<p>On scale from one to ten, ten being extremely busy with no free time. And why?</p>
<p>For me, I’m really busy in the spring because it’s lacrosse season. Then I have volunteer work and two clubs which I do year round. I only have one ap class thank god (sophomore btw). So in all I’d rank it a seven, also because I tend to pack my weekend with social events too.</p>
<p>Probably a 4. I create free time for myself by procrastinating, and I don’t have a social life or many ECs.</p>
<p>I’m a senior. I’m a full-time dual-enrollment student taking four classes, and I’m in class for 13.42 hours every week (the stuff after the decimal point is indicative of me having way too much time on my hands).
I’m in one club, I take piano lessons, and I work like 5 hours/week at McDonald’s because they won’t give me anything more than that.
Alas, my homework is kind of time-consuming, and I have to mess around with public transportation for like three hours every day. And I have to work on my college applications.</p>
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<li>i have areasonable amt of school work(approx. 1 hr a day with 5 AP/college classes) and few extracurriculars(math, piano). But piano takes up approx. 2 1/2 hrs a day, math another 2 1/2 hrs. plus sometimes i have other things to prepare for(SATs…)/more hw than expected, and the fact i want to sleep before 12 puts a HUGE strain on my schedule.</li>
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<p>Wait, 1 hour of hw when you have 5 ap classes? Just wanna clarify.
I feel like a 10 would be backbreaking stress, like no time to even think of anything but work you have to do.</p>
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<li>I have 8 classes, and 7 of them are Honors/APs. Plus, I play Classic soccer so I travel to various states and have games both Saturday and Sunday. Plus, I volunteer at like 3 places, and I have positions in 4 clubs. Plus, I am in the process of creating a non profit and am about to be a board member for another non profit. Plus, I try to exercise in my free time. I also tutor a disadvantaged kid, and to top it off, I try to maintain a social life. I stay up till like 3-4 AM each day doing homework. It’s a miracle that I have a few minutes to be able to surf CC now.</li>
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<li>6 AP classes with tons of homework and dance lessons that take up most of my week.</li>
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<p>3 AP’s and 2 college level classes. Am also taking an additional dual enrollment class. Leadership position work to do. So not too bad 6 I suppose?</p>
<p>I can’t get any As at the moment… 5aps no lunch… 5hrs of sleep. I gotta focus more</p>
<p>@CallMeC:
lets see…
ap physics: lol around 5-10 min each day
multi: 0-5 min
ap lang: anywhere from 0-60 min
ap comp sci: anywhere from 0-60 min
chinese: 0-5 min
ap gov: lol
and considering i finish around 30 min of it at school, i have around 30-1hr of it at home</p>
<p>7 or 8 probably. I’m a sophomore and I have 4 APs. Generally around 2 hours for Calculus, 30 minutes for Psych, and I have Stats next semester so I don’t know…
but none of the extracurriculars I’m really involved in have really started practicing yet. I quit year round swimming because it took 3 hours out of my day but school practices are 1.5 hours in the morning + 30 minutes to get ready for school. Mock Trial practices were 2 hours, 3 days a week. Debate would probably be winging it or googling stuff the night before and my other clubs don’t do all that much. I suspect I’ll be really busy in a month or two, though, maybe an 11!</p>
<p>9 probably.</p>
<p>I’m robotics captain and stage manager, so when the plays really get going, I’m at school every night until probably 10 pm. When robotics gets close to the competition, it’s a few extra hours after school as well. I’m also taking 4 APs, one of them online, which gives a lot of homework. And I’m taking AP Studio, which involves being on a really strict schedule to pump out enough artwork in time. I don’t get the usual “advisory period” extra work time, because I’m in the NHS, and we tutor then. So I’m pretty swamped.</p>
<p>10! Just in the fall though
-Varsity Tennis matches almost every day, practice every day we don’t have games. I’m captain so I have to oversee everything
-Student council president, constantly need to keep up with fundraisers, meetings,etc.
