<p>Yes and no. I guess I have a few small regrets, but largely I’ve been happy with the way things have turned out. However, I really really regret not pushing my parents to let me go to Interlochen Arts Academy (for creative writing). They told me I could go if I won a scholarship competition. I was a finalist, but didn’t get the scholarship, but I wonder what would have happened if I’d pushed for more finaid from Interlochen and more support from my parents. But then again, I have amazing friends, an amazing bf, and love debate (which wouldn’t be possible at Inty).</p>
<p>Happy with everything academic and whatnot. Wish I did more other stuff too (Planned more stuff to do w/ friends, got into a relationship, etc.)</p>
<p>I can’t regret anything since I got into my first choice college ED. So everything is a success in my mind.</p>
<p>But if I didn’t get in, I’d regret not taking enough EC’s in my freshman and sophomore year. </p>
<p>The only thing I probably truly regret is not playing any sports in High School. I’m pretty good at baseball but I never tried out because I was nervous that I’d fail and get laughed at and whatnot.</p>
<p>I regret finding this site and then becoming obsessed with college acceptances. I wish I had not been an officer in Key Club or in NHS. I wish I hadn’t tried to self-study AP Chem. I probably would not have gotten into all of the schools that I got into, but I still would have gotten into the one that I ended up choosing. I wish that I had not let the college admissions process ruin my senior year.</p>
<p>Huh. I regret doing basically no extracurriculars this year (9th). So as a result, for freshman year I have NO volunteer work, school government stuff, sports, or clubs beyond three I’m not enthusiastic about, really…and since my school is all too strict I can’t just step in now. Plus I didn’t study as well for the SAT as I was hoping to be able to…well, when my scores come back in nine more days I’ll see. 
Oh, I also didn’t try out for orchestra this year. I doubt I can next year either. Gah, I wish someone had shown me CC earlier, then I would’ve known about the need to take all this extra stuff…my American-college-ignorant parents were all like…“Oh, take all advanced classes and get high A grades in each class and you’ll be good”. Then I look on here, and ay…</p>
<p>Now all I really have a chance for this year is to focus on my state piano competitions, try to make AIME, and hopefully do my math credit for next year over the summer to have a more “rigorous” courseload next year. Then maybe I can start over with really looking into clubs and community service and everything else. And hope that colleges won’t look too closely at everything exo-academic that I skipped freshman year…bleh…</p>
<p>definitely, i regret so many things, not even going to lie, lol. i regret letting some of my friends slip away [even though there was nothing i really could have done to stop it–personality differences & all that]. i regret not having ENJOYED myself more. on the flip side, i regret not doing better in school, lol. i guess that would all equate to me being a big procrastinator, so i wish i could have done better with that, too, haha. & i wish i would have just put my self out there a lot more & not have been so shy/self-conscious. but, u know what? screw it. that’s what college is for. to do high school all over again, but, better :)</p>
<p>i regret letting my parents choosing classes for me. if i chose them myself, i know without a doubt, my GPA would be higher. 10th grade was my worst year…</p>
<p>I regret being so focused on school to the point of not having a life. A party now and then would not be a crime…</p>
<p>^ But the upside to that is you probably have an insanely high GPA haha.</p>
<p>The level of college-app-obsessiveness I’ve found on CC makes me glad I didn’t find it earlier.</p>
<p>Truthfully? I should have applied to boarding school when I was in 8th grade.</p>
<p>i wish i had seen this site earlier. slacked off junior year… =[ this site makes ya realize that the people in your school arent the only people you are competing against for college admissions. </p>
<p>i wish i had realized that you have to EARN your way into college with hardwork. im putting the effort in now, but all of that blogging and facebook… i should have just saved it for the summer</p>
<p>I wish I had a time turner or some kind of time power, greatest power in the world. -_-</p>