<p>Trust me I know how you feel</p>
<p>Yo life sucks soo much for me right now cuz i have to write a math paper and take notes on a 50 page chapter for art history (leftovers from my procrastination last year aka last week) and now im in major cram mode for midterms, SAT math 1, USABO (might drop it), looking for science mentors and starting to self-study AP physics (crazy i know but i refuse to take physics b when i can take c) along with extra schoolwork and SAT and extracurriculars (my rents are forcing me to cut down on them but its still time consuming)
DARN ME AND MY RESOLUTIONS/ OVERACHIEVING WAYS!! WHY CAN I JUST NOT CARE!? =(</p>
<p>Me. The thought of school getting harder and harder does not bond with me well.</p>
<p>I just want my first semester to be over. AP Government is the most insane class I’ve taken in my life. I literally think my school may have the hardest AP Gov class in the country.</p>
<p>Second semester junior year, so relaxing!</p>
<p>But junior year definitely was hard for me :’(</p>
<p>I’m so glad I already got into college.
I have waaaaaaaay less stuff to stress about (excepting maintaining a high GPA).
Life is beautiful <3</p>
<p>You guys need to lighten up. Yes, high school is hard but if it’s causing you guys to cry and suffer to no other end, then what’s the point of living?</p>
<p>We do well in school so that we can go to a great college, get a great education and live prosperous, HAPPY lives. However, if you’re too myopic to realize that college is not the destination, but rather a vehicle to get you closer to your dreams of happiness, then there lies the problem. </p>
<p>Take time to reflect.</p>
<p>Here’s a quote some of you might like : </p>
<p>The Dalai Lama was asked what surprised him the most;
he said, “Man, because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.
Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present;
the result being that he does not live in the present or the future;
he lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies having never really lived.”.</p>
<p>TASP application
Scholastic short stories due Friday
SAT
Englishenglishenglish
ACT
Programming homework galore
Self-study AP physics
Volunteering</p>
<p>…yeah… all in one week yeah…</p>
<p>saffysparkles…</p>
<p>Thanks for reminding me about the AMC…that’s a low-priority right now though.</p>
<p>But yeah like spiffy1994 said, just take a deep breath and imagine yourself 10 years from now when most of us will be done with school and settled down in a job. These are some of the best years of our lives - I truly believe that - don’t let them go to waste!!</p>
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<p>I like your quote, bro.</p>
<p>My school just got back from break and all I want to do is play dead…</p>
<p>So much work, so little time.</p>
<p>Nevermind the extracurrics, summer program apps, academic competitions, etc etc. </p>
<p>I waved goodbye to my social life the minute I started junior year.</p>
<p>senior chiming in. senioritis is kicking my butt. we just got back from winter break and my mind is refusing to kick back into work mode. i have 4 AP classes and a couple of ECs , but might have to quit some so I can get a job to help pay for college fees in a couple of months . teachers are piling on the hw and I’m just so fed up and to top it all of i am the poster child for procrastination, so i only get about 3 hours of sleep a night. & yes I’m procrastinating right now. i have 4 essays to write 
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<p>i thought after i was done with college apps i’d have at least a couple days to relax , but sadly no.</p>
<p>LOL Laurier “My school just got back from break and all I want to do is play dead…”</p>
<p>Ok, so I’m finally done with all my college apps, but I’m applying to scholarships and they keep asking for recommendations! I think that by now my two teachers (who did my QuestBridge and Common App) must be annoyed by how many times I’m asking them. It’s so frustrating too because you don’t want to come off too strong on them and they start to look at you all greedy and impatient, and I like these two teachers </p>
<p>And omggg, my grades. I want to cryyyyyy.</p>
<p>Firstly, virtual hugs to those in tough places…suicide is not worth it. Life is difficult now but it will surely get better in the end, and I’m confident that you will make it through.
@Spiffy, I love that quote! Unfortunately, it applies all too well to my own life.
@laurier, lololol…I just might look into that myself. </p>
<p>For me:
(Immediate)
- 6 Model UN position papers to do…FMLFMLFMLFML (4 hours each X 6 = 24)
- 1 speech to write…FMLFMLFMLFMLFML (4 hours)
- Math to study-Unit Test/assignment (12 hours…lets be generous)
- Chem to study-unit test (6 hours)
- Social Studies massive 40% of grade project…(4 X 5 = 20 hours)
- English (10ish hours?)
- Debate to go to (read news)</p>
<p>Crucial Long term stuff:
- Research project to complete/report to write/powerpoint to make (God knows how many hours)
- Chemistry Olympiad
- SAT 1 studying, SAT 2 studying, AP self study</p>
<p>Not long term but within 2-3 weeks:
- Finals to study for: math (D: always stressful) + english (do wellish on papers/tests but I don’t really absorb literature analysis) + social studies (should be good if I do the project well) + Chem (50% of my grade, good review should help me out)</p>
<p>Oh, and I was so stressed the week before that I got 5.5/8.5 on a quiz…which is 20% of my grade. I fared well in the other units but this one has been icky…</p>
<p>So, that totals to 76 hours of work in hmm…4-5 days. And long term stuff. and finals. </p>
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oh, and I’m on cc. </p>
<p>…</p>
<p>Stuff I need to do and the grade I have so far</p>
<p>USH- 90
Huge paper due the 25th</p>
<p>Trig- 97
just homework every night. (this is the one class I have a small amount of homework for)</p>
<p>English-86 D:
Persuasive essay (due at midnight! D; it’s almost done though.)
