i have the yips/nostalgia..

<p>hey y'all, all busy writing them apps?</p>

<p>argh.. i've been struck lately with a case of nostalgia and the yips.. basically second thoughts about going to bs. i know that i want to, but this nostalgia prevents me from focusing on bs. you know, the feeling for some reason you belong, and the feeling you may never find it again at your new school? all the fun exciting times you tht your current school couldn't offer, won't be able to experience again? help me here.. i'm even having graduation nostalgia already and im a freshman. the questions keeping popping out; will i have the same close friends there? will i have no longer a social life? will the homework load be overwhelming? will all the kids be too competitive? sometimes i just want to get the hell out of here (ignorant, stupid, obscure, obnoxious kids and unfair faculty+ lack of facilities for me), but for some reason i contemplate about how much i'll miss... help me get out of this serious case of nostalgia</p>

<p>hey, im not busy writing apps lol , mine were due jan 15. </p>

<p>anyways, i have exactly the same problem. Theres this girl in my grade who went to bs for 1 year, but came back. She told me that i wont like it there, cuz ppl just chill, but then when you "chill" with them, you do horribly on your grades; yet they still end up with superb grades. Talking to her heightened my nostalgia, it sucks.
But then again, I remembered the opportunities boarding schools can bring, including a great university, which may or may not lead to a better life. </p>

<p>Im still not over the nostaliga, but i suggest thinking about the benefits of bs, the disadvantages of your school, and how much bs can do for you. </p>

<p>Peace</p>

<p>I don't go there now (I'm just applying) but my interviewer actually told me that one of the things you need to do is actually wake up on sundays (everyone else is going to want to just sleep) and study so that later you can just chill with everyone else and your grades won't suffer</p>

<p>you know, the feeling for some reason you belong, and the feeling you may never find it again at your new school? </p>

<p>^ first of all, you MIGHT disagree, BUT I MENTIONED BELONGING FIRST TO YOU (well you brought up the topic, but IIIII mentioned the word itself. rawr.)
HAHA. if you didn't laugh at that, you're too tense.
but think of the times where you felt there was something more to this. think of when you had sleepover or something and you and your friends were getting all crazy and random but it was deep and amazing for some reason that you're not sure of. and when you woke up, you thought, damnit, i want another night. of course boarding school won't be as thrilling each night as those sleepovers (because it was also because of the rarity that of the many nights you were alone in your house, you're spending this one with your friends) but it has that idea. ugh. hard to explain. im having problems with this q too.</p>

<p>all the fun exciting times you tht your current school couldn't offer, won't be able to experience again? </p>

<p>^i will certainly miss the idea of being at my school. there are LOTS of inside jokes, and just things that you can't do in any other school in any other place or time. you just CAN'T. but when it comes to fun exciting times, nah. as long as i'm in a dorm with people i like, fun and exciting can't get any better ;)</p>

<p>help me here.. i'm even having graduation nostalgia already and im a freshman. </p>

<p>^i don't. i would miss the early decision hysteria though. that was funnnn.</p>

<p>the questions keeping popping out; will i have the same close friends there? </p>

<p>^ they won't be the same, because that would be creepy. but you'll have close friends. that's what people do when they live with each other. eventually, they bond.</p>

<p>will i have no longer a social life?</p>

<p>^ you won't have a social life. UGH. i mean like what do you think? god. i think people believe you can actually GET a social life in boarding school. well you CAN'T. everybody in boarding school is a loner and does nothing but homework allllll day and night. yeah. RIGHT.</p>

<p>will the homework load be overwhelming? </p>

<p>^ compared to your school, it won't be as hard as say, a random public school. it will be tedious, at times difficult, on rare occasions, worthy of multiple breakdowns. but it'll suffice.</p>

<p>will all the kids be too competitive?</p>

<p>^ no. some schools are hardly competitive in the sense that everybody is an overachiever. </p>

<p>sometimes i just want to get the hell out of here (ignorant, stupid, obscure, obnoxious kids and unfair faculty+ lack of facilities for me), but for some reason i contemplate about how much i'll miss... help me get out of this serious case of nostalgia</p>

<p>^ word.</p>

<p>so what made you all want to go apply for bs???</p>

<p>I want to get OUT of my school for so many reasons. I'm not scared about leaving my school, I'm about entering a new one.</p>

<p>Seriously? Eating, sleeping, studying, playing, working with these people 24/7? Terrifies me. If my mother hadn't given birth to me she'd probably hate me, I'm that annoying (in large amounts of exposure).</p>

<p>A rommate might hate my weird quirks (I do my makeup in my bra... That is SO weird and will have to change! Hehe) or just hate me. My classmates will be freshman while I'm going to be a sophomore... Because I'm a year behind in maths and I will take physics (having taken biology this year), I'll be taking two-three freshman classes.</p>

<p>Will I make friends? Will I make the team? The musical? The orchestra? The grades? Its terrifying.</p>

<p>I AM looking forward to making new friends, to playing with a new team, to playing with experienced musicians, to working hard for my grades, and to LEAVING. If I get in!</p>

<p>Lol ..nothing terrifies me at al. Im ready to GO...not worried about anything other than maybe in the begining. I can imagine my self chillin and makin new friends instead of getting ahead in classes and everything. Ill do all my work at night and stuff....that one of the reasons I like the school I like, no lights out!. I can't deal with that stuff, u can't tell me when to go to bed lol.</p>

<p>i'm feeling the nervousness now too...i'm applying for junior year which is most critical for universities and i'm worried if i'll be quick to adapt and maintain A's</p>

<p>Thats what I was worried about hotchkiss....so I decided to go repeat 10th cuz Im supposedly "young" for 10th right now. Supposedly.....</p>

<p>i'm "young" for junior year too, but i just want to get done with school and get out there into the real world and start working and being independent, so i didn't really want to repeat. :)</p>