<p>^See exactly the reason why I need to forget my social life and just focus on academics!</p>
<p>Academics can only take you so far though. Besides, grad school is where it’s at.</p>
<p>…idk… :/</p>
<p>You’re a sophomore, you have time.</p>
<p>Don’t plan out your entire plans in advance. Life is like a lab experiment; there’s always random uncertainty.</p>
<p>Depends on what you want to do.</p>
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Yeah true, however even with a lab experiment you have to have some kind of expected result you are working for…</p>
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Yeah I really don’t know for sure…I was thinking about biomedical engineering</p>
<p>Who said you had to?</p>
<p>Had to what?</p>
<p>High school is only 4 years.
College is only 4 years.
Life will go on no matter what you choose.</p>
<p>In my opinion, #2 because you have to get a good degree to work at a job for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>Or even better idea, do a little bit of #1 and #2. Work hard and party hard.</p>
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<p>That’s what a force fed HS science lab says to you.</p>
<p>Real life, you don’t know what you’re gonna get. You have an observation and a hypothesis, but they might not pan out.</p>
<p>^ They have the right idea.</p>
<p>Well, i have nothing to say really. Do half and half like me. Half of my time is purely academic and the other half is sports/social events/hanging with the boys.</p>
<p>For me doing half of each isn’t that easy…I am not the smartest person in the bunch, but I can easily be if I focus only on academics.</p>
<p>How bout putting aside certain days for socializing, and certain days for partying. This is a typical, balanced weekend of mine:</p>
<p>Friday:
-afternoon: hang out with friends/sports practice
-night: study for a bit before going out
Saturday:
-morning: study
-afternoon: study/out to lunch/mall with friends
-night: PARTY
Sunday:
-all day: study</p>
<p>This way, you’re still hanging out, but also getting a lot more studying done. I don’t think anyone would have to study more than that…</p>
<p>^Yeah, I do something similar. I don’t really party though, but:</p>
<p>Friday: Hang out with friends. Do no work.
Saturday: Either hang out with friends during the day or at night. Work the other half of the day.
Sunday: Work the whole time.</p>
<p>That should be more than enough time to get your work done. And you can vary the schedule–when you have a lull in hw, socialize more. When it’s the week before finals, don’t go out.</p>
<p>During the week I don’t spend time exclusively socializing. But I have a lot of fun with my friends in ECs, and if you do a sport then you’re also spending time chilling with friends.</p>
<p>It’s definitely possible to achieve a balance.</p>
<p>am i the only person that doesnt go to parties or “hang out” with my friends alot…yet doesnt really care?</p>
<p>i have never been to a party during my hs career…</p>
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<p>This is a false dichotomy. Academic success and a social life are possible. That’s what we’re trying to tell you.</p>
<p>and op it’s JOHNS hopkins…not john</p>
<p>I thought we agreed on your previous thread that it would be very, very difficult for you to get into these schools? I agree with the other posters, you can be social and still study.</p>
<p>^I knew someone would bring that up…anyway that just justifies my only two options:</p>
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<p>Doing whatever it takes to get into.a school is lame and pathetic. It accomplishes very little and you still may not get in.</p>