont have a degree this is why I am not letting anything get in my way even if it takes my five years, but it wont take that long I am determined.

GET INVOLVED and make plenty of new friends. Never settle with just a few friends and instead, go out with new people or attend campus-held events to meet new people. Remember that all the freshman are in the same boat and find it just as awkward as you will at times to meet new people. Take interesting classes and talk to your new friends about the classes they are currently taking. Go into college undecided so that you don't feel any pressure to make such a huge decision about the rest of your life. "Shopping around", so to speak, with college classes can be really beneficial and open your mind to new ideas. Don't worry about having to party to fit in with everyone, there are countless groups and events on campus that don't need alcohol to have fun! Be yourself completely and don't let anyone dictate the person that you wish to become in college.

This summer I took a family trip to Arizona to visit my sister. As I sat on the plane extremely nervous, since it was my first time ever flying the man who was sitting next to me noticed my mood and attempted to strike up a conversation. He started asking me about myself and college got brought up. He said one thing to me, that I will never forget for the rest of my life. It was, "You know sometimes school seems like it sucks, because you have to learn so much. But, when you get out into the world you soon realize that there is one piece of information that you learned along the way that will become the most vital information you could have ever gained. The only problem is you have no idea what that piece of information will be, so in the mean time you have to treat everything you learn as if it is that piece of information." Looking back on high school, I can only hope that I didn't miss my most vital piece of information. But, now in college with this realization I treat everything as if it could be.

I would tell myself that college is a serious thing in your life that would become important to myself. I would tell myself to pay more attention to class and that the books could wait until after class. I would also tell myself that the Navy won't take you ,because of my eyesight and to focus on college. I would also tell myself that I would find a guy that encourages me and drives me crazy at times. I would tell myself that not going into the military was the best thing that happened to me. All the things that I have gone through have made me stronger and have made me a better person. Leaving high school was the first step of feeling reality and all the hardships that it throughs at you. I am even closer to my goal to becoming a Librarian and I have only two C's and the rest are A's and B's. I'm taking the classes over to get better than C's though. I would tell myself that I have found out who I want to be and how I will do what needs to be done.

I’m going to borrow Doc Browns De Lorean, hit eighty-eight miles per hour, and head back to high school. In high school, I was not worried about college at all. As a baseball player, I was nomadic, traveling from school to school just looking for anyone to offer me a spot on their team. If I could go back to my seventeen year old self, I would definitely have to say all these crazy head games are going to happen for a reason. When in high school I assumed community college was the absolute worst, only for the kids who could not live on their own, or handle a big school. Well that’s exactly where I ended up, and could not have ended up in a better place. I could badger myself with the facts all day, but I know very well I would not have listened. The mistakes I made are the kind where only the person making them, would learn from them. Seventeen year old Brooks is simply going to have to understand college life is not a sprint; it is a marathon, you have to pace yourself, be patient, and work hard.

If I could talk to myself as a high school senior I would make sure that I started using better study habits while in high school so that I wouldn't struggle so much the first quarter of college. I would tell myself to spend more time focusing on classes and really learning the material that I was studying. Also, I would make sure to tell myself to take a lot more post secondary classes so that I would have more credits coming into college. That way I wouldn't have to worry about taking as many credits at one time and I wouldn't have to take so many GEC's my first year of college. I could then in turn take more classes that actually pertained to my major which would have made my first year of college a lot more enjoyable.

Don't stress about the transition from high school to college. Its a big life style change but its the leap in the right direction.

If I could go back in time and talk to my highschool self I would tell my self to stay on track and not to let hard choices interfere with my school. They are obstacles I must over come and if I do so I can surpass everything that will and may stand in my way to achieve what I want. I would also tell myself that Volunteering is a good way to get to know important people that could help me along my journey. As well as being able to give back to my community. The last thing I would tell myself to not make people a priority, school is more important. People will come and go but opportunities may only come once.

In hindsight, my senior year was undoubtedly my favorite year of high school. It was a year filled with new opportunities, new privileges, and new adventures. However, my senior year was also a year filled with new academic challenges. I took a rigorous schedule with many advanced classes and I participated in many demanding after school activities. Knowing what I now know about college life and making the transition, I wish that I would have spent much more time with my high school friends and with my family. I was too focused on my academics and on my after school activities that I lost sight of the fact that senior year is the final year living in the same city as all of my best friends and my family. As expected, my senior year had come and gone in what feels like the blink of an eye. Now that I am a freshman in college the advice that I give to my sister, who is a senior in high school, is to spend as much time as possible with our parents and with her best friends because the year will be over faster then she could ever imagine.

