<p>Thanks so much for answering! I am a nervous 8th grader getting ready for HS!</p>
<p>Round two…</p>
<p>1) How much does a weighted GPA matter? I am not taking any honors/AP next year (the school only offers two honors in freshman) but I think I can get a high GPA because of it</p>
<p>2) If I wanted to make a Spring Sport, when would I make it?</p>
<p>3) How bad are the upperclassman actually?</p>
<p>4) What does the “Class President” do? I want to do it (it would be rather easy, not many run) </p>
<p>5) I am not too much of a social person, so how much does not having social anxieties help in HS?</p>
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<li>All high schools weight GPA differently, which means weighted GPA only matters for class rank. </li>
<li>What do you mean? I don’t think most of them care all that much about picking on freshmen. </li>
<li>I have social anxiety. I didn’t have any friends in high school until I started taking classes at a local university and made a couple of friends (read: one friend) in my classes. No one has ever made fun of me or anything…I was just a loner and for the most part people were okay with it. Everyone should have friends (or at least some kind of social interaction), but it’s important to be comfortable with being alone. </li>
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<p>1) Weighted GPA only matters for ranking purposes if your school ranks based on weighted GPA - colleges do not use it because weighting is arbitrary amongst schools and there is no standard. For college admissions, your GPA will be recalculated using their own standard scale - your weighted GPA will only be reflected through whatever rank your school reports to the college. </p>
<p>2) When schools hold practice/try outs varies amongst schools - you should contact your Athletic Director or the coach of whatever sport you’re interested in - they should be able to tell you when practices are held, when immunizations and physicals are required, and when the season officially begins. </p>
<p>3) Underclassmen (Freshman specifically) are worse than upperclassmen - upperclassmen for the most part have no interest in tormenting the underclassmen - I think that is an image largely fabricated by the media. The underclassmen, however, become a nuisance to the other students since they always have to seem to have an inclination for standing in the middle of the hallway during passing periods.</p>
<p>4) The duties delegated to class officers is dependent on what positions your school offer for class office and what responsibility each is to take - but regardless, you won’t have any real power. You’ll mostly act as a representative of your graduating class or school as a whole.</p>
<p>5) Tons of people aren’t social - you learn to adjust and make the best out of it. I didn’t become terribly outgoing until literally the last month of my senior year - it meant a lot of lunches spent in the library but I made out fine. I think there is a common misconception amongst people that everyone has it all together except you when in reality, people share a lot of the same fears and social anxieties. Some people just mask it better.</p>
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<li><p>What sport are you wanting to create? Depending on how much money you’d need, time to generate interest, etc., it could take awhile. Start talking to the athletic department shortly after school starts just to see how much effort it would take and whatnot. My school finally got a JV lacrosse team this year, after a two year period of organization and figuring everything out. </p></li>
<li><p>Most don’t care that much about freshman (in a good or bad way). Some freshman end up good friends with some of the upperclassmen through clubs and mutual friends. Some joke around on the first couple days of school. It’s really not like movies make it seem. </p></li>
<li><p>Basically helps organize class activities and fundraisers. Also works with other class presidents to organize student events. Not really that much of a workload aside from homecoming week until senior year.</p></li>
<li><p>It doesn’t really matter if you’re that social or not, though of course you need to put yourself out there to get involved with clubs and activities you’re interested in. Try to be at least somewhat social during school to gain friends…All it really takes is a smile and common interest. Friends help make high school easier in most cases, though some people don’t mind being a loner. I’m fairly introverted and it hasn’t affected me negatively. </p></li>
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<p>1) My school offers only upper level AP courses (grade 11 and 12) and those are what look best on apps because they are harder. Chances are you’ll get no uni cred for AP courses taken at the grade nine level
3) Most don’t really care about you unless it’s at a school dance then they will make fun of all the freshmen who put so much effort into getting ready and being in the center of the dance floor. Try and make friends with them though it will help you in the future with popularity and also if you need homework help.
5) Everyone is going to be unsocial during the first week, but HS is really easy to adjust to and not as bad as movies make it out to be.</p>