<p>I'm a freshman and I have Physical Science Honors, Geometry Honors, and English 1 Honors. I also play tennis for my high school team; we practice every day after school. For my elective, I have Spanish 1 which I'm having a hard time with... I'm in the MESA club,Academic Decathlon, and Choir Club. I want to be the best even in honor classes. For some reason, all the studying I'm doing are not enough. I consider high school as a competition. I really want to be the class valedictorian. I dreamed of becoming one ever since I read an article about it on our local newspaper. I'm having a hard time balancing my time wisely. I handled this better in middle school, but I didn't have any extracurricular activities at that time. </p>
<p>For any overachievers out there, please help me!</p>
<p>hmmm… honor courses aren’t that hard, it’s APs that are real killer, I think you should just cut all your Extracurricular activities if you don’t have straight A’s because in the end those activities don’t mean jack **** (unless you’re considered a prodigy in an art or sport).</p>
<p>Education>>>> bragging to your “bros” about some tennis game that didn’t contribute anything to your life</p>
<p>and if you want to maintain physical fitness, just dedicate a couple hours in the weekends, perhaps even the weekdays, for some cardio or weightlifting.</p>
<p>^Unless you are applying to a top school where you have almost no chance of getting in with no ECs. Valedictorian doesn’t mean too much, if you are in the top 1-10% of your school you are doing very well. If you can get recruited for tennis you could get a full scholarship into certain schools. Valedictorian won’t get you that same free ride as there are a lot more Valedictorians then talented athletes.</p>
<p>I have no advice on doing well in honors courses other than to not fall behind and really stay on top of your work. Be efficient with studying and doing assignments, and take good notes.</p>
<p>Languages can be tough if you don’t have a knack for them, though in my experience Spanish 1 was set up like a Kindergarden class (for more effective learning I guess, it was fun). What are you having trouble with in Spanish? Conjugating verbs, memorizing vocab, general grammar rules?</p>
<p>The key is just to stop procrastinating. I know I complain about not having enough time to get stuff done/study for my classes all the time, but it’s mostly because I’m not using my free time well enough (like right now…I’m online and I’ve yet to start my 5 page paper due Thursday :P).</p>
<p>I would usually just do all, or at least part of, my homework whenever I have any free time during school (during lunch, before class when I’m early, and whenever my teachers let me). What really helped me get straight A’s last year was that I would also use online flashcards, make my own quizzes, and use online resources/tests/outlines (there are a lot of them out there). High school is really difficult, but you just have to work efficiently and avoid procrastination. :)</p>
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<p>Like cheezerman said, honors are somewhat not that different, the work load is a little more. By physical science I assume you mean physics? If so, physics for you should not be THAT hard for you. I’m in regular math (integrated algebra) and I’m doing well in honors physics. Its just a matter of the work ethic. If you are able/willing to put in the hours to study for physics, then don’t fret over it. I have basketball tuesdays (eventually going to be everday) reading to kids at local nursery, part of the schools paper, ssa, watch, and honors socities, and I have no problem what so ever. So don’t worry, you sound like a smart, responsible kid. Just make sure you have enough time to do your studies and the EAs. If you see your grades start to drop, then focus more on that class. Good luck :)</p>
<p>Lol if you go to public school honors classes aren’t even hard. Just wait for ap chem and all that wonderful stuff. It’s all about time management and motivation</p>