It will be hard to leave your comfy room, your loving family, and your friends that know you so well. It is alright to cry every once and a while, but you will be able to move on and accept your new life soon enough. The best way to adjust to your new situation is to get involved on campus. Go to the involvement fairs and activities at the beginning of the year. Pick a group or two and try them out. You will find your fit soon enough, so just stick to it and persevere. Becoming active on campus will allow you to meet new people and broaden your horizons. Also, do not be afraid to go around and meet people in your dorm! For when it gets cold outside, they will be the only ones around!!

Senior year of high school is a cake walk compared to college. Enjoy it while it lasts

If I could go back and give myself advice I would encourage looking at scholarships mainly because I had no clue back then what was available for high school students. I would also find more ways to give back to the community and benefit other countries in volunteering. This would have made me feel that I'd had more purpose as a young adult and made a difference in improving someone else's life. Another is to educate myself in the many travels I have done so far and what it means to be more eco-friendly. I would press the issue of how our environment is quickly changing and the many species that are being affected. My hope is that I'd want my younger self to understand to be more mindful of our resources and the knowledge to pass to others. My goal of creating a traveling theatre company with diverse and handicapped actors would help benefit those in need. Each actor would introduce cultural stories or perspectives that will become performance pieces involving universal morals and multi-cultural choreography. Many productions would be performed where donations from audiences would be given to local children's hospitals.

If I could talk to me a year ago, I think I would tell myself to chill out and enjoy the ride. When I was a senior I was freaked out about choosing the right college but now that I'm in college I realize that the truth is it will all work out. At the end of the day you will be where you need to be.

I had always known I was going to attend a college or university, there was no doubt in my mind about that. The thing I didn't know was what school would be best for me. After some long deliberation, I decided to attend The Ohio State University and I was going to be a Mechanical Engineering student. Now the only thing left to decide on was where to live. I lived close enough to OSU that I could commute from home and save money on residency fees. So I went ahead and stayed at home for my first year here at OSU and as much as I love my family, I should've lived on campus my freshman year. I now live on campus in a fraternity house and I am getting to see all the fun things and great experiences I missed out on by living at home that first year. So if I could go back and give myself advice, I would tell myself to live on campus and get to really experience life and have no regrets. We only have one life to live so we should all live it to the fullest.

After completing one quarter of my college career, I have definitely learned lessons that I wish I could have learned before venturing off to college. I would go back and tell myself to really practice time management. I would tell myself that although it is such an important thing to make new friends and be open to the social aspects of college, the people you need to get to know, the friends in your dorm, will be there whenever you have the time. There is no need to give up studying on the weeknights to stay up making friends with the people on your floor because you are afriad if you don't they won't be there when you have the time. The friends and the people will always be there when you have the time to get to know them; don't completely ignore them, but they will be there. The test or quiz or homework, that has a due date. The school work has to be done by that certain time, and the grades can't afford to suffer because you are afraid new people will not still be there in your free time.

Freshman year was the most wonderful year where you encountered friends, classmates, teachers, and everything else about your high school. The work you established wasn’t as challenging as you thought it would be. Your studies and homework were approximately one hour the longest and not much effort was put into it. The best thing you could have done was get help from teachers and tutors but you chose not to. With all the time you had, four hours of homework and two hours of studying would have made an enormous outcome on your grades. The school also provided activities to do outside of your classrooms. Such activities involved sports, clubs, programs, and organizations. If you took more time to join some of them and be a part of your school, you'd expand a wider knowledge about yourself and find your best interest(s). That will lead you to your major or at least you have an idea of what you want. Most importantly, the effort you put in should have been your number one priority in school. Effort would have leaded you to a greater path where techniques you knew would have a better achievement towards your education.

The most important lesson I have learned thus far is to put school first. Studying is a four-year commitment, and to be successful it must be your top priority. Reading class material early and then rereading lecture notes after class makes studying for test the least time consuming in the long run. Also, having a distinctive study space also helps you to be the most efficient when it is time for getting work done. Lastly as soon as you realize you do not fully grasp a topic, ask for help. You are not alone on this journey through academia. There will be distractions, but with a high level of dedication, you will succeed.

