<p>In case the amazing happens and I get accepted to Rice, one of the concerns I have is the workload for students. I have seen on many sites that there is quite a lot of work to be done. You see, senioritis is really starting to kick in for me and I really see no further point in high school and each assignment is taking it's toll on me. My question is, is this temporary? Will I get a renewed sense of energy for schoolwork in college? Did you? Can anyone relate to this at all?</p>
<p>i can totally relate to you. i've always been an extremely hard working kid since kindergarten and thats gotten me where i am today, but all of a sudden i dread school. i dont want to do work, i feel like its pointless and my grades are slipping, although i am taking hard AP classes. i ask myself everyday whether i will return to my old self in college and i believe i will, since in college i will be doing things related to my major mostly and not stuff i hate doing. i'm also kind of goin through a change in mindset about my intended major, as i realize i dont like physics (for engineering) as much as i like math and economics. so in essence i think i will rebound and start off college fresh and, being in the position u are of applying to a top school like rice, i'm sure you will too.</p>
<p>I'm one of those old guys, but I can relate too. Back when I was in HS I totally blew my senior year. Get this, entered senior year with a 3.5+ GPA and left graduated around 2.3.</p>
<p>Did it hurt? Well sorta in a couple of ways.</p>
<p>One, I had to take beginning classes in Math and English to get up to speed. Math in particular held me back for years. I remember taking College Algebra 105 three times to pass it.</p>
<p>Two, cost me more money since I had to take the extra low level classes.</p>
<p>Still, I made it through college with some struggle.</p>
<p>I do remember that college was much better than HS. I was totally on my own and had to either put out the effort and work or fail the class and blow the money. Professors rarely cared if you even came to class and so if you didn't it was your problem when you failed. So, that alone was somewhat motivational.</p>
<p>Then, there was this point in my 2nd year of college that I was truly inspired by a professor. It seemed that what he talked about made all the previous work make sense. It was starting to fit together. From that point on college was easier and I was way more dedicated.</p>
<p>I can definitely relate to having senioritis. I got so lazy this year, it was scary. I just wouldn't work. And it ended up hurting me a bit, too. Next semester my grades won't matter, and so it'd be easy for me to just continue not caring but the thing is, we need to learn next semester if we want to do well in college. I'm in Calculus and since I know I'll be taking it in college I need to really apply myself to learning the material so in college I don't have problems. So even though it seems like grades don't matter, in the long run they do, just keep reminding yourself of that.</p>
<p>Senioritis is kickin' in for me, too. Ever since I got admitted it's like "eh, what's the point of this final project for Government anyway? I'm not even a poli sci major or anything..." so I end up procrastinating and doing mediocre work, but my grades aren't really slipping. I seem to get lucky a lot, hehe =) </p>
<p>I agree with the whole learning thing, though. I'm working hard in calculus and physics C because I'm definitely going to skip those 2 classes with AP's (I'll pull off a 5 with no problem in both, maybe a 4 in E&M though but hopefully a 5) so I better know the stuff or else I'll get killed in the advanced classes.</p>
<p>Same here Beef, at least the luckiness. In the past I would have the whole week's work done by Tuesday, but now it seems like I'm finishing work the class before it's due, at least for most classes. For economics and calculus I actually do the work and study for it, because I believe it would hurt later on if I didn't.</p>
<p>Beef, if you're planning to take any higher-level physics classes, I strongly recommend that you do not skip the first year. You'll hear a lot more about that later, though.</p>
<p>As an electrical engineering major with possible physics minor (if they even have one, idk) I think I will be taking more physics classes :)
I have a really strong background in physics though (mechanics at least). I definitely would not skip any thermodynamics or quantum physics classes because I'm weak in those areas. </p>
<p>But I guess I'll worry about that during O-Week. Thanks for the tip though.</p>