Just got into high school

[OfaLoaf]

Originally Posted by Mr1337Duck

Roflroflrofl. I'm feeling better by now. I've been messing with the Russian at Pro-American.com/forums. If you have even the slightest interest in debating news, politics, military technology, whatever, it's a good site.

OMG thank you.

[BIGTROJANMAN]

go to high

[Mushnator]

Feel free to goof off in 11th and 12th, but you need to work your ass off in 9th and 10th grade since your GPA is more dependant on those years.

[Biohazzard56]

Originally Posted by SecondRaven

Well 9th Grade is "High School" here for us so that means collages are looking at you now so make sure that you do your work and get good grades.

[JetRaiden]

I kinda like high school. well not the "school" part of it anyway.

[Bighoss]

hhhmmm you should probauly do what one of my friends did. Buy a couple of military smoke grenades, and use them to assault the school. Then get expelled and go to this school for expelled kids with the traumatized teacher that in the middle of a sentence yells "MOMMY THERE WERE NO BABIES EEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

[Onizuka]

Goodluck? I guess. High school is nicer than the rest, hopefully more mature people

[Everay]

GL duck, at first it may seem hard to do, it did at first to me, but you get used to it. (that is of course your campus is about a .5 mile long and have to go from one side to the other like i did)

[UncleDynamite]

Originally Posted by Neon Apocalypse

so how can I pull off what im aspiring for without sitting in front of books for the next 4 years? can this even be done?

As a graduating senior, I can assure you that it can be done. The key is to do a lot of extra-cirriculars. Not only do they look great on college resumes, it's an easy way to meet and enjoy time with people while doing something for yourself and the school. That said, the biggest mistake you can make is taking on too much academically. I know people who would take an average of three or four AP's per year, which is insane, especially at a college prep school like ours. Students who did that either broke down or became socially withdrawn.

So take on a course-load that's managable, but permits you to do the extra-cirriculars you want. For example, I took an average of around two AP's a year in high-school, giving me a great portfolio of classes with a high GPA. Yet I still had time to co-captain my school's Model UN team and serve as editor-in-chief and columnist of the school newspaper. And though I was constantly busy, Friday's were always open to spend time with the girlfriend, and Saturday's were almost always free for party purposes. Sorry if it seems like I'm bragging, because I'm not. I'm just saying that it's quite possible to do well in high school while having a great time.

The real trick, however, is to do whatever you do with a lot of enthusiasm. When you work, work hard. When you play, play hard. Bored high school students are usually the ones who don't have a good time.

[Neon Apocalypse]

hmm, that sounds good

well my weekends in the spring and fall are gone anyway

i do windsurfing, and Im at a level where I compete. I spend every weekend windsurfing so I can get better. I do formula racing and freestyle and I have 5 competitions this year. I'm on the US Junior Freestyle and Race team. I'm going to belgium and canada for racing with the US team.

Basically I'm really serious about this, it's fun for me, I've been windsurfing since I was six. Do you think this will help for college?