<p>From my LiveJournal, because it pretty much sums it up (I go back to school tomorrow):
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The prospect of going back</p>
<p>to sleepless nights and tension headaches
to lies and guilt and lame excuses ("I left it in the printer")
to impressing overseas committees that don't mean a thing to me
to proving once and for all that I am Intelligent and Driven and (most importantly) that I excel at following directions
to three months between us and certainty</p>
<p>depresses me beyond belief.</p>
<p>I can't do this right now. I've hit a wall. I want to cry.
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I'm finishing the Bilingual IB Diploma and need to fulfill these requirements in order to graduate. I feel completely burned out. How do all of you still manage?</p>
<p>My school went back 1/2! Just be glad you had an extra 6 days to relax. =)
I'm taking 5 APs, and went through the whole burnout phase. I just couldn't get myself to do ANYTHING. Somehow, I just kinda kept going and snapped out of it. Good luck!</p>
<p>The only reason I'm still motivated is because I haven't been accepted anywhere yet.</p>
<p>Also, I feel kind of like I want the final GPA on my transcript to be a lot higher than it already is. I had a bad sophomore year and am still desperately trying to do damage control.</p>
<p>I'd recommend maybe trying to get a bit more sleep. I always try to go to bed at ten or eleven, unless I have any major project/quiz/test the next day</p>
<p>I'm actually more motivated than I was before I got accepted... Since I now have a definite place to go, I'm determined to do well on my language placement exams and fill in the gaps in my knowledge. My reading list is a block long!</p>
<p>Gradewise, I don't care much about 2 of my classes, but I'd still like to graduate in the top 10, so I can't slide back too much.</p>
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I'm finishing the Bilingual IB Diploma and need to fulfill these requirements in order to graduate. I feel completely burned out. How do all of you still manage?
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<p>Haha yeah we're doing IB orals last week/this week (I'm not until Thurs). We went back last Tues and they started Wed. Most people are pretty much freaking out, which I sort of understand, but in a way I don't think they have to be THAT dramatic. I mean I care about my IB grades somewhat, but it's not like college decisions hinge on them. And I'm probably not going to place out of English somehow anyway. </p>
<p>I do need to get some CAS in apparently. I decided to take "120 hrs" deadline as 120 total rather than 40 in each category ;) even though I knew it probably wasn't going to be that way. So I need to turn in some action hours that I've had signed for like two months. But now I need to redate them (it's an ongoing activity that I do all year so it's not lying). Except then it's going to be really messy and probably annoy our coordinator. I was going to use white out and photocopy but I feel like they might not accept that.</p>
<p>well, our gpas are final after this past semester, so that doesnt matter. i dont know, i just study and learn what i do because it interests me. i like calculus so i do it and enjoy it. i dont know why you'd take a bunch of stuff you have no interest in. good luck, that motivates me.</p>
<p>so, backtothestars, your grades matter and factor into graduation for this semester? how does that work, is there time? huh.</p>
<p>god, i just don't care about chem...and my lame chem teacher who doesn't know how to teach for crap, but decides to assign a 50 question worksheet over the break. i haven't started it, and i don't want to. i probably forgot how to do everything. aargh.</p>
<p>Yep, i'm takin' the hardest courseload at my school and i'm definitely feeling the burnout. I seriously considered dropping out of high school, or pursuing work straight out of high school. But i bought myself a coffee machine stayed up MUCH later than i would've in previous years, and my GPA has gone up significantly and that keeps me going.</p>
<p>We don't rank, and I'm pretty sure I'd learn more from my own reading (if I actually had time to read for pleasure) than from whatever work we do in class. WE ARE NOT LEARNING ANYMORE. I LIKE LEARNING. THIS IS ALL BUREAUCRACY (and work for the sake of working) AND IT KILLS ME. Sorry about the caps, but I think that deserved the emphasis. </p>
<p>I do genuinely enjoy the subjects I'm studying, except History SL, which was a mistake, but we've gone from "learning" to "performing tricks and memorizing strategies to do well on the IB", and the only reason I'm even trying to do work right now is that I don't want to disappoint my teachers or get myself into trouble. Which isn't very satisfying, I think.</p>
<p>I haven't been accepted yet so I am still working hard. I think I will keep working hard till the Midyear Reports are sent to the colleges. Then it would be my time to slack off.</p>
<p>I just stopped caring about AP Enviro. Seriously first test of the winter trimester I got a 62 and I was like "whatever, I can improve." And that was BEFORE I got into college. And it just so happens that AP Enviro's the only problem class I have right now. Everywhere else I'm pulling As and Bs. And then AP Enviro...C or B. I just don't want a C in that class.</p>
<p>Iunno, I think I just feel good doing the work because I know so many others are slacking off yet I can keep it all going. It's all psychological, but maybe that'll work for you?</p>
<p>My midyear reports are off and I got deferred from Princeton, but I think I am still trying to prove to myself that I am good enough to get accepted so I just keep working. This semester is going to be my busiest yet (not only did I start a new extracurricular last semester: dance, but I am starting to work 13 hours a week starting tomorrow, so we'll see how long the motivation lasts, heh).</p>
<p>I wish you good luck, I fell into a slump at the beginning of the year and know how frustrating it can be.. just keep working hard and keep the end in sight. Just keep telling yourself that you can do it and the hard work and great work ethic now will pay off when you get to college and want to slack off then.</p>
<p>Hm, I have no idea if they do. I can hope, however. xD</p>
<p>Plus, as other people already mentioned, there's the midyear report... and I want to have really strong grades on that. No time to slack off, at least not yet.</p>
<p>Maybe I'll start thinking about it in june. ^^</p>
<p>I agree!!!! I don't know what I"m gonna do with myself w/o college apps!!! the college app period was so nice b/c you could dream and do all you want, apply to the most competitive schools and didn't have to deal w/ the consequences. Now, it's all out of our control, and I certainly don't like that feeling.</p>