My number one piece of advice would be to get more involved with school and the community. Being more involved makes life a lot more fun and easier once you get to college. It enables you to make many new friends because, more often than not, people go to college and rarely know many people. I would've told myself to be volunteer more because it helps you get recognized. I was always a good student so I didn't have to worry about that aspect, but I didn't have a good social life. Now the transition I will be taking to a university is hard on myself because I was never truely involved and didn't make a whole lot of friends. Things are a lot more stressful when I have to go about them by myself seeing as how I'm a first generation college student. I would also tell myself to talk to more advisors about important things to do and timelines to follow to be successful in college in the aspects of scholarships. Never let an opportunity slip away because you didn't want to be more involved.

Dear Katrinna, Congratulations you are almost there! Senior year will fly by and college will be right around the corner. I want you to stay focused and positive because the responsibilities of your future will be in your hands. You will be able to pick your own classes, join new clubs, and be on time for your classes because well, the option to go at noon is available. I'm going to tell you to start preparing now by getting organized, some professors don’t give you the chance to turn in your homework late because your dog ate it. The more you write down and remember the better you will feel. I know you are visual learners so let’s take the time to make calendars when things are due and stick to it. We can do this. I want you to keep an open mind and join as many clubs as you can and stay not only active with your school work but with your family and friends. Their colleges, if you don’t understand something now you maybe never will, ask questions. I know you can do it because I’m doing it for us!

Work. Work hard. Work harder than you ever have before. Drag through the nights and power through the mornings. Pour yourself into everything you do, because I promise it will pay off. It's going to come back to you, and you'll experience Karma in the best of ways. Work now, and it'll make things easier later. You won't be stressing over how to make ends meet or applying to every miniscule scholarship on earth. Work hard, and you'll be handed your education on a silver platter. You know you have the brains, you need the drive. And your education isn't something you can give up. You love learning. Without it, you'd be broken. But now, if you don't work hard, you'll have to be stressing all four years trying to figure out how to scrounge up the money. You won't be able to focus on the educatino or the things you love. Work right now, and you'll be able to spend the next four years having an education good enough for a pedestal, served on a platter. Work. Work, work, work.

If I had to advise my high school self as I am now, I would tell myself to branch out more in college. I came to college looking for a new experience and a new life full of new experiences and new friends, and I've yet to completely branch out on my own. To this day, I strive to reach out to other students to make some long-lasting relationships with people. Joining more clubs and going to more school-sponsored events is something I would definitely advise my high school senior self today. I also came in to college very anxious and scared, and I would tell myself now that if you just take things one step at a time and keep your head up, a great college experience is ahead.

I would quicky tell myself to push myself harder not just physically but also academically. I would say also, don't let life circumstances and other peoples expectatios constitute how you live. Enjoy every moment an learn from your mistakes; don't ignore them. If you get down on yourself, find someone who has it worse and help them. Never give up hope in the fact that life is what you make it and you have so much more potential than you realize. Don't live to get other peoples approvals because you are who you ae no matter what they think. Let them feel the weight of who you are and let them deal with it. There is a greater purpose in life than to just live, have some fun, hurt alot, and die. What you do matters. So whatever you do, do it with everything you've got.

As a high school senior, I was convinced that I would have no problem transitioning to college life. Many of my friends were already in college and they would offer me advice on what to do next year based on their experiences. I also had family members, teachers, and the occasional stranger sharing their college life lessons with me. Therefore, I entered my dorm room on the first day of college confident. But my allusion of knowledge was shattered fairly quickly, and I was left shocked by how little I really knew. It took me a while to recover from the shock. I had been so sure of myself, of the fact that I was ready for college, that I knew what college was all about, that this would be a smooth tranisition. If I could go back in time I would warn myself not to assume that the tranisition would be easy. I would tell myself that college is something everyone has to experience for himself or herself, something that no one can be truely prepared for. Of course I probably would not listen to myself and such a warning would be fruitless.

Dear Young Kaitlin, The differences between high school and college are extensive; the transition between the two will be trialing. You will be challenged every single day to maintain a balance between school, socializing, and maintaining good health. Keep on top of your schoolwork. Get ahead in the beginning of the quarter while you can. Stay organized and stay focused. Plan out each day well in advance; you will regret any time wasted due to poor planning. Take your vitamins every single day and sleep at least seven hours each night; college will be hard enough to battle without illness. You may forget some of this advice, or choose to ignore it, but there is one thing you need to remember: you create your own happiness, whatever that may be. If you are not happy in your career path, change it. If your roommate makes your life miserable, find a new one. If you are depressed, seek out professional help. Do not let anybody else's opinions get in the way of making such decisions. Happiness should be your top priority and if you have not achieved ultimate happiness yet, find ways to do so. Love always, The Older Kaitlin

Stop worrying! Yes, this college decision is going to affect the rest of your life. Yes, this college decision is going to change your life as you know it. Yes, your mom is going to miss you when you leave the state. But I will tell you one thing, you get it right. Follow your heart and your heart tells you Ohio State. The opportunities you will have and the times you will share will be priceless. Now I know money is an issue right now, and quite frankly it still is, but do you not understand what priceless means? The monetary situation will figure itself out: apply for scholarships, work your ass off, and keep looking for opportunities for advancement. You are going to meet a beautiful girl and she is going to change your life forever. The best four years of your life are right at your finger tips so stop stressing out about every little thing and follow your heart. O-H-I-O. Trust me, you'll look pretty good in that scarlet and grey.

