"Ivy-Bound" ... but TOO BUSY.. NO friends?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>This year I've been SO bogged down with stuff that I've kind of stopped hanging out with my friends, like ever. It's partially my fault, for choosing to work instead of have fun on weekends and stuff, but now I'm regretting it. I have a "great resume".. but now I'm wondering.. is it too LATE?!</p>

<p>I have things to do on weekends, like extracurricular events or college essays to write, and during lunch I either have tutorials or more extracurricular activities to do. </p>

<p>So basically, I've kind of been isolating myself since the beginning of school in August. For four years (or three I guess) I've been pretty likeable and I usually always have things to do on weekends, but now that I find my schedule clearing up a little bit I realize that I have few people to go to now that I haven't really hung around them in a while. </p>

<p>I'm still on good terms with most of my friends, but I've kind of stopped hanging out with the "group" I was in before. </p>

<p>My twin sis has kind of been experiencing the same thing (we don't really hang out together but we have similar situations). </p>

<p>Essentially, I've been so worried about getting into Yale or Harvard or a great college to notice my social life... and now I'm worried it's too late. AND it's my senior year. Who will I go to prom with? Who will I hang out with when I want to party hard second semester? Is it too late?</p>

<p>Any advice?</p>

<p>Thanks chaps,
Dan</p>

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<p>Your ECs on your common app are pretty much all set in stone, right? Therefore, scrap (or dont spend so much time on) unneeded ECs that you dont particularly enjoy. Instead, focus on keeping ur grades up and free up ur weekends so u can do fun stuff. Haha dont worry, Im in a similar situation, but i still have my indie/alternative band and choir which keep me in touch with all my friends while also committing to a significant EC. Perhaps you could work out something similar. Good luck on your ivies as well, im going for Yale too lol, hope to meet you sometime in the future xD</p>

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<p>You VA kid… you spent your time going for something that’s so important, but at a major cost of a part of your life. </p>

<p>Tbh, you made a choice to focus on your academics. I bet you can reconcile, just put yourself out there.</p>

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<p>What if it’s too late to reconcile? Is ~3 months enough time for me to move my way back onto the social scene?</p>

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<p>Why don’t you just call a friend up, apologize for being a bit antisocial and explain the whole college thing, and ask to hang out? I can’t imagine anyone who wouldn’t be understanding about that, and just being direct is probably the quickest way to get back into parties and stuff.</p>

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<p>You could “move your way” back onto the “social scene” by throwing a crazy party</p>

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<p>don’t worry about prom, you can always go with me</p>

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<p>Hm…VA, you say?
Don’t listen to Kironide, if you’re from NoVa, I’ll go to prom with you and party hard second semester. It’s gonna be a blast.</p>

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<p>If you have good friends they will understand that you care about academics</p>

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<p>What if I don’t have good friends?</p>

<p>Alexandria VA.</p>

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<p>Then it’s not worth hanging out with them. You’ll be able to reconcile with your good friends, believe me. The ones that don’t accept you back into their circles are the ones you probably don’t wanna hang out with. It’s good that you’re trying to hang out again. It’s your last year of high school so you should enjoy it with your friends while you still see each other each day. At least your senior year still has life in it. I just wish we had senior stuff, too.</p>

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<p>Hey NoVA kids, I’ll party with you, too. Besides, we can all make new friends in college.</p>