Monthly Archives: October 2009
Pay attention this essay could save your life
The key to success in high school is to have a good academic base, because with out that you are pretty much sunk. There are a couple of main parts to high school, first you have academics, your social life, and sports. These are all great things, but you need to focus on your academics the most. Getting good grades and having a good G.P.A. in high school is crucial to getting into a good college and earning scholarships. Many kids when they enter high school don’t take the academic side of things very seriously, that is not good. Continue reading
Lions, Tigers, and CONFERENCES, Oh, My!
Well, now I’ve truly gotten a sign from above that the school year is actually underway: conferences. Parent-Teacher Conferences, if you want to be technical. For high school students, these conferences can make or break rules and restriction levels at home – they’re where your parents find out if you’ve been good so far.
To me, it’s kind of similar to waking up on Christmas morning. Though you know you’ll get goodies in your stocking, since you have in fact been good, there’s maybe a little part of you that’s afraid that it’s loaded down with coal.
Overwhelmed!
I think I’ll start this blog by apologizing for my absence; I haven’t entered one since the start of the school year, and that was over a month ago! But the truth is, I’ve been more than a little overwhelmed.
Stay healthy this season
With all the talk about H1N1, finding yourself on crowded buses and living in dorms can suddenly seem as safe as ice s
kating with a running chainsaw. Although it may seem that no matter how hard you try, you’ll wind up getting sick anyway, there are things you can do to stave off those germs. After all, it’s much more fun to have a sick day when you’re not really sick.
On-Site Admissions
So lately, we’ve been having representatives from different colleges come to our school and discuss on-site admissions. Today, Wayne State attended my school and the admissions counselor told us all the perks of applying with them on-site.
On-sites really do take the hassle out of sending all of those applications. With some schools, the application fee is waived and you can get to ask an admissions counselor any question you want directly. With paper and online apps, you might not get all of the answers you want about admissions or anything else you want to personally know.