Does anyone else live a double life?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>I feel like I’m alone on this…but I’ve been a very successful student (valedictorian), yet I don’t really conform to the stereotypes of a good student… I go to parties, ditch school, sleep all the time…among other things. Yet at the same time I feel like a perfectionist and have to do everything right and get awesome grades. I honestly feel like I have two personalities and am two completely different people.</p>

<p>Has anyone else had this experience? Or have you guys known someone who lived a double life like this?</p>

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<p>You remind me of myself. I’m also rank 1, very ambitious, want to succeed, yet I also ditch school (about 80 absences this year), get drunk, smoke, etc. My friend is like this also. You are not alone</p>

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<p>I think TJITM has mastered the art of balancing happiness with success.</p>

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<p>This is me, spot on.</p>

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<p>Amen! I feel like if I can balance being a teenager with getting good grades…why not? Sorry that I don’t do community service in my spare time like everyone else at the top does. (at my school, at least)</p>

<p>I feel kind of embarrassed letting the other kids at the top of my class know about what I do on weekends haha…but I guess there’s nothing they can do about it and my life is my own, right? I just feel like I’m constantly contradicting myself and like I’m two different people depending on who I’m around.</p>

<p>I wonder if my being ranked #1 is more of a reflection on how bad my school is, or a reflection on how strange I am that I’m able to get drunk and high on weekdays and still get good grades. (I’m thinking the first one haha)</p>

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<p>Ha I’m first in my class and me and my buddy who goes to the local community college drive up an hour about every Friday night to Case Western and get f’cked up with our buddy who goes there. Or I just come home and sleep, play basketball, or just do nothing. Much like csmith27, I always get embarrassed when I tell kids in my AP classes how I didn’t study because I was passed out in some house and I didn’t find my car until the next night. Ha gotta love those awkward silences.</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure many many college students are like this…thus the quote “work hard, party hard”</p>

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<p>Exactly…man, if only the top 10% knew some of my stories…haha</p>

<p>thanks guys, i don’t feel like such a weirdo anymore</p>

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<p>how do you have 80 absences and not have to redo the school year?</p>

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<p>" thus the quote “work hard, party hard” "</p>

<p>Thus my quote…“work hard, part harder”</p>

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<p>Yeah, I definitely live a double life. I get straight A’s (sorry for sounding pretentious) but I go to alot of parties, hang out with friends all the time, wake up late, sleep through classes, and do what I want to do. Haha… I wouldn’t call myself a slacker because I still find ways to have a life, work hard, and love what I do.</p>

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<p>tomjonesistheman is BSing. You just said you didn’t smoke…</p>

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<p>^ LOL…caught!</p>

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<p>I wish I could be valedictorian and party hard.</p>

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<p>Most of this thread is BS</p>

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<p>He’s a real pothead, actually.</p>

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<p>Secret Life of a member on CC.</p>

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<p>Ahh that is just like me. Im ranked pretty high and have a great SAT score but I like to party hard, drink, and smoke. I don’t really fit the stereotype of either the partier or the nerd though. Some of the AP students don’t like me because I study too much and screw around on weekends. Oh well, its a great life</p>

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<p>Parent here.
There are alot of tales on the parents thread of kids just like you who continued this pattern into college and ended up back home in a semester or two with academic suspensions and lost scholarships. When you get to that top college, you will find that you are with all the other vals and sals. You might be skating through in HS, but college may be a rude awakening.</p>

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<p>^this says it all.</p>