<p>If you could meet yourself from high school and give advice to him/her.. What would it be?</p>
<p>Well I'm an obviously a high school student overwhelmed with academics, but asking questions about college is always exciting for me, though I'm no big fan of school. Is college any different? </p>
<p>(In terms of academics please, if you would, since I know enough of how socially fun college can be.)</p>
<p>I would advise myself not to get only the bare minimum credits to get an HS diploma, to take more science and math, to take Spanish, and to get the 4.0 GPA I was capable of instead of the 2.65 GPA I got.</p>
<p>well, no advice for this kid 
it’s good not to have any regrets and whatifs</p>
<p>Take a CS class. I didn’t because that was my older brother’s last remaining territory and I didn’t want to infringe on it like I had everything else. I wish I had, and discovered that I really like CS before I was partway through college. I would have liked to at least do a dual CS major. Now I’m setting for a minor and hoping to get more experience in grad school.</p>
<p>To take it more seriously because when I’m almost 18 I start caring about going to college!</p>
<p>To actually make an effort in high school. I remember the fun stuff (texting under the desk, going to parties, etc) but virtually nothing from most of my classes. It put me at a serious disadvantage when I started college and I had to take a couple remedial courses. Waste of time AND money.</p>
<p>I would say to myself, keeping in mind that it’s been a long time since I was in HS: You are a ridiculous little AchievementBot who has a lot of accolades and praises from authorities because you behave the right way and do well on the types of tests that society has decided are important. However, you are, in actuality, judgmental, a tremendous goddamned bore who lacks authenticity, and the walking embodiment of sound and fury signifying nothing. In conclusion, your fancy college acceptances don’t paper over the fact that YOU SUCK. </p>
<p>(Fortunately I got the message and I suck a lot less now than I did back then!)</p>
<p>I would tell myself to not worry as much because everything was going to turn out fine.</p>
<p>Depends:
Freshman/Sophomore self: “Hey focus! We need a better GPA!!!”
Junior self I have nothing to say to lol.
Senior self: “Whatever you do… study a little more than you think.”</p>
<p>Pick one or two extracurriculars and focus your whole life on them.</p>
<p>played more sports AND, I would say to myself:
“don’t procrastinate!”</p>
<p>Wish I did more CS in HS. There are tons of HS programs that I want to participate in now but can’t anymore. :/</p>
<p>Also, if I could rewind, I would’ve chosen the large public high school rather than the small charter school. The small high school really limited my exposure to potential interests and did little to affect my academics positively or negatively.</p>
<p>Manage time well, take college courses, study hard. Pay attention in class so you have less to do later. MNEMONICS. Quiz yourself. School matters.
I’d tell myself to ignore my classmates’ opinions of class content, as the high school I went to didn’t have too many bright kids; in this way it was (comparatively hard) to keep myself interested in class.
Now that I’m here in college, I find everything- learning, problem solving, the world full of excitement. Anyone else feel like this? Class is suddenly ridiculously interesting.</p>
<p>I would’ve told myself to take my college applications more seriously, and realize how ridiculously EASY my high school classes actually were, and it could’ve gotten me into so many Honors programs and top universities.</p>
<p>Get more involved in extracurriculars. It’s never too late to get more involved at school or outside of school.
Spend more time touring college you like, especially when you’re about to make a decision. Make the 2 hour drive a couple more times because one day and one tour isn’t enough to make a decision off of. Listen to your intuition about which school you like.</p>
<p>Attempt the career in music now, because there will never be a better time –
if it falls through, you’ve still got your academics.</p>
<p>haha, probably to calm the eff down, stop overstudying tests, be a little more confident, and enjoy life a little more. And take Spanish because it’s waaay more useful than French.</p>
<p>Play league of legends. Just kidding. Study less and have more fun. Do something that fosters your creativity, and don’t take yourself (and others) too seriously.</p>
<p>Read more books. You can brute force the math and sciences but developing good reading skills takes a lot of time.</p>
<p>I would tell myself to stop being so lazy and work for my grades. I picked things back up the last quarter of my junior year and managed to bring down my class rank nearly 100 places (from 300 to about 200 out of a very competitive class of 815), but if I had not slacked off sophomore year, I would have kept my spot in the top 10%. Fair warning, if you’re not going to focus on grades in HS, you HAVE to have amazing ec’s and a national merit worthy PSAT.</p>