Smart, with a social life?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Something I've noticed about being a member on this site is how many people want to go to ivy league schools and are well qualified. Many people have dreamt of getting into many Tier 1 schools since they started high school and have worked tediously academically to be in the place they are now. (Which is great, it truly amazes me how talented people are!) What I've started to wonder, though, how many people still maintain a good social life?</p>

<p>*Social life consisting of going out with friends on weekends - movies/dates/going to cheer on school teams
-Not spending all weekend doing homework (goes along with going out with friends)
^Just a perception of having a "social life" </p>

<p>--Feel free to give some stats about your academic standing and tell what you've done to maintain a social life!!</p>

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<p>I’m not a genius or anything, but I am considered smart for my high school…which isn’t actually all that hard for my high school. haha but anyway, yes, I have a social life and lots of good friends!</p>

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<p>Ahh, I see! I’m very interested to see if people with 36 ACT or 2400’s have lives outside of studying? Not to stereotype or anything, but it’d be hard to be extremely smart AND have a good social life on the side.</p>

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<p>I manage by working hard Sun - Thurs, and partying just as hard Fri into Sat. It’s all about time allocation.</p>

<p>I’ve skipped going out more than once to study for a big exam though.</p>

<p>Btw, it’s not really intelligence that correlates with a social life, but how hard one studies.</p>

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<p>Good point, but it’s very interesting.</p>

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<p>The weekend begins Thursday night so Friday classes are near impossible to attend. Friday afternoon is the official start of the weekend. Saturday is Game day. Sunday recover and try to do work Sunday evening. Rinse, lather, repeat.
The above is why students get into trouble if they don’t work smart and efficiently.
Time management, prioritize and stay ahead of your assignments.</p>

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<p>Studying on weekends? What a novel concept. Maybe I should try that if my grades ever drop.</p>

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<p>Party hard on Friday and Saturday, then cram everything on Sunday. It works.</p>

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<p>Mostly, I’m referring to people in high school. From what I’ve heard, college students work hard and play hard. I’m curious as to how many people in high school find time for a social life. It’d truly amaze me if every person with a 2400 or 36 act had a phenomenal social life AND went out every weekend.</p>

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<p>I only have like a 3.3 GPA, with a 2100 SAT (not studying 10th grade) but I have a social life, but I guess I don’t qualify because the smart half of the question.</p>

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<p>Don’t hate, I have a 3.3 and a 2060, and I still count myself as smart. Well, I don’t try at all, so I guess it doesn’t count?</p>

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<p>Well let’s see here… I suppose I can answer my own question first.
I’m no genius… I only have a 28 act… but I have about a 4.0.
My life consists of sports sports sports! work and more work… but I hang out with my friends or boyfriend when I’m not doing those 2 things… Academics are important, but we’re still young. So I enjoy having a social life all the time. I cram for homework, and I don’t think I’ve touched an assignment on a saturday.</p>

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<p>Why? It’s not like those things really take effort.</p>

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<p>If it didn’t take effort, why do so many people spend weeks studying? Why do so many people buy prep books and obsess about improving their scores? For some, it might not take any effort, for others it does.</p>

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<p>Choosing to make an effort doesn’t mean it requires effort, especially for the people capable of 2400</p>

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<p>How did those people become capable of acquiring a 2400 without studying at some point in their lives? Perhaps it’s more gradual and it depends on how much information one recollects when studying and building on that information. The more they know, the less they will have to study. It’s pretty simplistic.</p>

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<p>You can be smart and have a social life. Smart doesn’t equal good grades. Even stupid kids if they study enough can get good grades. If the stupid kids are studying all of the time the smart kids who don’t study all the time are more likely to have a better social life then the stupid kids.</p>

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<p>Perhaps they absorbed the info by listening in class or doing the assigned homework. I mean what’s the point of homework if you have to do additional studying to learn the material? TBH, I practically never had to study up through middle school, and that’s all the SAT tests. Of course I didn’t get 2400, but that’s largely due to writing style.</p>

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<p>“it depends on how much information one recollects” I tried to incorporate that aspect too. Anyway, some people are just better at paying attention and remembering things than other people. We all have different learning styles.</p>

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<p>I’ll bite. 36 ACT/4.0 uw/4.42 w/rank 1/~215/17 APs overall including self-studies by graduation. Also a nationally ranked athlete, committed to an excellent school for next year and have likely letter in hand. ~800 volunteer hours in past 18 months. I don’t have a huge social life but am by no means anti-social. When I’m not traveling for my sport I go out with friends to movies/parties/whatever’s happening in town on the weekends. At tournaments athlete friends and I try to go out and do something fun/see the city, etc. I’ve dated quite a bit including a 10 month relationship that just ended when my (ex) gf left for a gap year abroad.</p>

<p>I will say as a caveat that this is possible because of how non-rigorous and flexible my school is. Obviously at stronger publics or top preps I’d run out of time in the day. I’ve never really studied or had much homework and didn’t spend an exorbitant amount of time on test prep. I can’t imagine living without any kind of social life, though. There’s more to life than racing from point to point. Use a combination of time management and finding things you’re passionate about and there’s quite a bit you can accomplish.</p>