<p>Lately I've been feeling that time goes by too quickly, and that I've been losing the opportunity to do a lot of things. Feel free to post anything you regret doing/not doing; they don't necessarily have to be academic either.</p>
<p>I’ll go first. </p>
<p>I regret not learning how to play the violin whenever I see kids half my age playing fancy sonatas. </p>
<p>Oh, and learning how to dive in a pool. It still looks so scary…</p>
<p>It may sound nerdy: didn’t know what are SAT and ACT until sophomore year summer</p>
<p>I regret not joining the FFA freshman year, and not taking the time to practice art and then forgot about it. My old art teacher said I was a natural lol. I didn’t know why I stopped… Also When I didn’t say yes when this guy confessed his love for me (ain’t that sweet!) and I said no because he was always that “emo” kid that no one liked. He was very handsome without all the makeup… I don’t know exactly why I said no, I’ve must have been really dumb two years ago lol.</p>
<p>I also regret quitting the violin at the age of 10. Saturday cartoons were more important then, apparently. I wish my parents had stopped me because I can’t remember how to read/play notes and symbols anymore. Anyways, I plan to pick it up again this year >.>
I also regret wasting my high school summers at home.</p>
<p>dropping my AP classes</p>
<p>I regret wasting so much time on video games. I regret taking stupid electives and getting a B in Biology freshman year. I regret not keeping up with piano and now I can’t even read music. I regret not getting more involved with ECs - not for college apps, but because you only go through high school once.</p>
<p>Taking too long to do things, like joining activities, getting good grades.</p>
<p>I sometimes feel my life would be more complete if I had played a sport or an instrument. But my life is already complete in its own way, so i’m not too sad about it.</p>
<p>I regret…I can’t remember what I regret. At this moment, I guess nothing.</p>
<p>I don’t regret anything…</p>
<p>The only thing I could think of (sort of) is that I wish I didn’t stop piano, but if I did continue, I would probably hate it… So I don’t regret it. It’s a beautiful instrument and I’m glad I get to appreciate it, even if I can’t play it myself.</p>
<p>Same here with the musical instruments. I played saxophone in 5th, 6th, and 7th grade and was consistently the best sax player in my grade. But I dropped it in 8th grade so I could take a certain elective because my friends were taking it. :(</p>
<p>Same with the piano. I used to be a competitive piano player, and I kinda wish I’d continued with it. Oh well, no use moping over it now…</p>
<p>I regret getting a job this summer (sounds weird, I know). I’ll be taking art and design seminars at this special art college, and then I’ll be painting at different sites throughout the city. I also already work every weekend.</p>
<p>I wanted to dot this summer internship so badly. It was this science research thing at another college. I would’ve done a civil engineering project with graduate students and professors. I think I had a really good chance of getting it: my math teacher already wrote a recommendation, i already wrote an essay i worked really hard on, and my transcript was almost flawless (it had my full freshman year and only first semester of soph year, so my grades were unsually high). If I were to apply for this program next year, it wouldn’t be as easy because I know for a fact that my junior grades will bring me down.</p>
<p>The reason I didn’t apply for it was because when i reminded my mom that i needed to mail in the application with a $50 check, she totally flipped out. (I even told her I was paying for it myself!) If i was was rejected from the program, they’d give my money back. If I got in, they would keep it. </p>
<p>My mom thought this was a ■■■■■■■■ idea because
a)I’d be wasting $50 of my hard-earned money and
b)the internship was unapaid. She reasoned that at least my painting job would pay me.</p>
<p>I wanted to something academic this summer, not physical labor. I can’t tell whether one will look better than the other in the eyes of admissions officers. But I just know that I won’t be able to work with energy and environmental design. Instead, I have to to graphic design in packaging and walls.</p>
<p>^Alright qtpi, great post but please don’t use ■■■■■■■■ to describe something. No offense intended.</p>
<p>I regret that I did not learn “carpe diem” earlier.</p>
<p>Colleges do like to see kids getting jobs. In fact, I heard somebody say that simply having a good old-fashioned part-time job is getting to be so uncommon over things like research and internships that some are saying jobs might actually be valuable than these opportunities because it shows commitment and work ethic.</p>