Choate Student Taking Questions!!!

pinksunset
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:31:42 +0000

@kellybkk Here is a link with golf information: [Choate Rosemary Hall: Athletics » Team Info](http://www.choate.edu/athletics/teaminfo.aspx?TeamID=1162)

@iSmart Congrats! Get pumped.


I’d say a large amount of people get laundry service. I personally don’t have it because my parents thought it was slightly ridiculous: “You can do your own laundry!”. So I did my own laundry this past year and it really wasn’t very difficult. For me a sunday afternoon every two weeks wasn’t a hassle. You can bring homework and etc. But if you really feel like you don’t want to, don’t feel weird about getting it. Same goes if you want to do it yourself.
I was a new sophomore and while it took some time, I found my niche socially. I wouldn’t really say that I’m in a group. I’m sort of that wayward traveler that dabbles with everyone. Basically if you’re friendly and you’re nice, I’m your friend. I definitely have a smaller amount of “best” friends but nevertheless I’m happy. I’m really trying to avoid making generalizations about the social life at Choate. Its multi-faceted. In general don’t worry about “fitting in”. There will be other new sophomores that you will “be new” with. Choate people are nice. But as I said before it is still a high school and sometimes people’s feelings get hurt. Just don’t over think the social aspect too much. The best thing you can do is dive into the work and go with the flow.
To reiterate there are not strong cliques at Choate in my opinion. In fact I think a good word that characterizes the majority of students at Choate is “floater”. We’re floaters, we weave in and out of circles. The natural divisions of students exist. I’m not going to get into defining these groups/divisions because it doesn’t really matter. Just be yourself, you’ll find your niche like I did. I’m super happy, I have friends that I can laugh with, go out with and study with. Its hard to say that there are “popular kids” I would say that there are popular individuals but I really don’t think there is one definitive group of “popular kids”. In this way I don’t think Choate is a typical high school. It isn’t like television. As much as we love Mean Girls I don’t think you could walk into the dining hall and see those tables. In case you don’t get the reference here is the scene: [‪Mean Girls cafeteria tribes‬‏ - YouTube](Mean Girls cafeteria tribes - YouTube). In fact the most noticeable division at least for my grade this past year was based on gender. You never saw boys sitting with girls. But I hear that that will change this year. In all, just don’t worry. I promise it will all work out just fine. There’s a tone of respect firmly established.


Hazing: I’ve never experienced hazing. Its against school rules.

If you will be taking Physics next year, you don’t have to worry. I went into Physics this past year without any prior knowledge of the subject and came out great. Make sure you take good notes and utilize extra help time with your teacher if you aren’t getting concepts. Biggest lesson I learned this year: Make sure you understand everything that is happening in class…and if you don’t fix it (by going to see your teacher).