Hi, i am 17 years old and i have a very important topic to talk about concerning...

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Jason

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...college, highschool and more.? Well let me talk about myself a little. I am a 17 year old guy and i am in my Junior year of highschool this year. I am taking some pretty hard classes but i have done pretty well the past few years. I hardly have to study and i maintain 3.2-3.4 gpa. I feel very bad for not trying harder because i could have been pushing a 3.6 plus if i studied harder. I am by no means a lazy person. I am a champion tennis player and i workout every other day and constantly am doing things. I never sit at my butt and watch tv all day. I worry way too much about what if i dont get this or that grade and am wondering if u guys think i will be able to do decently well in my junior year to succeed. I plan on attending a pretty good college and money isnt an issue because i come from a great family. I have always had bad study habbits when it comes to tests and i need help on organizing my time better. But like i say earlier i am not lazy and with a little dedicated and work how can i balance my social party and friend time with school? I cant sleep very much and i am constantly stressing out about stuff. I am an attractive guy and have so much potential but i am not like a genius but i am just not a dumb guy. Someone give me professional help as to what i should do with my life!!!
 
hey, i know where you're coming from. i just graduated high school this year & was kinda like you. junior year is the the one colleges look at most. it's good that you're taking hard classes- admission people like that. do you get a study hall? because as much as it sucks to not chat w/ friends during it, if you really use it for studying, you can get a lot done at school. it sounds like you have a lot of fun offers for hanging out w/ friends, but every now & then (not all the time) you might have to just say you can't go. i would say overall, don't stress so much, just try your best & try to be efficient w/ your time. right now, all you have to focus on is your high school grades, the rest you can figure out later. gooood luck! im sure you'll be just fine!
 
woh, you sound alot like me. I'm 16 and will be a senior this year. I have like a 3.3-ish and know that some of those Bs could easily have been As if I tried just a tad bit harder. But like you, I am also an Athlete and do crosscountry, winter track and spring track. In addition I volunteer on all my weekends. Even during the summer. I can't seem to sleep at night and end up nodding off during my classes. Lucky you, you still have a year to pull up tha GPA. Most colleges only focus on Junior year grades anyways, because it shows your most recent progress. Also, you have factors like SATs/ACTs and AP exams.
So don't let the GPA stuff pull you down. Colleges also like to see how much you've challenged yourself so as long as you have a couple of honors and APs in there, it should look good.

A strategy I found tha got me motivated was to find my #1 college choice. Now I'm doing everything I can to try to match their stats. I also keep telling myself that I only have a couple of months left. After I get in, I can hit senioritis all I want. It seems to keep me going. So just find a goal, and keep working at it.
 
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