<p>1-101: Get off your high horses. Get back to the weights, books, and playing field. Work hard or Big Brother will not be a happy man.</p>
<p>I definitely agree, watch "House."</p>
<p>I was an addict with House--I'd always torrent it the next day and/or watch my season one DVD during Art History (I "took notes" on my laptop.)</p>
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<li><p>Instead of avoiding procrastination, find out how to make it work for you. I learned how to do homework during lunch and other classes, so I rarely spent more than half an hour/night on homework, and sometimes none at all, and that was with six APs.</p></li>
<li><p>Don't go to prom. That only increased my popularity, even though several attractive females asked me.</p></li>
<li><p>Learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube. It's fun and distracts you from college letter stress.</p></li>
<li><p>#1 doesn't apply to college applications. Those are important. Use the time saved from procrastination skills to work on college applications.</p></li>
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<li>Instead of avoiding procrastination, find out how to make it work for you. I learned how to do homework during lunch and other classes, so I rarely spent more than half an hour/night on homework, and sometimes none at all, and that was with six APs.</li>
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<p>IMO, that is effective time management, not procrastinating, hehe. That's how I scheduled myself all throughout high school.</p>
<p>Get your own theme music. We're the class of double o seven.</p>
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<li>pregame school spontaneously and frequently.</li>
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<p>Class of 06 here. </p>
<p>The fact that I was in IB basically meant that enjoying my last year of high school was out of the question for me. The day classes ended was the happiest day of my life - I mean it, nothing was worse than the constant 4am nights doing IAs and working on the EE or just plain studying for tests given by my sadistic teachers. Most of my IB class was on the verge of a collective breakdown by march. Stick it out KemoCGHS! College is SOOOOOO much easier, everyone from IB says so: The day IB ends is the day life begins.</p>
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- Instead of avoiding procrastination, find out how to make it work for you. I learned how to do homework during lunch and other classes, so I rarely spent more than half an hour/night on homework, and sometimes none at all, and that was with six APs.</p>
<p>IMO, that is effective time management, not procrastinating, hehe. That's how I scheduled myself all throughout high school.
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<p>I usually got my work done around 15 minutes before it was due, depending on the class. It was very hectic during the small amount of time I spent typing or scribbling stuff, but very relaxing during the 5 hours/day I saved.</p>
<p>HOLY shiznit ABCB7099....now you got me all anxious an stuff lol</p>
<p>at my school we IB kids have a sayin...IB therfore I B.S.....which im sure is what every other IB student on the planet says heh</p>
<p>P.S. did you get your diploma??</p>
<p>1.)Always do your homework in lunch. I did it this Junior year and had no homework when I had to go home. A big stress reliever, at the end of the school day I felt accomplished.
2.)Apply Early Decision/Action(Only if it's really the school you want), so the rest of the year you can relax and not have to worry about college.
3.)Don't study..studying is for those who aren't naturally smart. ;)</p>
<p>(probably don't follow number 3)</p>
<p>Haha, don't worry - first of all hopefully your school wont be as bad as mine, and secondly it does go by pretty fast. The work tends to get your mind off the passage of time. IB therefore I B.S.! Ah, yes, truer words have never been spoken :P Just take solace in the fact that while your peers next year in college will be freaking out about a 1,000 word paper you'll be going "that's it? haha..that's nothing." </p>
<p>IB might be bad at times but it prepares you for college like nothing else.</p>
<p>P.S. Yep! 35+2 points woot!</p>
<p>How will I survive?
