<p>That AP calc test was difficult... I think I made a 3. So I am definitely not going to skip calculus when I go to college!</p>
<p>you'll probably get an A in college though. it's basically taking the class over. a 3 is still pretty decent, though most high-caliber schools won't accept it..it still proves that you have a good amount of knowledge on the subject.</p>
<p>it's not good to have regrets, so i try to limit my regrets/how upset i get over mistakes made. </p>
<p>but i do wish i took AP music theory this year instead of trying to do it junior year. i had a really bad counselor and she misguided me in many ways, this being one of them.</p>
<p>i'm only a sophomore and so i haven't made any ACT or SAT mistakes, but suggestions on how to avoid making mistakes would be nice if anybody has some.</p>
<p>Not applying to more colleges, such as privates. :(</p>
<p>i still have two more years of high school and i am SO burned out already. i regret getting no sleep this school year because towards the end it really caught up with me. i started sleeping in every class and having absolutely no energy all the time. my mom became worried about me...don't like to worry her. i regret putting so much pressure on myself, not just in academics but in all my activities. i couldnt enjoy them because i was too busy trying to be better. i regret running cross-country and track because i hate it now. i regret quitting orchestra several years ago because i could have been really good. i regret not being more musical. and i regret spending so much time in xc and track even when i knew it wasnt worth it. a few girls didnt like me and i let that get to me. i wish i had known that it didnt matter and that i had amazing friends anyway.</p>
<p>"Ten years from now you will be disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."</p>
<p>good quote. probably true.</p>
<p>Yep! That's why I never miss out on an opportunity and I never NOT ask someone something because I'm scared.</p>
<p>Okay sometimes fear does get the best of me, but I try my best not to let it!</p>
<p>Peachy you still have 2 years.</p>
<p>Probably not understanding how important GPA was frosh/soph yr and being a wallflower till junior year</p>
<p>Not sticking it up to my parents and making them let me out of the house.</p>
<p>Oh wait, that hasn't happened yet. Dang.</p>
<p>calling my math teacher "Mom." in front of everyone. It was super-embarrassing...even more so because he's male.</p>
<h1>1 caring what people think of me</h1>
<p>not finding out about CC until end of my sophomore year...and i never got to do the things that people say i've done, lol</p>
<p>so far, not going out with this girl</p>
<p>Being too preoccupied with studies and not getting involved early.</p>
<p>Screwing up and not studying for my French final today...there goes my 4.0.</p>
<p>no regrets..</p>
<p>Not tasting a Hot Pocket when I had the chance.</p>
<p>Missing my chance to apply to RSI, YESS, and some other great programs.</p>
<p>LETS SEE, ill get a load off my chest, I should be studying for finals but..</p>
<ol>
<li> Internet, computer games. I've spent so much time on these that I'm practically an expert. I just wish I could major to "Internet culture".</li>
<li> Calc. games TETRIS, the bane of my waking hours in school (yes, the hours when im actually awake). Screwed me over for every math/science class</li>
<li> Spiral of procrastination. Started in elementary school, but I’m a PRO now. I’m way beyond just not doing homework. On purpose, I don’t pay attention in class and resort to learning all the info from the book on the night before big tests. Yeah I don’t just procrastinate on homework. I mostly don’t do homework, and procrastinate on LEARNING instead. I rarely even touch my bookbag when I get home from school. I rarely start a paper before the morning that it is due, and NEVER before the midnight before its due.</li>
<li> Screwed myself over for AP tests/finals/midterms. My procrastination-style learning works for nights before tests, but learning everything in one day means that I forget EVERYTHING for AP tests/finals.</li>
<li> Regression in English. I used to be years ahead of everyone in English, even so that my middle school teacher blatantly accused me of plagiarism. After 2 years of mindless, formulaic 5-paragraph themes, I’ve definitely lost a spark that I used to have for writing. I made a little progress this year, but by now my procrastinating has progressed so far that it’s almost impossible for me to truly do something other than last-minute papers or “temporary” procrastiationg-learning. </li>
<li> I’ve completely lost the patience and resolve to develop genuine skills that involve true substance rather than superficial memorization of physics techniques or lame and incoherent approaches to English papers at midnight.</li>
<li> Apathy… towards school, college, and PEOPLE. Mostly due to frequent moving (I’ve lived in 5 states), I just didn’t give a **** about the people around me. I had already changed friends so often that I often felt it would be a waste effort to make new ones. I never had clear goals or interests, so I didn’t give a **** about school (I did well enough anyways) or college (I guessed I would “go” to a “good one”).</li>
<li> Social retardedness and acceptance of it (probably because of above, apathy).</li>
<li> Inertia, inertia, inertia.</li>
<li>Disgust.. towards people, school, and the entire “system”. I disdain, and still do, the trivial and ignorant natures of most people. However, I let unpleasant experiences with a few people convince me that the majority of people are completely uninteresting and, at best, too juvenile for me to stand. While this is true for some, I’ve come to realize that my closed attitude probably kept me from developing plenty of worthwhile friendships. Likewise, my blind CONTEMPT for school and the petty competition for the highest GPA, the most EC’s, the most honorable science fair awards, etc., have restrained me from pursuing activities that I probably would have enjoyed.</li>
</ol>
<p>Some people have noticed that most "regrets" are things that you haven't done rather than things you have done.</p>
<p>This makes sense to me because the things that you have done, that have turned out poorly, ARE lessons that you can learn from.</p>
<p>The things that you haven't done on the other hand, are truly what define "regrets"... because ultimately they are just purely a loss of potential.</p>