<p>nicely put nusi!</p>
<p>I think thats the best thing any of us can do.</p>
<p>and remember... smile, you will go to college.</p>
<p>I wish I had worked harder. Freshman and Sophmore years I had like a 3.4 and Junior and Senior I got a 3.8 then a 4.0. I cared way too much about partying, getting girls, being captain of the lacrosse team and now I regret it, so be happy that you worked hard, it wasn't a waste, and I would gladly trade with you.</p>
<p>I am so glad there are other ppl out there who feel the same way I do, my situation is a little different I only want to go to a state school (which happens to be the amazing UT) but my grades are on par with the top schools, I remember thinking how I failed and wasted time when I decided to go to UT, but that isn't true. Plus there's always Harvard for grad school.
But now I am rethinking medical school, i really don't enjoy school, and i don't think 8 years is what I want.</p>
<p>I don't regret a single thing-- or at least I don't regret anything from the last two years.</p>
<p>I started out high school with some delusion that the 4 years was about a jumble of numbers (see GPA, SAT, etc..) and a list of "impressive" activities. I did things only "for college" with the aim of adding lines to my resume. It sucked.</p>
<p>It was only until junior year that I realized that all the misery of going through the motions of "impressive activities" was pointless. In sophomore year, I debated quitting journalism. I already held 2 editor positions at that point but was constantly chafing with the adviser--so much so that it turned something that I enjoyed into a source of stress and frustration. I held out, partially in hope of adding "editor in chief" somewhere on my resume. After the 1st quarter of junior year, it became too much. I talked to my college counselor about resigning although I didn't formally resign yet. About a week later, I resigned and not surprisingly, I was "kicked out" of the class by the adviser shortly thereafter.</p>
<p>After that, everything I did--well, almost all-- was motivated by what I wanted to learn, rather than what I wanted on my resume. Freelance photo, DJing--- those things don't necessarily look as good as EIC... but I'm enjoying myself and really, that's all that matters to me now.</p>
<p>So if I get rejected from 6 schools come Saturday, I won't be upset. I enjoy what I do and if a college wants to take me for my interests and passions, that's great. If not, I don't regret much. I've had fun.</p>
<p>i would do it over again and tried to be more unique instead of your cookie-cutter good student. I would have taken more risks and focused less on grades.</p>
<p>Wouldn't change a thing, because I rarely compromised my social life for school or ECs that were unnecessary; meaning, I always did my homework junior year (with 5 APs plus student government plus airbands plus gymnastics plus diving) but preferred going out and staying up late for homework rather than doing homework and sleeping early.</p>
<p>I know I'm not in any way related to the application to Harvard but this topic truly makes me contemplate.</p>
<p>As an international student, I had a lot more choices rather than being pushed to go to top US universities. I decided to take a shot at US universities at the beginning of junior year (I skipped sophomore) so I joined in lots of ECs and took 4 HLs in my IB programme. Although initially I found it very demanding, sort of pointless and exhausting (as none of my friends did so much), I immensely enjoyed them after discovering the beauty of everything I did. I tried lots of new things and made heaps of friends. Most importantly, most of the challenges I took made my high school life truly meaningful and memorable after all. </p>
<p>Although I withdrew my applications to US universities after being accepted by Oxford (which suits me a lot), I never regard my whole US application process pointless. It has changed me into a more active and motivated person. I know I'll benefit greatly later in my life.</p>
<p>If I could do it over, I would. I would embrace more challenges and do things more consistently, because I would not be doing it for university--i would do it for being a more educated and positive person.</p>
<p>By the way, it wasn't worth IF I don't get into any of my top choices.... If I DO get in, I would do it all over again an infinite number of times!</p>