<p>Hahaha… soph year it was like:</p>
<p>Wake up 7:00
School until 2:15
Clubs from 2:15 - 4:00
Homework at school 4:00 - 6:00
Get home 6:00
Dinner and chill 6:00 - 8:00
Homework and Studying 8:00 - 12:00</p>
<p>Sometimes I’d get home at 6:00 because I commuted to my internship.</p>
<p>Summer before junior year was lazy for me, sometimes I slept at 10:00 and woke up at 8:00; other times stayed up till 4:00 to 8:00 then went to work. I usually worked 9:00 - 5:00. Then I had a 1 hour break where I ate dinner, then a 2 hour SAT prep class from 6:00 - 8:00. I’d get home at 9:00 and do homework until 4.</p>
<p>Junior year is like
Wake up 7:00
School until 2:15
Clubs 2:15 - 4:00
4:00 - 5:00 commute to university for internship (I have to walk 30 mins to the train station, then take a sketchy train to the university. but most of the time i ask a friend for a ride… hehe)
5:00 - 7:30 work in university
7:30 - 8:30 get home, get dinner
8:30 - 4:00 work on homework, studying for tests, olympiad stuff, etc</p>
<p>I miss being a soph :’(</p>
<p>Gonna be a junior and preparing to die. My schedule changes literally every day but here’s what I got so far:</p>
<p>6:00 wake up
6:15 ACTUALLY wake up
6:20: Get dressed and put on my face, breakfast if I’m lucky
7:00 start school
idk the order yet but APUSH, Calc BC, French IV, Bio AP, English IB, and deciding between Physics or Psych AP
2:00 end school
2:15-4:15 practice my physically exhausting varsity sport…yay.
4:15 either after practice snack and shower and homework or 2 hours of mock trial
6:00 if it’s a mock trial day start homework
after homework is finished (not sure how long it will take) work on other projects like my school club, the two digital internships I may or may not be participating in, and freelance writing (considering starting a novel)
10:30 bed. No matter what, bed at 10:30. No way I’ll stay up later, even if it means doing an assignment at break the next day. I know, such a dedicated student!</p>
<p>@PolyglotGal that’s so cool that you’re learning all those languages! Could you maybe share some tips for a girl planning to pursue another language in her free time? How exactly do you go about learning it?</p>
<p>5:45- wake up
6:30- bus
6:50- get to school and either hang out with friends or do random errands like talking with teachers about assignments
7:15- school starts
2:00- ends
2:15- after school activity, can be anything but usually student government
4:00- go home
4:30- homework or nap (depending on how much homework I have)
7:00- wake up
7:10- eat dinner
7:25- start/continue homework
9:30- finish homework
9:35- miscellaneous stuff from writing, reading, working on ECs outside of school, finishing up the episode of x tv show I was watching during dinner or just plain old texting
10:15- go to bed and put on podcast
10:45- sleep</p>
<p>This is on average for junior year, some days I would get home at 6:30 and others I would be home at 2:30, so 4 is the average/median/mode. Homework also varied. Some days it was around 2 hours whereas others I would work straight from 2:30 to 10:30 and even then I would sacrifice some parts of the assignments (to do the next day in other classes) so that I could get some sleep. The latest I slept without napping was probably 1am. Some days I would sleep right when I got home from school and wake up at around 3am or earlier to finish homework. My sleep schedule was overall really messed up because I had really hard classes one day (5+ hours of homework) and really easy classes one day (usually 2 hours max unless I had an essay or big project). I preferred it this way though. It gave me an incentive to work hard one day knowing that the next day I could spend most of my time napping. Having a balanced schedule would mean like 3-4 hours of homework a night and I think I would get annoyed with not having any days off. </p>
<p>Yeah… soph year I used to sometimes sleep at 11:00, then wake up at 4:00 to catch up on work…
this year I’m getting better at staying up lol…</p>
<p>@lanflan well I first like to start off with the alphabet of the language. If they have English letters, then that’s spectacular! But there are always pronunciations that vary. If you’re trying to learn Russian where you have the Cyrillic alphabet, you need to familiarize yourself as much as you possibly can with structure and pronunciation. For that I would use flash cards and memorize the pronunciations. Then I would also memorize grammar rules and practice writing sentences, I have sheets and sheets of sentences that ultimately look like nonsense to native speakers. 
