<p>Does anyone here regret his/her decision to prioritize academics over social life?</p>
<p>Truth is, I have sacrificed so many hours of my life slaving away at textbooks, problem sets, and projects. I turned away so many missed opportunities, chances to have fun. Sometimes I really regret it though, when I see facebook photos of my (ex) friends partying and having a good time (I say "ex" because my only friends are now my IB/AP classmates).</p>
<p>Is this normal, or am I just suffering junior year burn-out?</p>
<p>Yea pretty much. My average is a 99.46 right now but in 8th grade I didn’t get into the mega smart school by one point on a test so I went to a dumb school with few APs and that has a total of 30 kids out of 550 on the all 90s list. So I’m doing super well but I won’t be getting into any of the colleges I want, so like what’s the point? I can slack off for the next two years and still get into my match/safety because even if I stayed on track that’s still where I’ll probably be going.</p>
<p>Nah, if you manage your time well, you can do both. I’m don’t do everything perfectly or anything, but I’ve been able to keep a pretty good social life while getting pretty good grades. While it may be 90% academics 10% school for some of you, it’s like 70% school 30% social life for me. Then again, my grades aren’t as good as they could be.</p>
<p>CSIHSIS – My high school didn’t offer AP classes either. The key thing to remember is you don’t have to take an AP class to take the test. You can get the AP test guides from the bookstore or a library and study by yourself and take the test. Several of us got 4s and 5s on the tests. </p>
<p>With a 99%+ average, do well on the ACT/SAT and independently take some AP tests and do well and that dream college is well within reach.</p>
<p>CSIHSIS - Keep trying hard and don’t figure you won’t get in to college. I hate when people say that because what they aren’t understanding is that as long as you do well with what you’re given, colleges will understand that. They KNOW you couldn’t possibly take APs if they aren’t at your school. And you’re at the top of your class. Keep doing ECs and you can probably go wherever you want. Your average (which is almost 100%) at your school is probably going to be just as impressive if not (and probably) more impressive than an 85% average from that super smart school.</p>
<p>I regret not making as many friends as I could have freshman year. I thought no one would want to be my friend because I felt ugly. I’ve changed in looks a bit since I was a freshman, and I think I’m pretty and all, but I’m still really shy and don’t have many super close friends.</p>
<p>Maybe this is just my school, but many people treat high school like one big party…sometimes it’s so tempting to want to join them (they always look well-rest and blissfully content), whilst I’m depriving myself of childhood and sleep, ya know?</p>
<p>I regret not taking as much initiative as I could have (big one).
I regret not taking APUSH (although I did really like my teacher who taught H. US).
I regret not ever being in student council… It looks like both a lot of responsibility and fun.
I regret not making friends as early as I could have… (I never really hung out with anyone sophomore/freshman year… Still don’t a whole lot to an extent this day.)
I regret not ever being in any of the school plays…
I regret not learning the oboe… Haha weird, I know, and I can always still learn it later; but I still think it would have been fun to play in HS (especially since we’ve never had an oboe player in all the years I’ve been here).
I sort of regret not using earplugs earlier in my marching band career… Being in the percussion is so loud! It’s bad enough we’re in like a 40x40 square feet room.</p>
<p>The list goes on, but don’t get me wrong, though- I’m grateful every day of my life. :p</p>
<p>I sacrifice my social life for academics . My friends say I need to go out more, but I feel like I’m not doing enough school work and I have strict parents. Sometimes I wish I was similar to other high school kids who doesn’t care about school and did whatever they wanted. Like right now I am so stressed out, but all this torture will pay off one day…I hope…</p>
<p>In college now, and yes. Not because I should have let my academics suffer in order to be more social, but now I realize that there were times I could have done both. There is always time if you make it.</p>
<p>Yes I do, because in high school I always ended up being grouped with a bunch of idiots who always thought that academics were the most important thing in life.</p>
<p>Well, I think if someone had prioritized they’re social life and then college acceptances didn’t go the way they wanted them to then they would realllly regret not studying harder.</p>
<p>^No. I mean, unfortunately, people do regret things based on what school they get into. However, I’m a firm believer that you should only regret it if you 1) could have actually been happy while studying more, and, more importantly 2) you are unhappy in college BECAUSE the school isn’t academically challenging enough/the right fit due to your lack of work in high school. Not getting into your dream school doesn’t matter after you actually get to college/having a dream school is overrated.</p>
<p>I should have been more clear. You’ll REALLY regret it if you inexplicably end up at your safety school, because you could have studied less and still ended up at that school.</p>