Congratulations to everyone else who is now freaking out because it just sunk in that (gasp) I’m gonna live in a dorm… with a roommate… no parents… and do my own laundry… We’ve done it!
Seems I’ve devoted 90% of my free time this year to think about my future, and it was just so fun! Now I actually know what city I’ll live in next year, and there are no essays to write, no intense research to do, and no thank you notes to write. Orientation is still months away, but I wanna do something!!
What am I supposed to do now!? Design a mental image of my future dorm room with attention to every minute detail? Take Khan Academy lessons because I’m gonna have a math placement test soon and maybe I’ll be able to skip geometry next year and get to the good stuff? Make a plan for each of the bizarre possibilities that could go wrong next year when I sleep in the same room as someone else?
My friends and family are getting tired of me constantly talking about how I’m going to a boarding school next year…but I have a lot of unused excitement, nervousness, and energy that needs to be put to use! What am I supposed to do with it!?
I feel the same way… actually I’ve been in kind of a funk the past couple of days. Coming back to reality after hearing the news was so weird, like coming home from a sunny vacation and returning to dreary weather. Especially with ALL of my friends all enrolling at the local HS (small town, so apart from me and a couple of kids who are moving, everyone’s gonna be together next year), I feel left out, but at the same time incredibly relieved that I actually got in somewhere. It’s just WEIRD! It’s also been hard finding something to do with the energy that used to be devoted to application stress. Like, the other night, I found myself freaking out that I don’t know what to bring, I won’t bring the right stuff, I’ll freeze to death in New Hampshire… you get the idea. I realized I was creating stress for myself that was really unnecessary, and decided to do my best to try and be more productive instead… I suggest reading, writing, focusing on these last weeks of school, anything so you’re not thinking of boarding school every single second-personally, that doesn’t get me anywhere.
@emro12 same for my school. Everyone except me is going to the same high school, and they won’t stop talking about marching band and the classes they’re taking next year (because THEY’ve been able to register for classes already… so unfair!) I don’t wanna stop thinking about this though! I wanna do research and choose my classes and fill out the roommate questionnaire and text my roommate and coordinate our curtain scheme! Where is all this energy coming from!? I get like 6 hours of sleep a night. I should be miserable!
I guess I could use a little more reading time… I should read Harry Potter again, or Looking for Alaska. Maybe this excitement will calm down a bit in a few days?
ahahhahah, same. I think I’m going to attend Hkiss (not Choate or Govs, my runner ups), so I’ve read the almanac, the entire website, sketched out a few layouts for my dorm room, studied geo so I can go right to alg 2, created an intricate four year plan with classes, ec’s, sports, community service, etc.
@emro12@woodcal03 I’m in the same situation with my friends. Half of them are impressed/proud of me and half of them kinda want to kill me @emro12 You won’t freeze to death in NH (as I’m sure the dorms are better insulated than my house just kidding); seriously, though, it’s not that cold here. And snow is really nice, except for shoveling.
@funinthesun1211 Working on a four-year plan sounds just fun and pointless enough for me! And somehow I hadn’t even considered drawing out my dorm room! Omg… luckily for me my school starts in August. I’ve never been so excited to start school!
Btw, I’m trying to skip Geo to get to Algebra II also! Good luck!
@woodcal03 I would recommend trying to test out of Alg 2 as well. Alg 2 is mostly a review of Alg 1 and if you get Alg 2 down pretty well pre-freshman year you will be much ahead of most of your peers. Furthermore, pre-calc will mostly be a breeze as it is practically a review of Alg 2 and just a few new/more in-depth lessons. What school will you be attending next year? Good luck!
@Cristian007 I’ll be at McCallie School in Chattanooga next year! I haven’t had a lot of time yet to really look through what I need to learn but I’ll definitely consider that! I really want to be able to study the crazy imaginary math as soon as I can, so if Algebra II isn’t hard, I’d definitely want to skip that as well. My older brother’s taking Algebra II right now, so maybe he could help! Lol, he’d be so annoyed if next year we’re both taking Pre-calc. That just makes me more determined!
@Cristian007, I didn’t think of skipping alg 2, I think that is my new goal! Imagine how cool that would be. I’m not that strong in geo though so most of my efforts will go to that. I am pretty good at alg though so it may just be doable.
@FunintheSun1211@woodcal03 I believe it’s most definitely worth it! You’d be much ahead of most of your peers and, atleast for me, it’ll make math a much more fun and interesting subject! I recommend using khan academy and (if you can) hire a tutor so he can direct you into even higher math if you’re understanding the topics and advancing quickly. Good luck!
I’m gonna shoot for taking Algebra II for now… if I have more time soon, I’ll try to get even further. I’d love to be able to tell all the Geometry students in my class who think they’re better than me that I’m taking a more advanced math class than them next year. Lol
is anybody else struggling with the fact that they don’t know anyone else who’s going to your school next year? I would go through my school’s insta followers and find other students in my class but I don’t want to come across as creepy, you know…
@woodcal03 Yes. I only know two people at Exeter, and they’re both a year older than me. @emro12 You do have a while to figure that out though Parkas are good for winter, but you might also want something a bit lighter than that for fall/early spring.
Is it weird to be excited to find out what your summer reading is in March?
I’ve only told my best friend that I’m leaving, and I’m going to tell my teachers (who wrote my recommendations) tomorrow and thank them a whole LOT.
I really don’t know what to do in the next few months. No matter how many exams, projects, or assignments I have to keep me busy, I can’t take my mind off my [future] school. I’m stalking their website, their instagram account, their facebook page, their youtube channel… I’m going to explode.