Essay re-write- hopefully this’ll raise my grade past the 90’s.</p>
<p>Physics-(this is where it gets nasty)- no clue, but high 90’s, especially since I just got a 99 on our huge chapter test 
Chapter 5 hw- (probably 20 problems left)
Chapter 6 hw- 100? problems
4 labs- 2 of them with write ups and a powerpoint
Some essay on technology- only 200 words though, so not a huge deal.
Unit review- 25 problems </p>
<p>AP Biology- not really sure, but I think somewhere in the 80’s
3 homework assignments
Lab
Quiz Friday</p>
<p>Plus:</p>
<p>MITES application
TASP application.
prep for science bowl
FIRST robotics begins soon! = 6 weeks of hell. (Our kickoff is Sat)</p>
<p>I wish i didn’t list it out all now… Makes it feel even worse</p>
<p>My grades seriously suck… I have no idea what to do. >.<</p>
<p>I just got my lowest grade on a math quiz, a 62, that may not sound too bad but I’m pretty sure that my grade is going to plummit, because that was the last assessement for the quarter and quizzes are worth like 30% of my grade and the math quizzes are like bs questions he pulls out of like nowhere.</p>
<p>Then I had to go to basketball practice and deal with my a$$hole of a coach, who honestly, I swear to god, does not know how to properly coach girls. The way he talks to us, it’s sometimes almost as if he wants us to feel bad. And we had a game yesterday and he had benched me (I’m normally a starter) because I didn’t try my hardest at the practice the day before (I was freakin STRESSED and TIRED and almost DEAD), and I ended up scoring the third most points of the team. I thought for sure he would start me again for our game Friday. Turns out, now I’m PERMANENTLY BENCHED! I just want to smack him sometimes.</p>
<p>To top it off, I have an English research paper due Friday which he has not even helped us with, I have to finish two English books, I have a literary terms project due next Tuesday for English, I found out yesterday we had to do literary terms for Latin too now, I haven’t been going to Science Club meetings because of basketball (and I really like science club, but coach makes us shoot 10 free throws for every minute we’re late, then (2nd offense) hard sprints for every minute, and then (3rd+ offense) lose playing time so I really can’t even go to Science Club, which sucks because I was looking forward to the Science Olympiad), and I have yet to start on any summer program applications…</p>
<p>■■■…</p>
<p>Thanks for this thread, btw, I just released quite a bit of steam…</p>
<p>Junior year is a horrible ******. i swear it was totally ok before break. denied from a competition i was so passionate about and really wanted to do. but the captain(s) denied me just because i like private universities and not private liberal arts colleges </p>
<p>500~2000 lines of code for an ib ia for compsci. i have a huge 3 chapter biology test tomorrow in AP bio. a socratic seminar on a book i didnt read over break, gettysburg address recitation next week</p>
<p>tons of borderline grades</p>
<p>ap calc - 94
ap spanish - 94
apush-90
ap bio - 84 (A is an 85 gosh damit)
ib compsci - 99
ap comp - 91</p>
<p>3 borderline classes. maybe even calc. i was so lazy; decided not to do my break assignment LOL</p>
<p>i need straight As. my gpa is a freaking 3.88 uw.
my brother goes to a top ivy league. pressure on me.
financial situations. im low income
family situations. dad’s health situation</p>
<p>stanford epgy application (hope my teachers hurry up with the recs)
cosmos application
email professors at my local colleges for research/intern opportunities
study for 6 ap tests
study for sat end of january
study for 6 ap/ib finals at end of january</p>
<p>i need freaking straight As.</p>
<p>Due tommorow: Scholastic Art & Writing Awards submissions (I haven’t even written any of them yet), 6 AP Chem Assignments
Due on the 9th: Four AP Chem assignments, All missed APUSH assignments (Pretty much every assignment since September… ****).
Due on the 13th: Two AP Chem assignments.</p>
<p>Then I’ll be starting to study for SATs, GCSEs, SAT Subject Tests and my APs. Then there’s summer program applications.</p>
<p>I’m starting to wonder whether I’ll get to the end of this year and wonder why I put so much work into online classes if I come out with the grades I currently have (a D and an F).</p>
<p>Today was hell.</p>
<p>I cannot memorize any of my chemistry vocab AND I HAVE A QUIZ TOMORROW!!! It’s really strange, because normally I can memorize vocab really quickly.</p>
<p>Oh, and I gained a lot of weight over the winter break. My mom won’t stop nagging me about it and my favorite jeans are too tight now. I would work out, but I don’t have the time right now.</p>