Combating senioritus-- should I bother?

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<p>Hey,
I got senioritus...that's b/c I got into Caltech and MIT ED and now hanging waiting to hear from Stanford.</p>

<p>My parents think I'm a slug and threaten to send me to my financial safety rather than pay the big bucks at MIT or Caltech b/c they swear my slug-ness will spill over to my freshman year. They even suggested I get professional help-- said I have depression. I'm just bored and prefer to play video games and relax until I start college...what is wrong with that???</p>

<p>I'm pulling Bs now..and I even failed PE second quarter...HA HA HA...but thankfully it averages in and I will not need to repeat / make up the quarter...Guess I'll put on my shorts for now on...get a C then...</p>

<p>Seriously--- any advice...should it matter if I get good grades? Should I try to get rid of my affliction!<br>
I had straight As first quarter when ED mattered...straight Bs (except Calc-- A+) in second quarter ...and hope to pull off Bs for the year so I don't risk being rescinded.....no Cs yet...but it is TEMPTING to do nothing. None of these schools are going to give me AP credit anyways-- so that's pointless too...I enjoy my AP classes...the other classes required to graduate are painfull.... I still have my ECs...but once home...I have no interest is stupid HS homework and assignments.</p>

<p>So for those of you at MIT, Caltech, and the like....did you have senioritus and are now fine as a freshman?</p>

<p>How did you get your parents to back off...</p>

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<p>I had major senioritus a couple years back (I was a bit burnt out; went to a good high school) and I do really well at college. Didn’t affect me at all, although learning a little bit isn’t so bad either. </p>

<p>That said, I go to a top 20-30 school, not a top 5-10. </p>

<p>You can’t make your parents back off. Suck it up and know that you’ll have them off your back plenty soon enough, whether you like it or not.</p>

<p>Edit: I did go to a high school where a lot of people went to HYPS. Pretty much everyone I knew made sure they at least pulled off B’s. You’re pushing your luck getting C’s.</p>

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<p>Schools can and will rescind their offer if your grades drop significantly. Your grades are dropping significantly. Also, your parents are under no obligation to pay for MIT or CalTech, and you acting like an entitled brat (Quote: but once home…I have no interest is stupid HS homework and assignments) sure isn’t going to make them want to more. Shape up.</p>

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<p>For most people on here, senioritis is getting a few Bs. Not dropping from straight As to straight Bs and failing PE. I don’t think anyone is going to agree that’s just fine because your grades “don’t matter anymore”.</p>

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<p>you can’t even spell senioritis</p>

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<p>How in the world did you fail PE? Is it honestly that hard to dress up, roflmao</p>

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<p>PE</p>

<p>I had swine flu in December and missed two weeks…I didn’t want to make up the PE classes (school policy) …I had enough trouble finding free periods making up all my other gpa impact classes to pull Bs.)</p>

<p>That plus my grade drops 2 points every time I didn’t put on my shorts.</p>

<p>Hey- not to sound elitist…but you try going to PE class with a bunch of characters who will go out of their way to pound your head into the wall in a PE class when they know you are the nerd from AP classes…it’s easier to sit out during some contact units than risk getting smashed when the teacher isn’t looking…and that is what I did…so my grade was 63 points…
that one my parents supported…
but they remind me to take shorts every morning…</p>

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<p>You got into MIT ED, why do you need to wait for Stanford? By the way, it’s senioritis.</p>

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<p>If you got in ED, you can’t really go to Stanford, can you? Does MIT even have an early-decision program?</p>

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<p>I smell ■■■■■…</p>

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<p>@ TheReach
I think Caltech is a good fit…great science core – what is holding me back is that there are so few women there as a percentage of the already very small undergrad population.
I visited MIT - and well, although lots of nice people…i met alot of “cold” people…I need a second visit. I know that you find great people everywhere…so I don’t want to rule it out based on that one visit back last Spring when I was a junior.
Stanford has some amazing CS research going on in an area of interest…that’s what I wrote about in my essay…but Stanford is also much bigger a school than I think I’d be comfortable attending.</p>

<p>Reality- I think I would have liked Harvey Mudd-- but somehow didn’t apply.
So I really have no first choice…education great all three places. I need to feel the fit again and plan to go to admitted students programs in April at all three schools if I do get admitted to Stanford. </p>

<p>@ Jahaba…i rushed…i was EA – non -binding, should have typed EA instead of ED.
Sorry</p>

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<p>That’s cool, then. Honestly, I would just try and make sure that you don’t fail too many classes. You got in EA at two great schools, so you’re definitely smart, but there are tons of smart people on the waitlist hoping for someone who got in to screw up and fail. College is going to have busy work too at first, so eventually you’re going to have to learn to cope with it. The good news is, you’re practically finished.</p>

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<p>You got into a top-tier school and you can’t even spell “senioritis”?</p>

<p>Don’t feed the ■■■■■, kiddies.</p>

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<p>love it when supposedly “g-d loving people” find it in their big hearts to be nasty…</p>

<p>Didn’t “his grace” forget to tell you all the commandments…one of which is to avoid nasty comments…do you know which one that comes under…</p>

<p>Or perhaps Disney morals are more your speed …DUMBO the movie…“If you have nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all…”</p>

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<p>@OP
The schools may want to see to see your final grades. </p>

<p>Your parents are paying for you to go to school so you may want to bring your grades up and if you don’t you don’t deserve to go to such expensive schools if you aren’t going to take it seriously.</p>

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<p>If you’re speaking of the Golden Rule, sorry, that’s not a commandment.</p>

<p>Shall I list them for you?</p>

<p>ONE: ‘You shall have no other gods before Me.’ </p>

<p>TWO: ‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image–any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.’ </p>

<p>THREE: ‘You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.’ </p>

<p>FOUR: ‘Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.’ </p>

<p>FIVE: ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ </p>

<p>SIX: ‘You shall not murder.’ </p>

<p>SEVEN: ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ </p>

<p>EIGHT: ‘You shall not steal.’ </p>

<p>NINE: ‘You shall not lie.’ </p>

<p>TEN: ‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.’</p>

<p>Maybe you should know the Bible before you try and get on your holy high horse.</p>

<p>And I don’t see how that was so “nasty”. If you can’t take a little sarcasm, you’re in for a rough time in college.</p>

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<p>twas just a bit of sarcasm, but let’s not forget jesus’ response to the question of which commandment is greatest…</p>

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<p>1st of all, it’s spelled senioritis.</p>

<p>2nd of all, you might want to buff up a bit if you’re being perceived as a nerd, because the bigger you get, the more people respect you, in general.</p>