Class of 2012 - Regrets

<p>Seniors, what do you regret about your high school experience? What do you wish you had done during high school?</p>

<p>I, for one, regret not participating in debate during high school. The same goes for theater, something that I’m sure I would have loved. I have no idea why I didn’t do these things. </p>

<p>I also regret not taking more humanities courses.</p>

<p>I regret not studying harder.</p>

<p>I regret studying too much and not doing more EC activities. I also regret not applying to more schools (I only applied to 2).</p>

<p>I regret not doing more EC activities (especially starting a sport in 9th grade) and taking the ACT earlier</p>

<p>I don’t particularly regret anything. </p>

<p>However, maybe I’d like to do some things differently: </p>

<p>-Take the ACT (maybe I could have busted out a 36…or maybe I’d fail.)
-Do theater
-Try to be valedictorian</p>

<ul>
<li>Varsity sport takes up a lot of time and, unless you’re recruitable (which I’m not), does not really help in college admissions.</li>
<li>Didn’t do a lot of other ECs, largely because of the aforementioned reason.</li>
<li>I wish I made some effort in Civics and AP World History in freshman and sophomore years.</li>
<li>Should have read more books.</li>
</ul>

<p>I regret taking one less honors course than I should have sophomore year. Because of weighting, that keeps me from getting “Highest Honors” (highest overall GPA) every semester.</p>

<p>I regret not transferring sooner! I regret not applying for early admissions to a college I like. I regret letting myself be discouraged from science because I do pretty well in it. Also, I wish I’d studied for the SAT. I got a 2250 but if I studied for the math I’d be a lot better off.</p>

<p>I regret applying to so many ucs and schools (costing me a fortune) and then withdraw my apps…</p>

<p>I regret applying to more than 3 CSU schools, not researching half of the schools that I applied to (lol), and not putting more effort into my APUSH class.</p>

<p>I regret not trying my freshman year.</p>

<p>I wished I had researched careers more. Or better, actually; I did research careers and majors my junior year, but I failed to look at the big picture and see how many people actually got their dream jobs.
I also wished I looked more into engineering. This program I did in pittsburgh showed me a lot of different kinds of engineering, but it didn’t show all of them, and I based my opinion of engineering solely on that.</p>

<p>I regret not asking that girl out during my fresh/soph year…yeah, she moved…soo sad :(</p>

<p>i regret… not doing student council, not taking the ACT for the 3rd time, not going to more football games</p>

<p>I regret doing color guard my freshman year, and waiting until I was a sophomore to get involved with jazz band and drama.</p>

<p>I regret not joining my Quiz Bowl Team my freshman year even though I wanted to at the time. I should’ve! I also regret not joining more clubs earlier and running for officer positions. I also regret my entire freshman year, I should’ve tried harder and it would’ve had some great benefits for me now, rank wise… I also regret not canceling my second SAT score because my calculator ran out of batteries before I even started. I should’ve started SAT/ACT testing earlier and should’ve studied instead of taking it so many times. I regret not applying ED to my first choice school.
But oh well, life is full of regrets and I have to move on.</p>

<p>I regret:
-doing NO ECs freshman year
-not preparing for the ACT more (one more point in one section would have given me a 31)
-not doing AP Econ and quitting AP Calc this year</p>

<p>But I guess I gotta get over this, because what’s done is done.</p>

<p>I also regret not asking anyone to a dance, instead of just waiting for someone to ask me even though I knew it would never happen. I also regret not going on more outings with my friends.</p>

<p>I regret nothing. Regrets are for people who dwell in the past. I look forward and prepare for a better, brighter tomorrow.</p>