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Advice for Rising Seniors That I Wish Someone Had Given Me
I just graduated. Let me tell you, senior year is gonna SUCK no matter how you slice it. So here are some tips that I never got.
Senioritis will not hit all at onceâ it will be gradual and then hit hard towards the end. For me, I was pretty much just numb and lethargic through most of the year, peaked a little in April and May during studying for AP exams, and then my brain checked out so hard it felt like a ton of bricks hit me. It almost wasnât worth it to even go to school for my last week of classes because I didnât do shit. So be prepared for that.
Try to get some part time work if you canâ if you do, split all your paychecks in half. Put away half for college, and use the other half on whatever you want. Future you will be so grateful for the college money (even if it only covers books or your meal plan), and present you can have a little fun! Iâve used my paychecks to go to a ton of concerts and have so much fun during an otherwise shitty year. Use that money to make you happy!
If youâre taking AP classes, make sure the test credits would transfer to your desired college. In my case, all my AP credits are going to transfer, but some of my other friends took a bunch of AP exams and are only getting the credits for one or two. Art schools and big-name colleges (like an ivy) are infamous for this. And if you wonât get credit for a specific class with your AP score, see if you can get credit for a free elective. if you canât even get that, itâs almost not worth it to drop the $94 on the exam unless you plan to transfer somewhere else.
Skip class at least once, on a nice day. Go to the beach, or to the movies, or out to lunch with someone. Or even just fake sick and relax on the couch all day watching Gilmore Girls. You deserve it.
Class rank really isnât a big dealâ everyone gets the same diploma in the end. I graduated third in my class, and there were people with a lower rank than me that got into more prestigious colleges than I did. Unless youâre really gunning on making a speech at graduation, it really doesnât matter. Once you leave high school, pretty much all your great achievements, including your rank, will be forgotten, so itâs no use hardcore stressing over it.
Forgive yourself if you start to slack off a little. âColleges only look at your first quarter gradesâ is wrong, since many will require a mid-year report and pretty much wherever you go will need your final transcript, but theyâre not going to rescind your acceptance or anything unless you, like, suddenly start failing multiple classes when you were doing fine. If you go from a b+ to a b-, or an a to a b, literally no one is going to care at all.
For the love of god apply to every scholarship you can find, even if you donât qualify. And see if your school does in-house scholarships, then apply to all those too. If there are scholarships your school offers that you have to be nominated by a teacher for, find out about them and kiss ass. I won a $4,000 scholarship that I didnât even know about because one of my teachers nominated me.
If youâre high up in your graduating class, donât feel pressured to go to some big fancy school. Usually at my school, at least someone in the top 5 goes to Brown or another ivy. This year, the salutatorian, myself (3rd), and another friend of mine (4th) are all committed to public, state schools. The salutatorian is even going in undeclared! Donât feel pressured to have it all together just because you did well in high school. You have just as much as right as anyone else to experiment and figure out what you like (and also not be up to your eyes in debt).
Breathe, even if it all feels too much. Just like anything else youâve endured in your life, this too shall pass. And when you walk out of that school for the last time, or when you walk the stage, it will be like the weight of the world is taken off your shoulders. When I got home from my last day of school, I cried, not out of sadness, but out of relief, because it was finally all over.
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Youâre healing every time you
get out of bed because thereâs something youâre excited about.
donât think about people who left.
clean the clutter in the room and dishes in your sink.
smile at yourself and random people.
do something kind and out of the blue to make someone happy.
work out or meet with friends even though you have no energy to.
calm yourself down when your thoughts race.
remember to drink water.
donât dwell on things you canât control.
do things good for yourself, even though you have no motivation.
tell yourself that youâre growing from this, and you wonât feel like this forever.
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4.11.18 || stressed-out sunday
itâs reading week but Iâve been buried under applications and formative essays - just taking a breather before trudging out to do more writing. hope everyoneâs having a better weekend âĄ
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âFew come within the compass of my curse wherein I did not some notorious illâÂ
For my close analysis draft essay of a Shakespearean speech, I chose the blood curdling declaration from Aaron in Titus Andronicus of his only regret being he could not do more evil than he already did. I find this speech fascinating and chilling. I love that in the 19th century this play disturbed and shocked people so much they did not want to associate it with Shakespeare, and so tried to shift the blame on Marlowe insteadâŠ
 ig: essayism
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itâs hard being a student.
Itâs hard being a student when emotionally, your life outside of the classroom seems like itâs being torn to bits.
Itâs hard being a student when you feel like youâre the most lonely person on the planet and like no one will ever understand you or even love you enough to tolerate all of your baggage.
Itâs hard being a student when you cry a lot of the time. Because the tears get in the way of your vision and the heartache gets in the way of your focus, and no one should ever have to cry and study for a midterm or write a research paper all at the same time.
Itâs hard being a student when your family doesnât understand. Anything. At all.
Itâs hard being a student when youâre also a person, a real life breathing human being who needs things like food and water and social interaction and maybe a little bit of love to survive healthily.
Itâs hard being a student when you want other things so bad.
Itâs hard being a student when it all gets too much and too overwhelming to handle and all of the unfinished check boxes of you planner wonât stop reminding you that you have to get this done or else youâll absolutely fail and die.
Itâs hard being a student when youâre just so tired. of everything.
Itâs hard being a student. I know it is. Because I feel it. All the time.
But youâve come this far. And I hope you can learn to be a little more gentle on yourself. And I hope you remember one day your hard work might just pay off for a life youâve deserved. One day the pain will go away.
But I need you to keep going. I need you to stay in this world and fight today.
Because being a student is hard. But the pain of giving up a whole lot of hope and dreams is harder.
(10/6/18)
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lesson of the day: 4/?
life doesnât stop for anybody. one of the most courageous things you can do for yourself is to continue living when it gets rough. giving up is too easy. and youâve never been easy.
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general mathematics spread! this week was about math in finance. the classes for me were just like reviews since I learned this back in senior high! âïž
I use the Zebra Sarasa Black Pen in 0.5 and the pastel blue Mildliner when I write my notes for this subject âïž
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Reasons to study
(When youâre lacking motivation)
Study becauseâŠ
Other people say you canât do it.
You can achieve the career you want.
You can explore subjects you love.
Itâs a chance to discover new paths you may love.
You have the choice to do so.
Other people canât.
You want to.
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Giveaway Contest: Weâre giving away twelve Bantam Classics paperbacks by Walt Whitman, Emily Bronte, Edgar Allan Poe, James Joyce, George Eliot, Shakespeare, and others! Wonât this collection look lovely on your shelf? :D
To win these classics, you must: 1) be following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblog this post. We will choose a random winner on September 29, at which time weâll start a new giveaway. And yes, weâll ship to any country. Easy, right? Good luck!
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ĂȘtre dans la lune
to be lost in oneâs thoughts, to be absent-minded; lit. to be on the moon
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â⊠what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.â
â Norton Juster
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Vintage literary history editions by Pelican Books
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âWhen you canât find your purpose in a day, make it to look after yourself.â
â Dodie Clark, Secrets for the Mad
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Exams are approaching again so I guess I should get back to the literature for the Nietzsche and Slovene lit class I succesfully avoided for the entire semester
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Annotating a modal response for an example philosophy exam to avoid studying maths!
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Currently spending some time here reading Saturday by Ian McEwan in preparation for my literature course and the upcoming year of uni |Â So I thought I would share an updated picture of my desk area and all my plants, since itâs been requested a few times and I like seeing the progress all my plant babies make!
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