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My Tips for High School Seniors

Yes, you are almost there, but not quite yet.

Megan Powers
Nov 28, 2016
Baylor University
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My Tips for High School Seniors
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Honestly, we all know as soon as you get that first acceptance letter that YOU ARE DONE. We have all been there. We all know and think that acceptance to college means that high school no longer matters. However, you still have another semester, midterms of the first semester, and every possible event to congratulate you on your achievement of graduating high school. Everyone keeps saying "YAY, you did it!" and assumes that high school doesn't matter anymore.That is where you're wrong.

1. Don't Slack on Grades

That second semester is the time to keep that GPA up, no matter how difficult it is because that means more scholarship. You need to keep that up because in not doing so, it is giving away free money, so DO IT!

2. Enjoy Your Final High School Memories

All the last memories are coming. You never thought that this time would come. By now, the last football game has come, the last homecoming, and probably a few others, but second semester means even more of those.

3. Savor Your Time at Home

It is the last time you are living at home before going to college and making your own mark, so spend that with your family, You will never realize how much you miss them and how grateful you are for them until you are gone away in a dorm room realizing, "Wait, they aren't here anymore and none of these people that I am meeting have any idea of who they are."

4. Love On Your Pets

Spend time with your dogs or cats or whatever else you may have! This might seem like something so basic or simple or silly, but you have no idea how much you are actually going to miss them.

5. Enjoy Your Lasts.

Do not wish every moment away, live it and enjoy it. Spend time with your friends making memories that are going to last a lifetime.

6. Get Excited for Freshman Year of College

It is coming up and you are almost there!! So, spend time getting to know those who are going with you! Start those friendships now—you never know how it will all work out!

So, you have made it now (almost). Your in the final stretch and college is right around the corner. Enjoy those last few months of high school because, as crazy as it is, they will be your last.

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