<p>tell meeee!!
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<p>get essays done before end of august. at least that’s what i hope to do</p>
<p>hey, you haven’t been a senior yet! ^</p>
<p>response invalidated!!
jk</p>
<p>-Get your apps in early…shoot for before Thanksgiving weekend.<br>
-Send in one early action application to a “sure thing” school, so you can breathe through the holidays,
-and keep your nose to the grindstone. Keep up your schoolwork through senior year and then let loose AFTER graduation, when you will have so much to celebrate.</p>
<p>Senior Year isn’t about surviving, I plan to make it about thriving ;)</p>
<p>once it starts it’s going to be a f’ing blast</p>
<p>Study for your AP’s[ask teachers for help outside of class if you are struggling to get that borderline grade], retake any SATs ASAP and ask for letters of rec ASAP. As far as college stuff, start working on personal statements now so you can have teachers/friends read and evaluate. Basically get everything done now so you have time to apply for scholarships in the fall and winter-and keep it up through spring too. It will be so much more fun to have that extra breath of time because you got a head start, so you have time to contemplate your prom dress, football games and your ECs =].</p>
<p>Senior year is hella easy. Just do the college stuff early and if your school has a senior thesis, just try to keep up (I didn’t but it turned out fine).</p>
<p>The hardest part is stressing about where you’re going to get in, but once you get the first acceptance it gets better.</p>
<p>taking vacations during finals is exactly what i intend to do…thank god for exemptions this yearrrrr (:</p>
<p>i’m not really planning on attending school second semester senior year.</p>
<p>It seems like a lot of the advice here is the generic stuff that nobody does but wishes they had afterword.</p>
<p>ugh i already have premature senioritis</p>
<p>Take harder classes than you’d think you would. Otherwise you’ll be bored out of your mind.</p>
<p>Don’t force the application essays. Just let the ideas slip into your mind and jot them down when they come. For me, they came the day before the applications were due, but hey, it worked. Also, have a ****ing blast.</p>
<p>It’s your senior year! Enjoy it! It will fly by and be over before you know it. </p>
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<p>I was going to say the exact opposite. You will burn out if you take classes that are too hard, and school will be absolutely miserable. Take classes that interest you so that you stay motivated instead of shutting down. I did not do this and was unable to bring myself to put forth any effort after I got my acceptance letters. I took a course load that was stacked with AP classes that didn’t interest me, so I pretty much stopped trying at the end of the year. Was I capable of doing the work? You bet your ass. Was I burnt out? You bet your ass. Now, of course, don’t let your grades slip too much because you can have your admissions rescinded. I know I’m going to get criticized for this advice for sure.</p>
<p>Now throw this advice out the widow if you’re trying to be val because then your perfection and intensity in your studies is still important.</p>
<p>I’ll swear on my life that once you get all you acceptance letters, something clicks and you no longer try as hard (mostly because you know you wont have to).</p>
<p>Spend time with your friends, especially at the end of the year. You’re going to hate to hear this, but after senior year, you probably won’t see much of people from your high school especially if y’all are going to different colleges.</p>
<p>As far as college admissions goes, try not to stress about it too much. Understand that every college has good and bad classes and professors, and you can get a good (and bad) education at any college whether it be Podunk College or Harvard. Because most colleges are pretty large, you will find like-minded people who you can relate to at pretty much any place you want to go. Basically, you are in control of your education, so don’t stress too much over getting into that elite school.</p>
<p>Enjoy your senior year. You only get one and will miss it once it is gone.</p>
<p>lol@ the tag, 2010 not 2011</p>
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<p>Same here! School ends two weeks early!</p>
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I’m taking a course load stacked with AP/IB classes that interest me! Yay!</p>
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<li><p>Get college stuff in ASAP. I had mine in at the beginning of August, two days after the applications opened because my school was rolling admissions, and people who applied after August started to have a REALLY hard time getting dorms. One of my friends applied in May, twenty minutes before applications closed, and guess what? Off-campus housing for him, and most of the apartments are full!</p></li>
<li><p>Do things around the school. Not everyone, but most people will miss their high school. It’s the last time you’re getting such individualized help if you’re going to the majority of colleges. Go to homecoming, prom, graduation activities, senior prank, everything. Goof off a little.</p></li>
<li><p>Love your classes. Colleges = lectures = a thousand times worse than high school classes. Really, I learned this the hard way.</p></li>
<li><p>Take harder classes if you’re intelligent. That’s what I did, and I was STILL bored as school ended. Wish I had found something harder to do.</p></li>
<li><p>Spend a day with each of your friends individually. Chances are you won’t end up at the same college.</p></li>
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<p>the difficulty of senior year is overrated… it’s not that bad if you don’t worry about it for every waking second.</p>
<p>AtomicCafe, can you give tips on how to “start” college stuff? I have no idea where or how to begin.</p>