I would tell myself not to let the hard times get me down, and not to get worried about the lengthy process of signing up for college or for scholarships. Staying focused and making sure to study each day would be great advice as well, as studying well would help performance in any class. i would tell myself to strive for the best out of every class and to stay focused on my ultimate goal of graduating college and becoming a journalist and ultimately becoming a novelist. I would be sure to tell myself to ask plenty of questions from teachers and to stay on top of financial aid and scholarships, because you can never go wrong with signing up for grants and scholarships. A strong minded college student can conquer anything.

I would have studied harder and not been so concerned with the juvenile social life.

I would tell myself to save more money for college. I would say to study harder and to learn as much as possible because it is very important. I would also tell myself to take another math class because college math is difficult. I would tell myself and any other prospective college student to never be afraid to ask questions because if you don't, you will not get anywhere in life.

I would give myself a lot of advice. My first piece of advice would be to open up more; to get out of the shell I was in as an underclassman. Making friends isn't easy, but making friends makes it easier to get along through college. I would tell myself to take the course labeled EPL 259 my freshman year. It would have made it easier to obtain the grades I'm getting now, and give myself confidence that I can do it. I would also tell myself that no matter what happens in college, don't get discouraged. I would also tell myself to focus on my studies more instead of working, getting scholarships makes it so I don't have to work. Due to my grades slipping my first year I had to get a job working 30 hours every weekend, making it hard to focus on my studies sometime. My most important piece of advice I would give myself though, would be to never lose sight of my family. Family has been the most important part of my journey thus far, and I wouldn't be anywhere without them.

I wish I would have been more prepared for college life while in high school. I wish I would have known about all of the expenses that I would need to pay and would have saved much more money than I did. Also I wish i could have attended the local community college and participated in the P.S.E.O program, a program designed for high school juniors and seniors to take classes that would double as H.S. credit, at the college for free . I could have earned 2 years worth of credit hours to transfer to my current college and graduated earlier than most others in my graduating class. It also would have saved me alot of money to only have to attend school for 2 or 3 years after high school. There isn't anything I can do now to change the past and I am going to work hard towards my future.

Dear Self, I know sports are very important to you and there's nothing like the adrenaline you get during a game, but please understand that you're academic life is an equal responsibility as the teams you play on. Waking up early and constantly having so much restriction is only to better you as a student, to ultimately better you as a student in college, and employee at work, and a person in life. Everything happens for a reason, and if you take care of your grades, your grades will take care of you. Friends aren't always forever not doubting your closest friends, but if you keep your head in the books and your mind where it's supposed to be you're friends will still be there afterwards. School may seem overrated, but from the outside looking in, nobody's telling you not to strive for MVP & sports awards, you've acheived that, but you should really have been striving for valedictorian and student government as well. Life is a learning process, and speaking to the old me, the new YOU knows responsibility, accountability, hard work and ambition. Never give up, because anything's possible.

I would tell myself to, most importantly, not get stressed. Most people who succeed in college are those who can handle the stress, class and social life at college. I would also tell myself to work hard and have fun later. The work will pay off. I would tell myself to appreciate my family and the simplicity of high school because you will be on your own soon. Finally, I would tell myself that getting a B isn't the end of the world because I now know how easy it is to get an F.

Elsa do not get too caught up in extracurricular activities. Just get the most out of every class you take, it is really the chance of a lifetime to be in college. You are very lucky to be able to attend so just take full advantage of it. Worry less about grades and more about actually learning and acquiring skills for adulthood. Choose a degree that you are truly passionate about and give it your all. Get to know your professors, visit them during their office hours. They are a great resource, they have been through everything you are going through and can offer great advice about careers, further learning, etc. Remember you are the small percentage of the world's population who can attend college so don't waste this opportunity.

