<p>Hey upperclassmen, what do you want the freshman to know that would make thier experience more enjoyable as a High School Student?</p>
<p>Avoid the drama. Plan for your future happiness and don't base your decisions on those of others. Make your own way.</p>
<p>Well........
Definetly study hard. If I had known about CC BEFORE my freshman year, I would of done a lot better. And dont get caught up in all the hype about smoking/drugs and how it would make u more popular blahblah. Also, join lots of clubs (or atleast get to know more about ALL the activites your school offers)
Participate in sports
If ur taking a foreign language and they have a club for it join it.
Dont exepect everything to be easy: I got out of middle school with the highest GPA and thought frosh yr was gonna be a breeze lol. Boy, was i wrong:)</p>
<p>For some colleges you apply to, your freshmen year grades don't count in the sense that it doesn't factor into your GPA.</p>
<p>I have to say be in a sport, a fun sport with little drama.</p>
<p>My friends and I always talk about how skiing is the only reason we haven't dropped out yet ;)</p>
<p>Stop stressin' out so much about freshman year grades unlike what everyone else says. just do well sopho year and especially junior year.</p>
<p>Know who your real friends are coming in, try to excel academically without totally stressing yourself out (remember, these are the "best years of our lives"), work hard but play harder...</p>
<p>Try your hardest to not be cool, and do things that you want to do, not your friends.</p>
<p>i kinda wanna join a sport but im afraid i wont have time or that i'll suck at it and embarrass myself.</p>
<p>^ Exactly... but most of mine is time issues! My mom keeps telling me I shouldn't and my PE teacher keeps telling me I should... Instead I run 2 miles at home!</p>
<p>Don't do anything impulsive that seemed funny at the time. I've only done that about a bajillion times and every time it ends badly.</p>
<p>Definitely join at least one sport, preferably a fall one </p>
<p>things I wish I had known/done as a freshman:
Don't procrastinate so much, it's not worth it. Start good habits early</p>
<p>Don't worry about the opposite sex, it'll work out eventually</p>
<p>Don't worry about whether or not every single person likes you. Having a core group of 10-12 close friends and 2-3 that you can bare your soul to when you need it is more than enough to get by</p>
<p>Don't be scared of the upperclassmen... they were in your shoes only 2-3 years earlier and aren't out to get you or be mean</p>
<p>Have fun! Don't stress out so much, appreciate what an awesome school you're at</p>
<p>Screw popularity -- isn't worth it!</p>
<p>Focus on having a few really good friends.</p>
<p>Try and meet as many people as possible, especially upperclassmen since your time with them is limited! </p>
<p>Don't kill yourself over grades, but make sure you set good study habits and adjust well to the increased work-load. Freshman grades may not matter but freshman study habits are hard to break!</p>
<p>Enn's right. popularity is a *****. all the popular kids would probably turn out to be a bunch of loosers working for the geeks later in life.</p>
<p>Hey. lol. That's not true.</p>
<p>Do only activities and sports that you want to do, not what some college down the road or others want you to participate in.</p>
<p>Don't stress so much over grades. If you put in the effort, teachers will usually appreciate the fact that you're not grade conscious.</p>
<p>I found that though you'll have a group of friends that you will always stay true to, your list of general friends will often fluctuate as based on your classes, and that not seeing some people in your seven hour school day can often hurt a relationship.</p>
<p>As to bf/gf relationships, I was never really in one, but if you want to go for it, but looking back now I can tell you if you stay in your relationship past senior year that when everyone goes off to college, it's either (a) going to be emotionally the most painful days if not weeks of your life or (b) the two of you go to the same college and at least one of you will regret that decision.</p>
<p>Saying goodbye to people sucks so spend as much time hanging out and having fun as possible because the August after your senior year is ridiculously sad and depressing.</p>
<p>Choose to either have an exceptionally rigorous schedule junior or senior year [depending on if your school let's you take many AP's your junior year], there's really no reason to go through two years of hell.</p>
<p>Freshman year you're finding your place so immediately join clubs you have a solid interest in and work from there. If things don't work out just drop it.</p>
<p>GPA and rank wars are ridiculous and then there's no healthy reason to get competitive over grades. Realize that everyone is independent from each other when applying to colleges, so don't focus on how someone else is better [because there's always going to be someone else better].</p>
<p>Don't feel the pressure to get into any of the following types of EC's just to appear well-rounded: academic club, theatre, band, sport, community service, cultural club, student government, peer leadership, etc. Personally, after going through the application process, you just need a healthy assortment of EC's with passion and you'll be fine.</p>
<p>Good luck :D</p>
<p>Don't be selective or exclusive about friends freshman or sophomore year. Get to know everyone you can. Networking will help you; plus, meeting people and being able to socialize is important for a healthy life and future.</p>
<p>I would echo those who said attempt to at least do well freshman year and study; for those who go to schools with weights, the freshman year sets a major piece of the tone for later on, as the weights are nearly nonexistent there from the lack of AP classes. Bad grades in CP/H classes can really smack one's GPA and rank later.
If one is unable to establish a relationship with the opposite sex, just let it go. I survived three years of HS with no friends of either sex, and will continue to live through the fourth in the same manner.</p>
<p>Yeah also if you don't do well freshman year you'll probably have a difficult time getting into honors or AP classes later on, so definitely make an effort</p>