<p>It WILL be not prepping for the SATs at all... (they're in two weeks... whoops.)</p>
<p>At least I've already done decently on the ACTs... (there's my pathetic attempt to justify my laziness)</p>
<p>not getting a job</p>
<p>Tied between:</p>
<p>Not joining the drama club freshman year
Not going to band camp freshman year
Not preparing for the SAT enough the 2nd time around</p>
<p>I wish I had read/explored intellectually more. I was so tied into my school's curriculum that I never developed the ability to form my own. I'm undoubtedly coming out of HS smarter and with enhanced analytical skills, but I sometimes feel as though I wasted prime years that could have been used pursuing things I actually was curious about.</p>
<p>"there are no regrets in life, just lessons."</p>
<p>cmon guys. live and learn. why is this seemingly depressing topic being featured. everyone has a different circumstance so i dont think anyone can learn from another's regret.</p>
<p>Being lazy. I was so bored my most of my high school courses hat I got apathetic and was happy with an 88-89 average. If I had actually exerted effort during high school then I would have been a competitive applicant to my three dream schools (I only applied to one and got rejected).</p>
<p>I'm not going to make that mistake in college.</p>
<p>Applying to more than one college.</p>
<p>Doing a sport for more than a year.</p>
<p>Not taking enough honors and AP classes - my GPA was pretty high, but my class rigor was less than impressive, and I think that's what cost me my reach school.</p>
<p>I'm predicting that it's going to be not having enough fun.</p>
<p>May be not studying for sat1 and sat2</p>
<p>I do have academic related regrets but my social regrets are far more profound. I regret not meeting my current group of friends earlier. And I regret not realizing I like the guy I like right now until it was too late (and now we're incredibly messed up lol). I regret not putting myself out there and joining things because I resented going to my high school and I never let myself enjoy the experience. And I regret all those Friday nights spent doing homework and studying instead of going out with friends or talking all night on the phone, which is what I've been doing a lot of the last few months.</p>
<p>Five years from now, you're not going to remember those math problems you couldn't figure out or that English paper you had to BS the night before. You're going to remember those times where you got lost w/ friends and sitting around a bonfire and having an amazing time. And I regret not having more of those times.</p>
<p>Not knowing WHEN to take the SAT II's, and which ones to take... I wound up taking them in the middle of my senior year all at once and doing really poorly relative to my grades and classes because I didn't have any idea I needed to take them, since nobody from my school ever even applies anywhere they are necessary. Was two years removed from the science material and a year removed from the math II stuff, should have studied more, and should have taken each of them right after I'd finished the classes they went along with at the end of Sophomore year.</p>
<p>Using Marxist/postmodern/critical theory to justify laziness.</p>
<p>Being a big baby about everything.</p>
<p>taking too many unnecessary classes which lowered my gpa</p>
<p>Not being a URM.</p>
<p>not taking any standardized test twice.
not applying to Harvard or Princeton.</p>
<p>QUOTE:
"Focusing so much on college admissions. Well, I'm not sure if that's a full regret because I got into my first choice and I'm thrilled about going there. But it's definitely a partial regret. I took so many classes and did so many activities that I wasn't passionate about that now I'm just burnt out and it's difficult to make myself do anything. I'm not sure how else I could have done it though because even though some people say that if you just work hard and do things you love you'll get into a great school, that's not true. There's definitely a formula. And it's no fun following it."</p>
<p>This is interesting because it's exactly the opposite of what I did. I actually conscientiously objected to the system and made a point not to do things just because they'd look good on applications. I only took the SAT once, didn't take spanish a fourth year, didn't do full IB, etc etc, and I didn't get into my top schools. For a couple weeks I was a little unsure about whether or not I really should've done that, but I got over it and I don't really regret it now. </p>
<p>I guess what I regret most is not being outgoing enough and not taking advantage of all the social and relational opportunities I've had. Joycelene is right on about the importance of that stuff. But I'm glad to learn that lesson now so I can apply it to college.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think that if you look back on your high school years and don't say something along the lines of "I had so much fun in high school" then you probably did something wrong.</p>
<p>how about getting suspended freshman yr for being around people who were drinking on a forgeign exchange... stupid, stupid, stupid, I know, but a suspension? I don't even drink! where's the poetic justice?</p>