Looking back, I would tell myself not to stress so much. I was under the impression that there was one right college for me, and that if I didn't find it I would be miserable and my life wouldn't go according to plan. My freshman year has taught me that I can thrive anywhere, that I have the strenght to stand out in a crowd and make myself at home anywhere. High school is stressfull enough without adding the unnecessary stress of college applications. Don't apply to too many colleges, pick a few you really like, a safety, and a stretch school. What ever happens will happen. Que Sera Sera. Enjoy life.

Remember. That is what I would tell myself to do. I have spent the last two years of my life at a community college trying to discover my passion. Finally, I realized that my passion is the same today as it was when I was three years old: bugs. Well, bugs and birds and every other kind of animal. When amidst the college decision, I was so caught up in finding a career that would provide a decent salary, while being something I enjoyed, while being affordable, etc. The pressure of making a decision caused me to forget that I just needed to look inside myself, to the little girl who used to spend hours playing with rolie-polies. So, high school self, don't be scared to look past all the tension in a college decision. Just be yourself, and you'll figure it out.

Dear Grace, I've seen what college life is like. Before making a choice about where you want to go to college think about the pros and cons of each college. Dakota State is great because its small the professors are very friendly, you'd be able to get help from them when you need it. They would see you as a person and not a number in a 500 student class. However, DSU is located in a small town and there might not be alot to do. That in itself could be good or bad: 1) nothing to do, you can always sutdy. 2) Not having anything to do will allow you make friends and find things to do with them. You do not really need to listen what those high school teachers say about being overwhelmed with homework, you already have good study habits if you do not change homework will not be a problem for you. The only different about college from high school are the tests, be sure to take at least a week or two to prepare yourself for each test. The test cover alot more than just one chapter. Good luck! Love, Grace

In preparation for college, take college credit courses in high school. This will save you a lot of money and time by taking advantage of that opportunity. Also, it will ease the intimidation factor of transitioning from high school work to college work. This will allow you be more calm and focused on moving from your parent's house to becoming more independent. Balance between school and personal life will lead to a happier experience in college. Living on your own can be overwhelming with the temptation of freedom to do and go wherever you want. Remaining aware of responsibilities will ensure you grow up to become an educated and well-balanced adult. College life is about discovering who you are and how that person will assimilate into society. The more you remain focused on this idea, the better your college experience will be. Go and celebrate the Buckeyes last win, just make sure your able to comprehend the material from your class when Monday rolls around. Follow this simple advice and you will remember the joyful experience of college life forever.

If I could go back and talk to myself when I was a senior in high school, I would start by talking about money. I would advise myself to be smarter in what I spend my money on. I would also tell myself to save as much as possible. I would then talk about doing what you really want to do, not because other people think it's the right thing. I think you should persue your dreams for you, not for anyone else. Just because your friends are doing this club or joining this extracurricular activity doesn't mean you have to join it as well. Be yourself and do what makes you happy. I would tell myself to enjoy every minute of college, because it really does go by extremely fast. As long as you can get your work done, it is okay to go out and have a good time. Experience as much as possible, because there are so many opportunities available through Ohio State.

Hey you dont talk just listen to and trust me. LOOK FOR SCOLORSHIPS ITS EASY. Dont slack off. Have fun, but when you're not doing somthing, get to work. Save some money, you're going to need it. College life is scary and hard, but you just have to dive in. Never give up if you want somthing bad enough you have to make it happen. Some sayings that you will begin to understand are: "Beggers can't be choosers". "Just keep swimming". "It's not always what you know it's who you know". Change teachers if you dont like them. Move out as soon as you can its a great motivator. Dont stress over ANYTHING. Finally dude you're going to tell yourself this a lot for the next few years possibly the rest of your life. You are Jordan D. Durham you can do anything and everything it just takes time and work but you WILL do it if its really what you want. Oh don't forget to ask for help from your family (oddly your little brother helps alot), that includes all your brothers and sisters that are not blood related to you.

You may cry on the drive to college, but you will cry when you have to leave as well! Don't worry about how awful your freshman year roommates will be. In fact, be thankful for them because they will make you want to leave your room which will push you to make friends. Read your textbooks before going to class, you will learn the material much more quickly. Interact with your professors more. They can be great resources if you put in the effort to go to their office hours and ask questions. Always ask if your professors will look over a draft of a paper you are writing. Usually they will offer great advice or urge you to explore a topic further, giving you an effortless grade boost and showing your instructor that you are proactive and interested in academic growth. Take a variety of classes because you never know what latent interests you may have (like art history. Who knew?). Take advantage of every opportunity you are offered. Most importantly, cherish this time while it lasts! P.S. DO NOT bring all those shoes to college, because you will only wear 3 pairs.