<p>I second the friends and EC’s. 
If I could finally get my license, I would be able to participate in so many more.
Also, most of my friends are part of my school’s band/play/musical… and that is so not me it’s not even funny. They try to convince me to join, so I say “I’ll think about it”, but I’m sure they realize that means “no” by now. 
However, I do have an acquaintance or two in the club I’m involved in, and we have become a bit closer, which is nice.
Plus, my school only has 7-8 AP classes, and they reserve most of them for seniors.
EX: I’m a junior. I asked my guidance counselor if I could take AP Psychology this year (back at the beginning of the year), and she told me that would be impossible because it’s only for seniors. So unfair.
Also, the fact that I need sleep. I got by on 1-2 hours a few nights back during first semester because my teachers just loved to make me have 4 tests on one day.</p>
<p>Caring too much about what other people think. Can apply to nearly everything.</p>
<p>Because I go to crew practice every day except sunday and don’t get home until 7:30, I can’t take as many advanced classes because it’s too time consuming. I really wanted to take honors chemistry and AP Euro next year, but because crew is so time consuming I can’t. And I can’t get less sleep because I get so tired from crew and school that I need that sleep. Then some might say, why don’t you quit crew but I really really like rowing, but I really really like school. Also I can’t eat like cookies and french fries anymore because I’m a lightweight rower and I have to maintain a weight of 130 lbs which is difficult since I’m 5’8.5 and I can’t gain too much muscle.</p>
<p>^ I’m the same with swimming. Here we do it year round and I do around 13 hours a week :(</p>