I would also look up tenses and grammar rules and write them down in a notebook or type them out, usually depends on how I feel. I would also start to speak and learn basic phrases and greetings. I would also practice in front of the bathroom mirror, while washing my hands and in the shower. I always get Spanish speaking customers at work and sometimes many of them don’t feel like trying to explain themselves in English, so I would practice speaking with them whether it’s just “¿Quieres una bulsa para el pretzel?” O “¿Quieres uno sin sal , con mantequilla?” Also look up vocabulary lists and basic lessons online. I like to do a combination of using a textbook from school or a PDF and talking to friends on Skype. I would just keep going and never stop speaking no matter what. You need to do that in order to truly learn. That distinguishes the speakers who put effort from the people so say “hola” with an emphasis on the “h.” Good luck with your endeavors and I hope that you continue learning.</p>
<p>@PolyglotGal Thanks so much for the advice!!! Unfortunately, none of my friends have any remote interest in talking to people outside the classroom, so face to face speaking would be difficult. But I definitely like that bit bout practicing in the shower. Thanks for all the advice!</p>
<p>@Spiral7 I find sleep to be a waste of time.</p>
<p>@lanflan you mentioned digital internships… Are those internships online? If so, could you send me a link, I might be interested</p>
<p>@Bardinators The more sleep you get the better you perform at school. </p>
<p>5:00 - Wake Up, Etc.
6:00 - Football Team Lift
7:45 - School Starts
AP Chem
AP Calc
AP Gov
AP Lang and Comp
AP Physics I
H Religion 3
H English 4
2:30 - Football Practice
6:30 - Get Home, Eat, Shower
7:00 - Homework
Go to bed whenever I finish</p>
<p>@autoexec Amazing class selection!! What will you do when football season is over? Do you do any other ECs?</p>
<p>I don’t feel like posting my schedule, but I just wanted to say that y’all are lying about sleeping at 9. No high school student has the self-discipline to sleep that early. </p>
<p>This has been my schedule for the past four weeks.</p>
<p>4:45 Wake Up
5:45 Seminary
7:10 AP Lit
8:10 Jazz Band
9:05 Celebration
9:40 AP Chem
10:40 AP Physics C
11:35 Lunch
12:25 AP US Gov / AP Macro
1:25 AP Calc BC
2:20 School’s Out
2:40 Chill out
3:30 Any homework
4:30 Make dinner for family
6:30 Boy Scouts on Tuesday
7:00 Martial Arts on Wednesday/Friday
8:00 Family time
10:00 Bed</p>
<p>Honestly, even with all the AP classes, I don’t have much homework - maybe ~30 min a day. I tend to do most of my homework during celebration. I could probably do more things, but I value my free time and my family time too much. </p>
<p>@Hawkace some of them are taking 5+ APs and doing after school things, I think I might just feel like sleeping after that 
</p>
<p>@Hawkace @Spiral7 Yeah, going to bed early isn’t really “discipline”, more like “Wow, I’m tired”.</p>
<p>I agree, before high school was crazy competitive, I guess, but now, unless you are a slacker or don’t have enough ECs to build an impressive resume you are TIRED by the time you get home and finish studying!!</p>
<p>From this past semester:
6:30 - Get up, shower, eat
7:35 - Leave for school
8:00 - Classes begin
A crap load of work
3:00 - School ends
3:30 - Homework
6:20 - Volleyball time (club)
10:30 -Get home, finish homework
11-12 -Bed time</p>
<p>1st semester:</p>
<p>6:15 - Wake up/get ready
7:15 - Leave for school
7:35 - School starts</p>
<p>AP Physics 2
Astronomy (1st semester)/Speech (2nd semester)
Madrigal Singers/Chamber Choir
AP Biology
AP Spanish Lang
Percussion Ensemble/Band
AP Statistics
AP English Lit</p>
<p>2:50 - School ends
3:00 - Begin extracurricular activities (depends on the day)
7:00 or 8:30 (depending on day) - Get home</p>
<p>Use the rest of my evening for homework and eating dinner</p>
<p>11:00 - Go to bed</p>
<p>During the second semester, my day starts an hour earlier because I have zero period PE which begins at 6:40.</p>
<p>How does my schedule look? Is it rigorous enough, even with my music classes and astronomy electives? I’m hoping colleges don’t view it as an easier schedule, but I’m VERY passionate about music (I’ve been involved all four years of high school and during middle school), and astronomy is new and seems very interesting, so I took it because it interests me.</p>
<p>@rkepp12
I’m loving the APs, but how will you do homework for FIVE AP CLASSES in only 4 or 3.5 hours??? I’m not sure how thing will be possible…</p>
<p>Also, what ECs are you doing?</p>
<p>@Spiral7. Honestly, that’s a lot of time compared to the amount of time I’ve spent on homework each day in past years…</p>
<p>My extracurriculars include music rehearsals (especially marching band, and Madrigals during the winter time), community service, some clubs and organizations I’m involved in, and running a private piano lesson business.</p>