<p>I'm a senior and I'm so ready to get out of this hell hole called high school. I would let all incoming freshmen know, high school is not the greatest part of your life...so focus on your school work. Don't mess up your freshmen year because it will mess you up for the next years. Join clubs and play sports, be active in and outside of school. Most of all, have fun and try not to stress yourself out.</p>
<p>to quote Dante's Inferno:
"Abandon all hope ye who enter here"</p>
<p>Be active outside of school, but BE YOURSELF. Do not go around chasing the cool kids, or trying to fit in somewhere that just isn't like you. Also, you only live once, so remember this too, take risks. Ask that girl for her phone number, even if you don't know if she likes you; take a just one hit from your friends weed that he just scored, stay out past curfew if your having a great time, and dont drink and drive, EVER. The next four years are not going to be the best four years of your life by a long shot, but they are a period of extreme personal growth. DEVELOP YOURSELF, forget about getting into HYPSM until you are a junior, and focus on developing your character. Looking back on the last four years, I did a number of these things wrong, but the things I did wrong might have been right for someone else. The one universal constant that you should focus on, that everyone should focus on while in high school is developing yourself.</p>
<p>For college probably something like</p>
<p>"Expect the unexpected"</p>
<p>as cliche as that sounds.</p>
<p>Never call yourself a freshy. I want to shove every freshman I hear say that down the toilet.</p>
<p>DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. It will stay with you for a long time.=/. </p>
<p>And be active. Get involved with hobby or community service clubs. If I started freshmen year all over, I would've done all my work on time and join clubs and do summer classes at community college. This is greatest thing I regret so far in my 16years of living.</p>
<p>not call urself a freshy</p>
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DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. It will stay with you for a long time.=/
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procrastination is the lifeblood of teenagers... it's inevitable, so my advice on this is to learn how to deal with procrastination well (learning how to be really high-output at the last-minute), not to stop procrastinating</p>
<p>study hard and it will pay off in the end, believe me!
join what you love, find clubs you enjoy, friends to hang out with.
study for standardized tests, show enthusiasm in class.
get your driver's license as early as possible so you can drive yourself to school/EC's/other things outside of school so that your parents don't have to!</p>
<p>Don't pay attention in class, take naps. Instead, study hard at the last minute.
Join a sport.
Study for SATs early.
Take APs.
Learn how to procrastinate well.
Unless you are rich, don't get your driver's license early. It wastes time. A decent used car costs at least 7,000 plus gas, tuneups, etc and insurance, at least 1,000 a year.</p>
<p>Try your best, get straight As whenever you can. Definitely expect the unexpected though ... lots of things are bent to stereotypes and cliches and, though you THINK you know what it feels to go through something, you really don't. Seriously. Even if it is still categorized under that certain stereotype. </p>
<p>But as for the good part, you'll make a lot of good friendships and maybe go through a relationship or two. You'll have your highs, your lows, and your proud moments. By senior year, you'll know what kinds of people you hang out with and hopefully love them as much as they love you. </p>
<p>I've definitely developed mainly in high school and am a different person than I was as a freshman. A lot more laid back, definitely more confident in leadership, and am happy with what I've accomplished in the last 4 years. To all freshman, good luck and hopefully you'll be giving the same advice in four years or so.</p>
<p>You are kind of weird for coming into this school in 7th grade. Having not had Latin for the past two years is sorta odd around here. However, you get a head start on modern languages. Excel at them! If you still have a choice, don't take Spanish, because everyone bombs the AP. People already seem to have their friends picked out, I know, but you can still make friends. Be outgoing. Remember, by senior year, no one will remember who was here in 9th grade and who came in 7th. Also, you can never be valedictorian because of the way this school works. It's also unlikely that you'll be salutatorian. Sorry.</p>
<p>To incoming seventh graders (that's when people generally come to my school), work really hard, and keep doing so until 8th grade. A ton of people get kicked out of here the first two years. You just have to keep your head above water. However, if you are just staying here with mostly Ds, you should probably leave. Most students who do badly here are straight A kids elsewhere. Use your locker. Seriously. Your book bag should not be larger than you are. Don't talk loudly, especially on the bus. Be orderly in the halls. Try to get into Honors (top 80 kids in the class, you have to work for it), because if you do, you're set for the rest of your time here. Look at the grading matrix before you start freaking out about exams. if you're a good student, you'll probably only have 1-2 exams to study for. Learn to love Latin, there's no way of getting out of it. If you got placed in Algebra I but you think you'll get B's in it, switch out if you could otherwise be valedictorian (what I should have done. I could have been sal!). You have the chance to not take a modern language. Take the chance! Mod langs suck here, mostly because of you guys (the school spends to much money giving you guys Latin teachers). Just be cool.</p>