1. Only take 4 APs this year
2. Cut back my work schedule
3. Sleep? Oh yes, that will be nice. I'll aim for a minimum of 5 hours a night.
4. Don't procrastinate.
5. Drop history? CHECK.
6. Quit XC? CHECK.
7. Work on my essays and apps before summer break ends (gaah, only 17 more days till school starts!)
8. Finish my summer reading, goddammit.
9. Eat.
10. Breathe.
11. Endorphins.</p>
<p>^ You don't need to eat/breathe to survive, and he/she asked for 101 ways.</p>
<p>Most people get senoritis after the first semester, when college apps and whatnot are in. Beginning second semester, you get your acceptance letters and people just stop working, total shutdown. Make sure you don't get too laid back. If you're aiming for a well ranked university, try to maintain a decent gpa, at least 3.0 unweighted to be safe. I slacked off so much toward the end of the first semester of my senior year, but when i read the "you must maintain a 3.0 unweighted gpa and no grade below a C" that i freaked out because i didn't have enough A's to balance out the C's. I had 6 ap classes and somehow a B balance was so hard to maintain all of sudden. Don't be like that. -_____- You can relax a bit, but don't let your grades drop so low that you have to play catch up in the end and people do get their admissions revoked when they violate those conditions. </p>
<p>Do go to prom/winter formal/dances and do extracurriculars and hang out with friends because you don't want to regret not having experienced this social aspect of high school later on, especially if you weren't involved with your school in past. You can still have fun and get your 8 (well maybe 6-7 =D) hours of sleep while maintaining decent grades even with a load of ib/ap classes. Make sure to take lots of pictures, the first few weeks after graduation, you'll be missing everybody so it's nice to have something that reminds you of the good old times. </p>
<p>And another mistake of mine that you absolutely should not do unless you really know you can manage it, is to take concurrent classes at a JC during your senior year. First of all, when you have senioritis, it's bad enough, but to take on additional classes is suicide...er..gradeswise. Secondly some have no clue about the P/NP or LG policies that could benefit you and a C at a JC will follow you.</p>
<p>Oh man. Here comes senior year ---
I can't BELIEVE that highschool has gone by so FAST... way too fast. I'm really starting to realize that - - I'll be a highschool grad soon. What? Seems like just yesterday I was in my pajamas watching ninja turtles and eating cereal in my room. I'm pretty excited... but really nervous. Well I've heard senior year goes by quickly, so I'm going to ENJOY EVERY SECOND OF IT... or at least try to.
My plan:
1) Take the SAT's again.. this time I'm going to try to score better
2) Sleep at night as much as possible
3) A common theme - - Don't PROCRASTINATE.
4) I will participate in 3 sports this school year
5) If I need it, I will go get help from a teacher instead of thinking "I'll do it later"
6) Relax&Enjoy every moment I have with my friends</p>
<p>Well I hope it works. I'm really nervous about my last year in high school - - yet I'm really excited.</p>
<p><3</p>
<p>Here's my plan:
1. Do as much homework as possible during school hours.
2. Write no more than 2 college essays, and/or shamelessly use "Topic of your choice" prompts to your lazy-ass advantage.
3. Don't get behind on school work. Ask teachers for help when struggling.
4. Run every day.
5. Play nice with the senior year teacher I'm thinking of getting a rec from.
6. Apply early to my first choice school!!!
7. Mandatory time to sign off of AIM: 11pm. 12:30 may have cut it for junior year but I know I could have been a much better student had I gotten 7+ hours of sleep per night.
8. Get straight As senior year or die trying.
9. Go out with friends to movies, etc.
10. Take a sensible courseload. I have 5 APs, but I'm taking only 2 truly difficult classes--the rest are just tedious (heavy reading, etc.). And only 1 of the classes involves a significant chance of not getting an A.</p>
<p>As a rising junior, seeing all the utter relief on this thread makes me nervous...:O</p>
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<li>Take the essay you wrote for you most prestigious university (hopefully it's your best one) and somehow use it for every other application you fill out</li>
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<p>^^ amen. do the same thing with scholarship essays.</p>
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<li>give yourself time - don't procrastinate</li>
<li>spread big projects over a few weeks, or months - have small chunks instead of having an all-nighter the day before it's due</li>
<li>it's not just about school - don't forget your friends... this is the last time you're going to be in the same place... most will part ways... enjoy the moment</li>
<li>again don't think about prom/grad, like some said, it goes fast and it's no time to think about it during the schoolyear</li>
<li>enjoy highschool - love it or hate it, it's your last year - you will never have this again...</li>
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<p>basically for me, i made so much mistakes in junior/senior year. but the thing i've learned from those mistakes is that at the end of the day, high school is just such a tiny portion of my life and after this nobody will look back and remember all the things we did.</p>
<p>remember that grades and all matter but don't just focus on them. enjoy your friends. enjoy your surroundings. enjoy the extra stuff.</p>
<p>sometimes we're so focused on getting to this particular university or getting a high mark that we forget that it's not really that stressful.</p>
<p>come june, there's only one thought that popped into my head:
I wished I didn't stressed out as much because in the end, everything ended. Nothing was really that difficult. </p>
<p>Good luck '07ers.</p>