<p>Hey, I'm currently a new sophomore at my boarding school. I've recieved a bunch of questions about adjusting and the workload, ect, and I figured I'd start a thread giving a chance for people to ask anything about entering a school after freshman year!</p>
<p>So yeah, ask me something!</p>
<p>how did you make friends and get to know people? was it hard to socially integrate?</p>
<p>how did you adjust to the workload-- was it somewhat of a shock at first, or did you get into the rhythm (haha corny) right away?</p>
<p>thanks :)</p>
<p>is it awkward socially? are there a lot of other people? how IS adjusting to the workload? my friend at sps was like theres an hour of hoomework per subject O_O</p>
<p>@DiveAlive: At first, socially, yeah it was hard. i went to preseason so that gave me a little bit of an advantage when classes actually started. My school is a really open small community, but all the returning sophomores really stuck together at first. Luckily there were 20 other new sophomores and for the first few weeks most of us really just grouped together. But it did get better. Now I even get comments sometimes from people saying they had no idea I was a new sophomore! For some people it’s easier to integrate, but for others not so much. I have friends who still arn’t really entirely past that “awkward” new kid phase, but then others who were perfectly fine within the first week. Depends on the person, but for more than the majority you catch up pretty quick. Just have to be open and welcoming yourself, can’t just sit in your room all the time. </p>
<p>And for the workload…well lets just say the first day I called my mom while having a panic attack. Oh god it scared me. But really that’s all it was, the initial shock, that’s hard. We’re all bright students, we can catch up quick. It’s just that freshman year is for easing on the workload and then sophomore year the teachers assume you’re all ready to take it when those of us newbies are in the background going into shock. I came from 2 hours tops homework each night and now I have around five or more. But that for me was the easiest transition. The work wasn’t hard, there was just a lot of it. For some friends it was a bit more challenging, but we all adjusted.</p>
<p>@ylaxw1123: Awkward, yes. But not for very long. At my school there were a lot of other new sophomores, like 20 total or so out of a class of 90. Us newbies stuck together at first but within a month all the returners got fairly used to us and we started to really integrate. For some students it was hard to tell if they even were new. As for the workload, it’s really a difference. Especially coming in as a new sophomore/junior. The teachers already expect so much of you, it’s a lot to comprehend. The hour of homework per subject is true and not true. Yes–you’re going to have a lot of homework. Probably 30 minutes to an hour per subject. But you don’t have every subject every day, and there’s study hall, and free periods, and you’ll have enough time to do it and still be able to sleep, don’t worry. Time management will be one of the first things you learn. Some nights I’m doing homework till midnight (usually when I have a test I need to really study for) and others I’m done before the end of studyhall. Nothing is written in stone and while it is a lot of work, it is not too much to handle. I haven’t met anyone who thought it was too much.</p>
<p>if you still remember, what were you ssat scores?
thanks a ton:)</p>
<p>@Cristians: Well honestly my SSAT scores sucked. I don’t remember them exactly, but here’s a rough estimate:
Verbal: 75%
Math: 68%
Reading: 92%
Overall: 78%
So yeah not that fantastic there. But my grades were good (A/B) and my interview was killer.</p>