<p>Not realizing sooner that when it boils down to it, education has to become something you do for yourself and not for a grade. </p>
<p>And that I spent so long (TOO long), obsessing over what other people wanted of me. I spent too long not being happy because I was trying to be the future scientist or mathematician that I thought everyone around me wanted. It hurt me too much. Now I control my education. I'm going to go out and be a writer and I'm happy about that. I'm happy that I'm not forcing myself into some rigid pre-med program that I know I would hate. I'm an English major and I'm pretty darn proud of myself for it.</p>
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hanging out with the wrong crowd. Putting popularity and having a good time before things that matter.
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i'd go with NOT hanging out with the wrong crowd, for me - or even the right crowd, for that matter. My parents had me concentrate on my intellectual development at the cost of my social skills, and i'm paying for that now (and have paid for it since freshman year) in trying to play catch-up. it's been a steep uphill climb, but I can still remember traumatic incidents back in high school where I wasn't allowed to go to the party because I hadn't finished my take-home final on a friday night, and so forth.</p>
<p>Maybe my regret was being so obedient.
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Not trying to get laid. There. I said it.
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not having girlfriends throughout much of high school, yeah, i can agree with that. but getting laid? Dude, the sex would be TERRIBLE. Might seem exciting, but it'd be over in about 10 seconds. American Pie is spot on with that. Don't regret not getting laid in high school. Regret it in college. College is about learning to form adult relationships, anything before then is just pretend.</p>
<p>I regret not having more confidence in myself sooner. There are a number of things I did that I regretted all through high school, and I let them get me down a lot and make me think I didn't have a chance anywhere. But I got into an amazing college, and now I don't regret those things that happened at all, because I know I couldn't possibly be happier anywhere else... and if things hadn't happened the way they did, I might not be going there this fall. :) So I don't regret the path I took... just the way I felt about taking it before I knew for sure it was the right one. (I'm sure this makes no sense, haha.)</p>
<p>This is a hard one for me.
Junior year I started hanging out with the "popular" crowd and partying and what not. I was still friends with my old friends but not REALLY. Now that graduation is just around the corner I've started to look at my "popular" friends and ahve realized that I just don't like them. They aren't clever, they aren't honest, they aren't loyal, they aren't NICE. I have 2 best friends and I am so thankful for them because they keep me sane, but I honestly don't know how I put up with my other friends for the past year. </p>
<p>However, I can't really say that I regret doing what I did. I do wish I could change the way I handled it and that I didn't switch cliques so rapidly, but I did enjoy all the wild times I had with my new friends....and it's taught me what to look for in a true friend. </p>
<p>I'm just glad that I'm almost done with this hell hole.</p>
<p>Not trying out for senior field hockey. My mom helped out with junior coaching because she's friends with the coach (and still does, even though I've graduated) and people were spreading rumors that I was only on the team because she was there (which wasn't true - I held the record for most assists my first year on the junior team, including one which led to the game winning goal against our rival school). I was embarassed and ended up playing community league instead. Not as fun. </p>
<p>I also would have changed my attitude at one MUN conference I went to. I was overconfident and ended up having a terrible time when things didn't go my way (I was Sudan, one of the topics on the list was the Darfur crisis, and we never ended up talking about it because we spent 3 days on HIV/AIDS). I had a few great conferences afterwards though, so it was alright in the end.</p>
<p>I wish I found CC earlier. I wish I had taken college admissions seriously from 9th grade instead. I'm lucky I still got into one of my top-choice schools.</p>
<p>same here. I didn't even think about college til junior year. i just assumed i would go, and didn't really think about getting in. wish id found CC earlier.</p>
<p>I would have not taken my 12th grade english class for college credit (and wasted $600) on a course that most schools won't accpet.</p>
<p>Also, I would have studied far more for the SATs. I know I was capable of greater things, and it would have been just another way to make my college applications look better.</p>
<p>Guys, give yourself a break. There's regret -- "I wish I had studied more"; "I wish I had partied more" -- and there's major REGRET over something significant and serious (choice of career, choice of partner), which might come later. Right now you're still young, you're learning about life and about yourself. These are not terrible things to regret -- mainly because you're able to articulate them and you've learned from them. In some ways, they may be a blessing in disguise, because you're now wiser than you were before. This is what maturity is all about: You now know something you didn't know before, and I don't mean just AP Bio; you know about what's important, you know better how to channel yourself, you know better how to go after what you want. </p>
<p>How great is that as you start a new chapter in your life!!</p>
<p>I regret that I spent time enjoying elective classes like art while I took no math or science senior year. It was fun but made college a lot harder. Where was my guidance counselor?</p>
<p>I regret that I had taken no interest inventory nor had any career counseling. And this was from one of the top high schools in the region. I had no idea whatsoever what I even liked. (My mother always did think that the school neglected the average students while focusing on the learning impaired and the academic super stars.)</p>
<p>I wish I had visited more colleges farther from home and expanded my view of the possibilities. My well-meaning parents made it very hard to grow up.</p>
<p>But on the bright side, no matter how wrong you do things, you always have the chance to make things work out in your favor. :)</p>
<p>Going to the wrong high school. I went for the uber-reputation school, which turned out to be a TOTAL sham (Ec's are nonexistent, just nameholders, teachers are CRAP, etc)...I would have been a lot happier at the big high school, and probably learning about the same.</p>
<p>Getting such crappy grades and putting so little effort into school. I've developed a serious habit of laziness and procrastination that will be difficult to break.</p>