-Marching Band competitions every saturday, football games every friday, and practices from 5-9 every monday, wednesday and friday (usually come straight to band after tennis)
-Self studying 4 AP classes
-Studying for SAT
-Newspaper editor of daily video announcements/website admin
-SO MUCH HW every night
-Taking an online AP course</p>
<p>Literally I have no free days/free time. But I love everything I do :)</p>
<p>Probably a 5. I have quite a bit of homework and I’m super busy with scholarship essays and college applications. But, I used my 8th class slot for a TA period which is super useful. It’s with the teacher for my most difficult and it’s his plan so I can get all the help I need then. Also, I don’t have as many extracurriculars as my junior year though - I decided not to do fall softball, I’ll start in the spring, and I stopped doing band after last year because I despise the new teacher. The other clubs take up virtually no time.</p>
<p>Hmmm i guess 5/15 because
7 APs AND XC first quarter alongside some volunteering and chess club and stuff (ACT and subject tests). Still get lots of time for my gaming :)</p>
<p>Probably 3/15 after XC</p>
<p>Don’t really get stressed…</p>
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<p>3 AP classes, winter and spring track, I work about 11 hours a week at the local public library, I do both the fall drama and spring musical (as well as two musical productions with my church choir in addition to church services and what not), I’m in about 5 clubs (three of which I’m an officer or president), I need to make time with my friends and girlfriend to stay sane, and Grand Theft Auto V takes up a solid 10 hours a week, so I’d say I’m pretty busy pretty much constantly.</p>
<p>3; My procrastination gives me way more free time than I deserve or need. I don’t have a job or much of a social life, so that just adds to my free time. I’m participating in 6 different ECs this year, but they’re not very time-consuming, since most of them only meet weekly or biweekly, and the only really time-consuming one doesn’t even start until March. </p>
<p>I’m taking 6 IB classes this year, but I haven’t had that much homework; usually no more than an hour or two of work a night. Although, at least one night a week this year, I’ve had to stay up past 1 a.m. to finish assignments, though that could be attributed to procrastination.</p>
<p>When I was a senior in high school, I thought I was at an 8 with taking AP classes, being class president, being an officer in NHS, being the yearbook editor, being in the musical, writing the brochures for the musical, building scenery for the musical, volunteering at the elementary school, and working between 10-15 hours a week. </p>
<p>Last year as a college freshman, I still thought that was how it was. I was at maybe a 6 all year between having easier intro classes (and only a couple 300-levels) and not being in class more than 12 hours a week (our writing classes are mostly 40% online). I also babysat on my days off and was able to do homework while the kids did theirs. </p>
<p>However, this year as a sophomore with more complicated and non-intro classes, I’d lower my high school 8 to a 6 and put myself at an 8 right now. I work 25 hours a week and have 16 units of partly upper-division courses. I have to study an hour every day for French as a minimum and usually more like 3 hours on days that I don’t have work. The reading for upper-level humanities courses is ridiculous (50 pages or so a night of heavily-loaded material) and, like in high school, your professors expect you to put their classes first and to go above-and-beyond even if you’re just barely keeping your head above the water. I feel like I’m constantly doing just enough to prepare for the next class. I stay up till 12 and get up at 4:30 just to finish reading that day’s materials so that I’m not lost in class. </p>
<p>So, from all that, it’s totally a perception of your reality. In high school, I worried about not understanding something for the sake of it and about doing the best in my clubs. I also would occasionally miss a quiz or test day and it wouldn’t be a big deal. Now in college, I worry about keeping up with the lecture material and worry about how I can understand and synthesize all of it for the exam or paper. As for missing a test day, forget about it. If you’re sick, bring a paper bag or box of tissues. If someone dies, be ready to email an obituary and stand up for yourself. </p>
<p>High school is hard and busy. I was so overwhelmed my last year. There’s a lot going on. But also, college will be purely stressful in a different way. There will be less things on your plate, but no one cares if you work or if you’re the president of a club. You’re expected to do your work no matter what, and it also sucks. Plus you start to question why you’re working your butt off and you start to wonder if “doing good enough” is a mantra you should adopt. </p>
<p>Just my musings for the day, lol :)</p>
<p>I have a 1-8 period, 4 AP classes, and a few clubs. So maybe a 6.</p>
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<li>I have Decathlon which takes about 40 hours per week outside of school, as well as work 20 hours a week, three really busy clubs and like NHS and stuff like that, one sports team, guitar, and 5 APs (4 classes, one self-study alongside my sister who is in the class) and two more honors. I still make time for fun things like movies with friends, anime, internet surfing, and a girlfriend though so I’m not a ten.</li>
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