hey piece of advice from someone who was actually in a situation like that! In eighth grade I was pretty set on something called "middle college" which was pretty much graduating in sophomore year and moving on to college. I was set on it because I had a lot of years in college to go.
A friend of mine went in though, and I talked to her recently. She said she is SWAMPED and STRESSED to the max and she's one of the smartest people I know. She's taking many classes to get her high school diploma as well as her gen eds.
I don't suggest it. It's stressful to the point of probably regulating your life. High school is slow and annoying and it feels like you're not going anywhere, but just take it easy during this time of your life and get some experience in time management before college. You've got plenty of time to go to college. though it's ultimately up to you, but you have to think of what it means to enter college classes early without graduating gen eds of high school first. It'll be hard and confusing to say the least.
Thanks so so much to all of you! I'm not totally dead-set yet, but I'm pretty sure I'm going with the early college. If I don't like it, I only have to finish one semester and can then drop out and go to normal high school. I mean it's not like my friends don't all consider me replaceable anyway :')
And I've got my fingers crossed that since Broadway is reopening, our local theater will too. I usually do things there and I've been dying during the pandemic without it lol. I am going to a theater camp there in a few weeks, so hopefully it'll fully reopen soon!
It also depeneds on the type of early college it is, I know programs like that that are crazy mind mindbogglingly hard, and I know programs that are easier than the normal high school classes, so it really depends. As for friends, at this point in life, don't do or not do something because of friends being there. I know that sounds harsh but like, if they're really your friends it wont make a difference weather or not you go to the same school as them and you might make new friends at your new school.
I am a freshman for the second time in my life, it's weird that last year I knew so many people and was ready to face the world. Does it ever get easier?
Social navigation gets easier as you get older.
Yeah, and you just kind of learn to fake it until you make it tbh.
But joining clubs and following your interests will lead you to your people more than anything else.
you don't need lots of people. i feel like media pushes this idea of the perfect highschool and college experience onto young people, like 'knowing lots of people' and 'having lots of friends' and even having tight groups of friends, but what you'll grow to understand is that people are going to be constant in a temporary way for the next five to ten years of your life. when you start highschool, its easy to fall victim to that pressure, but really, thats your growth period. the same can be said for college as well, though what a lot of important people around me have told me is that college is easier. so that goes out to all of you: college is where you really find your niche. because you're taking more specialized classes, and therefore the people you meet have similar interests.
I’m going into freshman year on august 13th-
I’m going into freshman year on august 13th-
just so yk, freshman year isn't supposed to be great. it's just a year where everyone's getting used to things and getting some classes out of the way. other than the occasional douche, no one really cares what you do as long as you leave them alone. you've got this, dude, just hang in there. and take a study hall second semester
Anytime that extra credit is available, take it; extra credit has saved my butt countless times!
Alright, now if you and a friend are cheating on a test together and get asked why all of your answers are the same the correct answer is because you studied for the test together, ok. Not that I condone this but if you ever need an out, ya'll studied together which means you were good and bad at the same material, and if you got the exact same question wrong the exact same way, well you both practiced the questions that way because you studied together.
This may or may not work but it's better than most excuses.
Also, if your school has security guards or police officers, BEFRIEND THEM. I cannot emphasis this enough. It will help you so much in later years if you need to run out and grab something from your car or if you need to get across campus fast.
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