Start Early!

Before I begin talking about senioritis and its effects on me and other high school students, I will start with informing those who aren’t seniors yet to start early. It is very essential to start looking at colleges and taking the SATs earlier rather than waiting until your senior year to cram it all in, because that is exactly what I did. I thought it would be a smart idea to take my SATs in my senior year so I would be prepared because I knew everything, but I was sadly mistaken. My goal is to make the younger kids learn from my mistakes and advise them to start preparing in 10^th and 11^th grade. Usually in 10^th grade the PSATs are taken and then in 11^th grade your English teacher prepares you even further for the SAT. The thing is, everyone should definitely take them their junior year because then you get a feel of what you’re getting yourself into, you become familiar with the test,  you can work on your weaknesses, and then you can keep taking it over and over again to improve your score. I have been reading into a book called “Getting Into College,” which is an informational book which includes winning admission strategies from many students and advisers, advice from top college admission offices, tips on the SAT and ACT, how to write a good essay and financial aid advice. I feel this book is very helpful considering I am a senior trying to get into college, and this can also be helpful to juniors who are preparing to take their SATs and planning on applying to colleges as well.

“It’s easier to get through the process, and get what you want out of it, if you get an early start. I wouldn’t want to enter my senior year without any idea of where I wanted to go to college or what I had to do to get there. But starting earlier in your high school years, you have a chance to do things slowly and do them right. I never felt any panic because my parents and I had developed a schedule for when we wanted to get each step in process done, and we pretty much stuck to it. You can’t do that if you wait until the last minute.”

-Bill Lawryk

Frederick, Maryland
George Washington University

Mr. Lawryk from George Washington University states that it’s much easier to start early, which I agree with completely, but unfortunately I was too late to realize this. Obviously he had it pretty easy considering he started early, so take it from him and I and start early, because I am quite certain you won’t regret it. :)

"Start Preparing Early"





Senioritis Has Struck, Welcome to my Blog!

Looking back on the past three years of high school, I never would have imagined that this much stress could occur in a year that is supposed to be meant for such joy and excitement. When you are in 9th or 10th grade you're not even thinking about your senior year or college yet, well at least I wasn't anyways. Before you know it, it just jumps right into getting serious and planning your future out in 11th and 12th grade. I am quite sure it’s a huge transition from being in the same place, with the same people doing the same things to separating yourself  and doing your own thing and I know I can't be the only one completely terrified to go to college and be away from my friends and family. During your senior year there are just so many tasks piling up that need to be accomplished, so many events that need to be remembered, so many people that need your attention and so much paperwork that needs to be filled out. It definitely gets overwhelming, stressful and tiring. There comes a time during your senior year when mostly all of the seniors just slack off, don’t do their work, get lazy, procrastinate, become increasingly absent and just stop trying. This is known as senioritis. As a senior I am here to help those fellow seniors and select underclassmen that are also in the same boat as I am, and push through this disease, keep the motivation high and to help survive through this senioritis.

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