What To Do in Highschool

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I thought of making this thread to help out the hSDNers by offering them advice from high school grads on what to do and what not to do.

My suggestions:

1. Enjoy it as much as you can because once you graduate, you'll never have another period of your life where you have so few responsibilities again.
2. Show up to class, even if you don't like it.
3. Balance your academics with your social life. You should never be the kid who screws around so much that he doesn't get into the college he wants or the socially-awkward kid who spends his free time with his nose in this books.

Anyone else want to pitch in?
 
ElCapone said:
I thought of making this thread to help out the hSDNers by offering them advice from high school grads on what to do and what not to do.

My suggestions:


2. Show up to class, even if you don't like it.

Anyone else want to pitch in?
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There are high schools with optional attendance?
 
ElCapone said:
1. Enjoy it as much as you can because once you graduate, you'll never have another period of your life where you have so few responsibilities again.
2. Show up to class, even if you don't like it.
3. Balance your academics with your social life. You should never be the kid who screws around so much that he doesn't get into the college he wants or the socially-awkward kid who spends his free time with his nose in this books.
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4. Figure out the best method for you to learn, reading the textbook, going to class, making note cards, study group ... it helps to know how YOU learn most efficiently before college.
 
ElCapone said:
I thought of making this thread to help out the hSDNers by offering them advice from high school grads on what to do and what not to do.

My suggestions:

1. Enjoy it as much as you can because once you graduate, you'll never have another period of your life where you have so few responsibilities again.
2. Show up to class, even if you don't like it.
3. Balance your academics with your social life. You should never be the kid who screws around so much that he doesn't get into the college he wants or the socially-awkward kid who spends his free time with his nose in this books.

Anyone else want to pitch in?
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Thanks 👍
 
I'd say that high school is the time to try out a multitude of subjects and classes. Your hopes for a certain college will most likely be fine even if you end up with a B- because astronomy wasn't your thing (but you wanted to give it a shot). In college, you really can't afford to take a class to see if you're interested in a certain field and then bomb it. Astronomy might sound easy when you sign up, but a B- at the end of the semester isn't going to do you any favors.
 
Badger MD said:
I'd say that high school is the time to try out a multitude of subjects and classes. Your hopes for a certain college will most likely be fine even if you end up with a B- because astronomy wasn't your thing (but you wanted to give it a shot). In college, you really can't afford to take a class to see if you're interested in a certain field and then bomb it. Astronomy might sound easy when you sign up, but a B- at the end of the semester isn't going to do you any favors.
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tl;dr 😀 Being concise and quick to your point is much more helpul
 
I wrote this a few weeks ago, might as well share it here:

As a senior in high school, I look back at all of the mistakes I’ve made, and I see a lot of mistakes. To help prepare the new generations of high schoolers, I’ve decided to make a list of things that one should do in order to go to the college of their choice for the least money possible.

  • High School is your job. If you work hard in a career based setting, you’ll get a better position and make more money. If you translate that into an academic setting, If you work hard in school, you’ll get into a better college and spend less money.
  • Colleges start looking at grades as soon as you get into high school. Don’t mess up your freshman year, It’s a tough hole to get yourself out of.
  • Specialize: In high school you’ll have the option to join sports, clubs, and other activities such as student government. Colleges like to see two or three clubs that you have devoted your time and effort into, instead of being in 8-10 clubs in which you did nothing.
  • Actively search out opportunities: Colleges like to see that your high school didn’t hold you back. I’ll try to explain, Last year, I heard about the ISEF (Intel Science and Engineering Fair), and about the great things that kids there were doing, and also the scholarships that they gave to the finalists. My first thought was, “why haven’t I heard of this before? After all, this is for high school students and I am in high school”. Unfortunately for me, that’s the end of the story. I wish I would have gone to my science dept. last year and asked if we could have gathered a team of interested students who would collaborate on a certain project and enter it in the fair. It would have been a great thing to put on my college application.
  • Study for the ACT/SAT: These tests are VERY important for scholarship opportunities. A 30+ ACT (don’t know the SAT score cut-off) will usually be high enough for a regents (full tuition scholarship) at many in state public schools.
  • Make good relationships with teachers: Some colleges require LORs (letters of recommendation) from teachers at your high school, and the better your relationship is with a teacher, the better your letter is going to be.
  • Ask for LORs early: A lot of students wait until the last minute to ask. Don’t be that guy/girl.
  • Have fun: High school is a social experience as well as an educational experience. Take advantage of that.
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Learn that the PSAT is more important than the SAT b/c PSAT gives you scholarships.

Enjoy the fact that you have a bunch of free time.

Bust you arse to get 5 on APs to save money and time in college.
 
AestheticMed said:
Learn that the PSAT is more important than the SAT b/c PSAT gives you scholarships.
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This. Times a million. I still regret not having known this.


Bust you arse to get 5 on APs to save money and time in college.
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Not this. You'll have to retake classes anyway, or take harder ones. Take the AP version, do well, then 4.0 your first year while you adapt.
 
I would definitely take the AP class and tests especially if they are non-science. You can get out of classes that you really don't want to take and really have no advantage by taking them again in college.
Example...I took the Calc AB and BC tests and got a 5 on both. I didn't have to take Calc 1 or 2 and never took a math class in college. Many schools also allow you to get out of the required English writing class with a 4 or 5 on English Lit.
 
I got out out my gen-ed history requirement and some boring required Composition class thanks to my AP american history and literature credits.

Best decision; no regrets.

I was able to use those extra credit hours in my schedule to take philosophy and spanish courses, things that actually interested me and thus led to good grades.
 
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