<p>Lulz the frosh are so cute.</p>
<p>Junior year is hard, senior year is soooo easy!!!</p>
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I’m not speaking for OP, but in my school:
– Study hall is mandatory for freshmen (I don’t know why, it wasn’t when I was a freshman and I didn’t have a study hall, just a lunch)
– Honors language is for juniors, AP for seniors. Before that, it’s not honors.
– ECs start in late September or early October - this year, they all start next week. The exception is fall sports, which starts before the school year.</p>
<p>I’m a senior, and I can say that it got harder every year for me, this year being no exception (other than NHS, ECs haven’t even started yet). At first, I didn’t think it was any harder than middle school, either, but that was because my school has a slow curve of increasing work. (and I’ve gotten better grades every year, although it’s too early to tell this year (especially with applications and senioritis)).
And in some districts, high school might be easier than middle school.</p>
<p>EDIT: Looking at his classes, his school is probably similar to my school, and might even be in NY. Spanish 2 - that indicates that middle school language counts as one year, like in my district. H Bio - that’s on the accelerated track in my school and probably in his too. H Algebra 2 - my school places Geometry before Algebra 2, but schools in NY can do it either way. Modern World History - in my school it’s H World History, and it’s a two-year course (with a choice of going into AP World History the second year). H English - yes, my school does offer that, too.</p>
<p>OP- you are a freshman. When I was your age, I was already volunteering and got a 200% in my History class. I diligently did all my homework and prepped for thr PSAT.</p>
<p>Fast forward two years, and here comes APUSH, AP Chem, internships, SAT, jobs, relationships, clubs, community college and much much more.</p>
<p>In the course of two years, I went through some of the most rigorous curriculum known in this nation. And when look back at you underclassmen, I only smile at your innocence. Savor your freedom, for it won’t last long.</p>
<p>Maybe his high school is not that hard. I know people in college who said they barely had to work in high school, but feel shocked when getting to college. Other people (myself) are already adjusted to working hard and find college work to be no more time consuming than in high school.</p>
<p>guys maybe you should stop bashing the OP x) it was just a question.</p>
<p>When you’re taking over 4 APs, compete in a varsity sport that practices 7 days a week and requires you to miss a lot of school, participate in a few time consuming ECs, have the SAT, ACT and SATIIs to take, and then on top of that whatever other stuff you do, school can be hard.</p>
<p>Freshman year is always easy. Wait until you establish a GPA and your guidance counselor puts in you the hardest classes your school offers. When you hit sophomore year, you will be like “I’m ****ed up”. Plus, you start joining clubs. I want to kill myself dealing with 3 leaderships, marching band, SAT prep, church stuff, and prep school admissions stuff and I’m only a sophomore.</p>
<p>It totally depends on your school. Everything people are saying here is irrelevant because you do not go to the poster’s school. At my school freshman year was very hard, sophomore year a little easier, junior year was very tough, and then senior year cooled down half way through. To be in all honors classes was very time consuming and no one had a perfect GPA. However, I know people who went to other schools who could get by doing a ton of hard classes and activities. Some people manage time better than others, and some high schools are harder than others. But time management is a great skill to have, so it’s great that the poster seems to be learning this as a freshman, for many people it takes years.</p>
<p>And just because a class is AP doesn’t mean that it’s hard, it depends on the class and the school. That’s why so many people don’t pass AP tests. Many of the honors classes I took early on were harder than the APs I took during my junior and senior years.</p>
<p>Freshmen, and beginning of HS. </p>
<p>Wait till Soph or Junior.</p>
<p>You clearly don’t go to a hard school</p>
<p>"guys maybe you should stop bashing the OP x) it was just a question. "</p>
<p>Actually, it wasn’t a question, the OP got on here to brag and he is now receiving his comeuppance.</p>
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Agreed. And not all freshman have it as easy as the OP describes. It’s not like we all have 8 hours of work a night, but we definitely couldn’t do all our work in “study hall.”</p>
<p>Lol OP got owned so hard he hasn’t even tried replying yet.</p>
<p>^ Or maybe its because he’s a freshman and he actually has time for a life.</p>
<p>I love how no one here realizes how lucky they are. This freshmen has what, 3+ honors classes? My school doesn’t have any honors classes at all, and only 3 APs.</p>
<p>Just wondering, why would some of you guys take 8+ APs in one year? Life would be so mudane. Why not do research or something?</p>
<p>Some of us aren’t supergeniuses and we struggle to get our B’s.</p>
<p>3 leadership positions, maximum level of AP’s as a sophomore (2 of the top 5 hardest at my school), 5-7 hours of homework, 4-8 hours volunteering per week, clubs mon-friday, and a pshychotic teacher. High school can be hard. That’s not counting PSAT prep, the 30 page business plan I’m writing, the online class, or the research project.</p>
<p>But I love it all :)</p>
<p>I agree with everything evanb said. The person basically describes my experience to a tee. Freshman is pretty easy. You just wait. You haven’t seen anything yet…</p>