Advice to High Schoolers

We read an article by the person who runs the Common App for college admissioons.  His advice had five main points:
As we read it aloud in class, you annotated for understanding.  That means tha you:

• circled unknown/difficult words
• underlined/highlighted key statements/takeaways

Upon completion, you then transferred your annotations into your notes, with five sections (one for each of the author's suggestions.
When you finished that part, you concluded by reflecting on the following prompt on the BACK of YOUR NOTES page:

What is one piece of advice you'd give yourself 4 weeks ago after living through them already?