<p>Ok, last year i had time for academics and friends. but this year i'm a sophomore takin 3 aps and 4 honors and it's just killin my social life. like in recess i hav to be studying 30 pgs of ap bio cus i know that in the evening i'm goin to be doin other 7 hw. my friends no longer talk to me and they actually went to this party w/out botherin to tell me bout it this week! am i the only person who has no social life right now? If not, how do YOU cope w/ it? if only college could come faster...</p>
<p>wow why did you take so many honors and aps...? Lighten up the load you dont have to take the hardest course possible...</p>
<p>You know...you don't have to do anything you don't want to.</p>
<p>If college was here, then our work lives would coincide with our social lives. I.e., the majority of our conversations would be related to an uber hard project. Stupid engineering courses.</p>
<p>Anyways, I learned from my mistakes last year, and decided to passively read all my AP History and English books over the summer. Hopefully, it'll lighten the load.</p>
<p>You should also know that, after freshman year, your social life during the weekdays was mercilessly killed. Don't expect to go out at all on a Mon-Thurs. Friday-assigned homework should be started Sunday morning (or Saturday, if there's a project due). That leaves Friday night to do whatever you want.</p>
<p>As long as you don't have an 8 hour job after school, completing homework in an efficient manner shouldn't really be that hard.</p>
<p>At least you don't have to balance your time among schoolwork, working, tutoring, and extracurriculars.</p>
<p>But I really, really do feel your pain.</p>
<p>LOL Advanced Placement courses are killing your social life? Sorry, that just sounded so...</p>
<p>If you can't handle it, drop out. And uh, try to hang out during weekends? I usually can't understand much about all this hyper academic pressure...it can't be that bad, but who am I to know about each particular situation...</p>
<p>I know how you feel man. It really sucks. Especially when you can't stand the stuck up people in the "smart" classes and all your cool friends are in the lower level classes.</p>
<p>Does it qualify me as a "stuck up person in the 'smart' classes" if I can really only stand people inside of them?</p>
<p>extracurriculars BURNN.
personally, i think too many ECs with stupid hard hard hardcore classes (and why we don't have an honors program is beyond me, but the workload is intense)
is comparable to too many APs and Honors.</p>
<p>but it always depends on the school and pressure. always.</p>
<p>if you willingly signed up for that heavy of a workload, you probably should've figured that you wouldn't have time for a great social life, too... but you can always drop a class or two. </p>
<p>also, recess?</p>
<p>lol@ recess</p>
<p>Relax. You're doing it wrong. Look up Zen Valedictorian. You aren't the only one with honors classes, and you certainly aren't the most overwhelmed student in the world. School just started, and once you figure out what you're doing, it becomes alot easier.</p>
<p>My personal plan style is ignore friends during the week. Handle my work then, then have fun on the weekend. There's a weekend for a reason.</p>
<p>^agreed 10char</p>
<p>i find at my school that the first week or two of school is usually the hardest because every teacher makes it a point to assign hw/a new project immediately to prove that their class isn't just a push-over. Well, i can generally see through that and realize half of them indeed are pushovers and once i get that first project done its easy going</p>
<p>I studied on the weekend.</p>
<p>4 AP / 3 honors here.</p>
<p>I have some AP's and college courses and work over 20 hours a week. I gave up most sports except basketball. I think you'll get the hang of time management. Do some homework during lunch. If it's too much for you, then it might not be worth it in the long run. Get used to having wayyy less than six hours of sleep too.</p>
<p>lol you'll have fun....when you're 30 ;)
but you'll have a better chance of having a more comfortable life with a stable job when you get older</p>