<p>Unless they think math is fun. It’s better than thinking wasting time on the internet and sleeping is fun! (me)</p>
<p>Math is not fun… at all.</p>
<p>I agree! But I suspect I would think otherwise if I were actually good at it.</p>
<p>My friends seem to think that since I took BC Calc last year, I’m good at math.</p>
<p>Perhaps.</p>
<p>But I still hate it. GOD!!! It’s so boring!!!</p>
<p>I think math is fun, but I thought that AP Calculus was pretty boring.</p>
<p>for kids with these ridiculous stats i feel like it would be a little disappointing once you actually get into your dream school and realize that like 95% of the kids there did half the work you did in high school, had twice (understatement) the social life, and still got in. you can’t be more accepted than another student so u don’t have to bust your ass THAT hard… there’s working hard and stacking extracurriculars, then there’s just over-doing it.</p>
<p>^but then they’re the ones who get B’s and C’s, so it’s all worth it in the end, right?</p>
<p>first off, i dont’ understand how you can be a 3 sport varsity athlete, awesome instrument player, president of 3 clubs, take the hardest classes possible, be on debate/speech w/e teams, and live a life? is there even enough time to do all that stuff? don’t some of those things conflict? i know when i was in hs speech/debate team had meets on saturdays at different locations and sports also had invitationals on saturdays and if you were in a major orchestra or whatnot you would have to practice on saturdays too. so how can you do all of it? </p>
<p>i really don’t believe in all these people being THAT accomplished…either you’re good at academics and 1 sport but there’s no way you’re good at everything…</p>
<p>^ I’m nowhere near DataBox-level ownage, but I can partially answer this question.</p>
<p>This year, I was the lead in two theatre productions, starting point guard on varsity basketball, a captain on the speech team and the Lead Attorney for Mock Trial.</p>
<p>It is 100% possible. </p>
<p>Usually, I don’t get home from school until 9:30, but that’s the price I pay. I typically work on Speech on my own (as a semifinalist at Nationals, and a consistent winner on the local level, I can pretty much take care of my own stuff, so my coach trusts me). Basketball **was<a href=“it’s%20over%20now”>/B</a> typically right after school for 2.5 hours (except on gamedays). Mock Trial **is<a href=“State%20is%20this%20weekend,%20w00t!!”>/B</a> Tuesday and Friday mornings from 6:30 to 8 (so that doesn’t conflict with anything). Theatre varies, but my director usually didn’t make me show up until 5 or 6 (whenever basketball was over), but now I can go right after school.</p>
<p>Of course, some things occasionally conflict, but my coaches understand.</p>
<p>same here. I play three sports, president of MU Alpha Theta, VP of STUCO, Secretary of NEHS, and actor in school play, plus a bunch of UIL stuff. My coaches understand stuff conflicts, and they help me out (well most of them do). but yeah i feel overloaded a lot.</p>
<p>Yea, it can be difficult at times, but as long as you talk to your coaches, they understand.</p>
<p>I had Robotics every day from 3-9 afterschool for 6 weeks and 9-9 on weekends. During the same time, I had swim practice everyday from 3-5 and meets on tuesdays and thursdays 3-6. I missed Robotics when I had to, but would come every other day I could. I would even go after swimming. I also managed to cram MOON (math team), Model UN, Student Government, and others inbetween. It’s all about communication.</p>
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<p>Alrite dude…I’m not an awesome instrument player, I’m simply an above average violist, and I have since dropped orchestra since it didn’t fit in my schedule…I’ll post some new stats, since the one’s posted are outdated…</p>
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<p>Frankly, it’s not that difficult to balance my activities and I’ve dropped several due to lack of time. I’ll admit that I’m not able to invest as much time as I want to towards my social life (ex: yesterday I had a Mock SAT, math contest, swim meet, and volunteer work), but I’m really passionate about everything I do and would hate to take time away from things I love so much…</p>
<p>Hey DataBox how competetive of a swimmer are you? Swimming in college or anything?</p>
<p>oh and @fizix2: no, not necessarily. just because someone crams their schedule with ECs where other kids r doing something that doesn’t translate directly onto an application/resume doesn’t mean they will be more successful in college it just means, in many cases, mommy and daddy pushed them to do things they probably didn’t want to do but “had to” to get into a “good college”</p>
<p>Wow, I’m so jealous of you guys that can work with coaches. I too am in theater and did varsity basketball (ended up dropping basketball for theater). Here, neither the coach nor the director will let you miss a practice or rehearsal. They just replace you. Right now, I am the president of a club, crew head in theater, tutor, and president of a basketball league. There is no way I could do anything more, because I physically can’t be in two places at once.</p>
<p>^ Duuuuudddddde, DataBox, why’d you quit Mock Trial??? It’s dabomb.com</p>
<p>@Quaker: I’d love to, but I doubt I’m fast enough, Breaststroke is my forte and I’m swimming a rather slow 1:04 right now on the 100…</p>
<p>@hoookem: I really love Mock Trial, but it was conflicting with some other activities that I’m slightly more passionate about =(</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m not sure what type of schools you go to but when I was in high school you definitely couldn’t miss too many practices…a few a season were okay if you had a legitimate excuse but if you have so many ECs you would have to miss a few a week. Plus, how do you keep your body in shape enough to be able to win competitions if you don’t practice as hard as everyone else? Are any of you guys state qualifiers in sports or just on varsity b/c your school isn’t that good in sports or are in a weak conference? But yeah, having all those things on your resume is good and all, but it’s just stats…lots of people I knew in high school with awesome stats lacked a lot of social skills so unless they could invent something ala Bill Gates most of them have a hard time reaching the upper echelons of the corporate world. So congrats on your stats but I’d say cut back a little and get some form of a social life.</p>
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<p>Um, first of all, I make it a point not to miss practice and I am definitely not in a weak conference, it’s a rather competitive one…State qualifier in CA so um idk what you’re talking about</p>
<p>Also, if you are trying to say I don’t have a social life, I think you are being a little hasty as you don’t even know me…Frankly, if I had no social life and was a complete nerd (like the vast majority of usamo qualifiers), I doubt I would be elected class president for my classes for the past four years…</p>
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<p>woahwoah, class president?!@?!? 4 yearsss!?@?@?@*****************</p>
<p>mad respect and may those who ever questioned your social life be damned</p>
<p>actually the biggest nerd in our school has been elected class president 4 years in a row simply for the reason that he is the biggest nerd in our school. why not vote for him, he’s the smart kid! </p>
<p>@ all the people who say you can’t be good at all sorts of things: some people are just… really for lack of a better word… superhuman. their minds are faster than everyone elses, their bodies aren’t far behind. they can do it all. it just works like that, but chances are those people are going to be humble about it so nobody can understand that they are able to do all of these things so well.</p>