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Not worried so much.

I look back on high school now and wonder why the heck I was always so stressed out. No one cares about your high school once you make it to college and no one cares about your college once you make it to graduate/professional school.

So I recommend doing the best you can, but don't worry about all the small stuff. Enjoy your last days of non-reality before you join pseudo-reality (college).

Good luck.

I wish that I hadn't cared so much about what others thought about me.
Also, I wished that I realized I wasnt the only one completely hating life.  Looking back and those that I still talk to, said that they were as miserable as moi, even if they were mr/miss popularity.

That and those that who were "stars" in HS, now are "stars" doing minimum wage jobs.  The "geeks" and "freaks" now are making the $$$.

Also just started senior year.  Today was the first time I truly realized how much of my time is wasted there.  Because of a half dozen fights that broke out on campus last year, my school has taken a fairly large grant to create an "advisory" period, which will be coupled with a new citizenship grade.  Once a week, we meet with our advisor class to do...something.  Today the activity was to make diagrams about what makes a person a good friend.  We did that.  For an hour.

Arch Rival wrote:

Also just started senior year.  Today was the first time I truly realized how much of my time is wasted there.  Because of a half dozen fights that broke out on campus last year, my school has taken a fairly large grant to create an "advisory" period, which will be coupled with a new citizenship grade.  Once a week, we meet with our advisor class to do...something.  Today the activity was to make diagrams about what makes a person a good friend.  We did that.  For an hour.

Sounds like kids will just get more pissed and go on killing sprees.

Here's my plan for this year :


Create a good college list with safety schools, etc.
Retake SATS (raise math score)  aim for a combined reading and math score of above 1200.
Continue to work (I make NY state minimum wage) on mondays and tuesdays
Keep the school cycling club going
Keep GPA above 90 or 91 percent
Start college essays soon.... as in this month.
Work on some kind of portfolio for art applications.

No, but simply because of the cost issue. I would have loved to though. I am in AP Spanish now.

Senior year was the best year of my life.  I partied like there was no tomorrow, and had lots and lots of sex.  Best. Year. Evar.

The 'process' has started in earnest. Saturday night spent doing SAT prep for early October SATS, considering applications to Canadian schools like McGill - then discovering that I only have one SAT subject test when I need two.

Make plans to take literature SAT subject, worried it won't be enough.
Wondering why I had almost zero prompts to do this in late Junior year.
Wondering which teacher(s) I will politely request a formal written recomendation from.
Wonder if I should apply Early Decision for Cooper Union art or for the Hunter honors college thru CUNY.

Fun.

How could I forget :
Worried about not taking a math or science course this semester (Physics is a struggle for me and I need to raise my average, and I can't take an easier math or science course because it conflicts with my required schedule).
Hoping that my massive list of Extra curricular activities, sports, and jobs held can make up for some of this.

And how oh how oh how could I forget?

Figuring out how much my parents can pay
Figuring out how much I can pay
Figuring out how many loans I can take out so as to not be paying them off for 15 years after college.
Figuring out if the cycling career might actually go somewhere and I can skip this smurf for 20 years and go to Europe with a pro team.

Last edited by Beowulf (2007-09-08 6:58 pm)

Uhh.... what?

Awesome!
Nope, I do not and will not have the opportunity. I would get alot more done that way!