<p>I don't lol...I'm a senior in high school, and I usually come home after school, relax, do homework, and prep for olympiads, games, etc...</p>
<p>Other people go to the mall, call up their friends to hang out apparently...but most of these people end up having a HUGE social life that they do poorly in academics...and it hurts them in the long run...how do you keep a balance?</p>
<p>I definitely have a social life and I’m a pretty good student.</p>
<p>Hasty generalization.</p>
<p>I’m one of the people that can get good grades without studying or doing crap though. So i’m at somewhat of an advantage.</p>
<p>Considering that I JUST came back from school like 5 minutes ago…clearly, no.</p>
<p>we go to skate park after school. idk if that counts as having a life.</p>
<p>These past two weeks have been a mess. I’ve eaten out nearly every day, went to Starbucks at least 20 times, completed all of my homework, beasted several tests, escaped downtown, had screaming matches with taxi drivers, blah blah blah.</p>
<p>But, otherwise, it is usually dead.</p>
<p>I wish I had a social life. I’ll be changing that in college. I don’t think that the people who have social lives do poorly in school.</p>
<p>For 5 weeks in the winter, I go skiing on Thursdays with my friends. </p>
<p>Otherwise, I do not have a social life. Some people call their friends. I call my sister. Some people go to the movies. I torrent movies and watch them alone, in my room, on the computer. Sometimes my friends ask me out. I used to make up excuses, but now I just say no. They understand that I don’t like it out there. </p>
<p>OTOH, I think I’m going to a stereotypical, BYOB party on Saturday. Strangely, it’s for one of my most rigidly Christian friends. But it’s hosted by someone else, so maybe that’s why it sounds crazy.</p>
<p>what is with this kid and asking about lives and virginity? Do you honestly care that much? :</p>
<p>Definitely. School is one priority among many others.</p>
<p>Including family, friends, work, parties etcetc. I think everyone has some degree of a social life… I hope.</p>
<p>You are all probably going to think I am terrible for saying the following, but…</p>
<p>Social life > high school, which is a load of BS. School and studying make me unhappy, so I try to minimize my school and workload as little as possible.
I’d rather be happy and have friends than study 24/7 and be miserable.</p>
<p>Do constant ECs count as having a life? haha. </p>
<p>I usually devote myself to school/ECs/sports Monday through Friday. Then the wonderful weekend is mine to party and go out with friends. It works for me.</p>
<p>During the 11th grade, I was so neck deep in ECs I had no time for ANYBODY, which sucked, because all my long time friends hated me for not being able to spend time with any of them. PLUS I had moved away from the locality where we all used to live, so I got to see them very less…that year, I was very insecure about my friends and social life and stuff, because the 11th grade is basically “party year” here in India and I felt left out. :/</p>
<p>I’m a lot better now, though. I reconciled with my childhood friends, and I meet them whenever I can (they understand my hectic schedules now). At school, all of my besties are involved in the same activities as me (yay!), so I practically hang out with them at school almost all the time anyway, and we occasionally sneak out for a pizza or something. Life’s goood.</p>
<p>Really don’t see the correlation. Our valedictorian is very active, goes to parties, but then she says she only gets a few hours of sleep. The 6th ranked gets high, most in the top ten have some experience with alcohol.</p>
<p>Ah, dollar movies, mall, pool (but it’s not yet open), petter piper pizza. Were all really cheap so if somethings free it’s the best thing to do.</p>
<p>Also, I’m IB so I have a lot of things that I like to do and count 'em as “CAS”. Like, friday a bunch of us are volunteering to usher for this beetles orchestra deal. Kinda geeky, but still CAS hours and fun. Then after we can all go hang out downtown and do…god, we just walk around and argue over where to snack and just goof around. </p>
<p>Theater club, we’d have officer meeting at IHOP and we went to plays and did stupid crud as a group. Engineering club, we went bowling (and the sponsor/teacher took us out of class for that!) for the “physics” of it.</p>
<p>Now that I’m 18 I can go to clubs too! Only been to one so far (and it was a gay guys one, cause my best friend is gay and the only one of us also 18). During the summer, we’ll all be 18 so it’ll be better.</p>
<p>Well, first off, I don’t live near most folks that make up the set my classmates (which consists of my only real friends); and the area of my county where I live sucks compared to most others since it lacks any real good establishments (gyms, restaurants, etc.). If I’m not at school, I’ll generally be stuck at home all day, which tends to be dull. If it weren’t for my track team, I would be at home almost every weekend of the school year.</p>
<p>lol watsreallife?</p>
<p>Yeah I’m one of those not study and do homework in class kids. (I don’t get straight A’s though, I’ve averaged a B every year). I have a fair amount of ECs but I have a lot of time to spend with my friends if I want to.</p>
<p>I would consider myself socially average and academically above average. I don’t really study for anything though, but I am still at the top of my class and got a 30 on my ACT, even though that is below average for CC. If I am going to do my homework I usually do it during classes. Clearly showing my introverted nature, I always avoid phone calls, texts, etc. from people wanting to do something. At least on weekdays I like to chill by myself for 3-4 days out of the week after school and just surf CC, facebook, watch tv shows on the internet, whatever. Friday-Sunday morning, I live it up with friends.</p>
<p>During the week, I go to practice after school (track/cross country), then come home and do homework. On the weekends, I usually have a meet on Saturday, study during the day, then go and hang out with people on Friday or Saturday nights. I don’t have time for a lot of hanging out during the day… I really study hard to keep my grades at where they are. Hopefully it will all pay off in the long run…</p>
<p>Yes and no. My friends are a lot more social than I am, thanks to my bf and debate, and the fact that I have friends from several groups. But in comparison to a lot of people on here, I’m out with friends a lot, getting coffee before school or wandering the college campus in my town at sketchy times of night. We have a few parties a year in my friend’s basement, but we mostly just lounge around at people’s houses or in coffee shops.</p>
<p>Honestly, without a balance, I go insane. I used to be so introverted, always doing work. Now I prefer to do my work in concentrated bursts and then enjoy time with other people. It keeps me sane.</p>