<p>So I guess, some background on me. Ever since i was little, I dreamed of going to an elite college. I wanted the Princeton, the Columbia, the UPenn. To me, it seemed that ivies were the be all and end all. I did all the CC things, struggled with grades, hard classes, I've taken the SAT three times until my score was solid. Now, I'm all set to go and apply for colleges--except I don't care. I don't care/can't feel any emotion about anything right now. All those ivy colleges just don't excite me anymore. College seems like another educational dungeon and my homework never gets done because I figure ( why bother?). Even books which I used to love/they got me through the day--I can no longer read any good works of fiction/anything that evokes any distinct emotion in me---it's to scary. So I stick to nonfiction periodicals and badly written dime books to satisfy my urge for the written word. I can;t write my essays because i feel blocked--all the essays I've written are terrible and tonight I caught myself staying up all night to read another cheap,meaningless, badly written story, before falling asleep. What Do i do to get myself on track? How can I start caring about schoolwork/colleges/my life anymore?</p>
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<p>Cool. I don’t know. I am sorry.</p>
<p>eh
it’s okay.
what can I say…</p>
<p>Eh. I’m feeling the same way about a lot of my classes.</p>
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My previous post was sarcastic, by the way.</p>
<p>too apathetic to care that you were mocking me.</p>
<p>eh maybe you’re just burned out or maybe it’s senioritis?</p>
<p>I kind of feel the same way as you except unlike you I haven’t been getting the success/results I’ve wanted at all this year. I’m beginning to wonder if I should even waste my time applying to schools, I feel like an idiot and complete failure.</p>
<p>perhaps you should just take it easy for a bit, try staying on top of your work for now and come back to the essays when you’re in a better mood.</p>
<p>I agree with peacelovesoul. It could be senioritis. I dont want to do anything either but I just push myself and keep telling myself that it will pay off in the end. Just try to do your work, and if you have to, even a little at a time, just keep telling yourself that its worth it, deep down you know it is, and if you can do that it should all work out:)</p>
<p>Perhaps this is what senioritis is, but I think it’s because you haven’t really seen the, so to speak, fruits of your labor. You’ve toiled away day after day for years, going to great lengths and pains, and yet you haven’t really seen what it can do for you. You don’t know if the future will be the same or if things will get better, and you have sort of given up. Your will and motivation have slowly diminished until you have become apathetic.</p>
<p>Hang in there. Why give up when you’re almost at the finish line? Take the pain again and finish; it’ll be worth it.</p>
<p>Take a year off, find a job, and work. Then, once you’re feeling up to snuff and/or excited about the prospect of learning again, give those applications another shot.</p>
<p>If at this point you don’t feel as if you’d enjoy college, don’t apply, especially to top-tier colleges like those where essays count for a big portion of your application. Your apathy will likely shine through (though perhaps “shine” is the wrong word there), and colleges … well, they don’t like apathetic people, sadly enough. And honestly, there’s no point to shelling out money to buy a product if you don’t even want the product.</p>
<p>Welcome to senior year. It happens to the best of us, and it has a name: senioritis.</p>
<p>I certainly hope its senioritis.</p>
<p>Seems more like depression or a mid-life crisis except you’re still a teen. </p>
<p>It’s probably just a phase.</p>
<p>^And that phase is called senioritis.</p>
<p>^not exactly. </p>
<p>When you can’t write anyway and feel a block, it’s called writer’s block. </p>
<p>When you lose interest in activities that you enjoyed doing, it’s not senioritis. </p>
<p>Senioritis is simply when people just want to get the hell out of school and graduate. </p>
<p>This doesn’t seem like senioritis. </p>
<p>(sorry if I misspelled anything. I’m writing from my iPhone and can’t edit.)</p>
<p>I’m starting to believe more and more than senioritis and apathy/burnout are pretty much the same thing, just a different name. Believe me, we’re in the same boat OP.</p>
<p>I’ve gotten to be the same way lately and I think it’s burnout. </p>
<p>That thing you said about the books? sAME HeRE! I used to stay up all night doing homework, now I stay up all night reading fluffy stuff and do my homework the period before it’s due. I agree you need to step away from the essays for a bit.</p>