<p>Is anyone else worried about stress? I am getting stressed just think about this year.</p>
<p>My schedule consists of AP Calculus, Anatomy and Physiology, AP Stats, DUAL CREDIT English and Government, AP Spanish, and Advanced Art. </p>
<p>I feel like with the addition of college applications and such, I might regret taking all the advanced classes our school has to offer.</p>
<p>Are you guys as well taking a weighty courseload this year?</p>
<p>Yes my courseload is also a lot. I’m taking IB English II (HL), IB Spanish V (SL), IB History II (HL), IB Biology II (HL), IB Math II (SL), IB Theory of Knowledge and Physics. On top of that I have to write a 4,000 word extended essay for the IB Diploma, due in November, and so many other outside things like study for the ACT and SAT AND Subject Tests as well as going to write many many essays for English. I can already see my stress level being through the roof…</p>
<p>^ Haha, you haven’t started your EE yet? I’ve written, like, 200 words. Someone I know had already done half of it in May. Whaaat?</p>
<p>^^ There’s no point in worrying about stress :\ It’s going to happen. Whatever.</p>
<p>woohoo!GO 2011!we ar eso awesome and there’s no other class like us.it’s our time to shine in our last year of high school.Goodluck to everyone!!!</p>
<p>-Love your fellow 2011 “classmate”
-JanelAmor :)</p>
<p>:) It’s so exciting that this is finally our senior year! But also so stressful. 
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<p>I haven’t started any applications (I haven’t made a super final list either). I’m pretty sure of about 5-6 schools, but I would like to apply to a few more. </p>
<p>Are any of you debating ED? Definitely applying ED? I’m very indecisive so I’ve never really considered it. But the possibility of being accepted to a school that I love in December is beginning to seem incredibly appealing.</p>
<p>I’m only taking 3 AP’s, but i’m worried because i do a lot of extra-curriculars. I’m considering EA, but not ED</p>
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<p>That’s exactly me!</p>
<p>And I’m definitely applying ED. I’m indecisive, but I fell in love with a certain school and I’d like nothing more than to go there. Plus I hopefully get to not stress while everyone else is biting their nails for three months.</p>
<p>Ahh I am SO indecisive! I don’t even have ONE concrete school on my list, unless my mom makes me apply to Harvard. And I might be really stupid but I feel some schools are “claimed” because other people in my school already want to apply to them and I feel as though I’m “going on their territory” if I apply or I feel as though compared to them, I won’t even have a shot. For example:</p>
<p>Amherst - loved the town, am worried the school is too snobbish
Brown - info session was weird
Swarthmore - liked it a lot but here comes the “claim” issue
Pomona - liked Claremont, liked the college but didn’t like LA
UChicago - seems to be a nice school but I’m worried about the neighbourhood
Wellesley - perfect campus…but all girls</p>
<p>Oh God I’m going to apply to a bunch of EA schools so I know I am at least going SOMEWHERE</p>
<p>^ I definitely know what you mean about the “other people from your school” issue. Especially at a small school, it’s really difficult not to get too “comparative” when people have similar lists.</p>
<p>I’m just gonna put it out there that I’m positively torn about the whole ED thing. I really really really want to apply somewhere ED, but partly because if I were to get in ED at whichever school that would probably be just heavenly bliss and I would greatly enjoy that. But the whole financial aid thing is a bit of an issue, and I’m also utterly undecided as to which school I would ED to. I have four top choices, but I don’t know if I could ever choose between them, for ED, or if I were to get into more than one. If I am so lucky, that is…</p>
<p>I mean as I just re-read that it sounds like I just shouldn’t ED. But I really want to. Please, input? Is anyone else having this problem? Maybe it was already discussed but I’m a little new here… =)</p>
<p>^ I think you should EA, instead of ED, so you have the relief of ED without pressure</p>
<p>I’m doing the IB as well.</p>
<p>The courseload has been okay so far, except for all the EE and the IA’s. a 3000 word rough draft for the EE is due Sep 15 but I haven’t even chosen a topic yet . And I don’t plan to in the near future.</p>
<p>Somehow I thought that when I become a junior my procrastination would come to an end. Nope. Didn’t. I can already see myself struggling to choose a topic and writing a 3000 essay the day before it’s due. </p>
<p>Anyone have the same super procrastination problem as me? I mean I don’t even take notes in class so it was kinda hard studying for the finals as well. and I still kept with my 1 day 1 subject rule for the 1 year worth of IB materials. It was intense :)</p>
<p>I’m not worried about stress tho. I’m only stressed the day before an assignment’s deadline. It comes and goes.</p>
<p>smellyharbour, i feel ya on the claim issue but you cannot let other people stop you. if it’s that big of an issue, just don’t tell many people that you’re applying to “their schools”. because if you don’t apply out of fearing their reaction, you might miss out on the school of your dreams!</p>
<p>Oh and btw I asked here a while ago if I should take another SAT subject test after I already took 2.</p>
<p>I decided not to take another one. I’m applying to top schools with only 2 SAT subject tests :)</p>
<p>^^ I know. The thing is, those people are nice, but my own insecurities are holding me back, I think. Like…I sometimes feel, if that super-smart person is applying there then it’s blasphemy for me to apply there…or I feel as if I’m being rude. Or I feel, if I apply to elite schools, people who get to know will scoff and say “oh there goes $60, you have NO chance of getting in THERE”. No one I know is this mean (thankfully!) but I’m afraid people are thinking it. Ok i know I sound about unhinged now … lol</p>
<p>@impetuous I feel you! I’m doing the IB as well and last year was so easy but I see this year being HELL. I have the EXACT same problems as you. I am a TERRIBLE procrastinator and I was hoping I would become “serious” this year but the past two days I have wasted watching Friends videos. And my first draft is due on Sept 17th and I JUST found a topic! Which subject are you doing EE on? Mine is in English.</p>
<p>^ Ugh, yeah, about the “claim” thing…I know one guy at school who’s legacy at Yale and now so many people have decided not to apply there. Haha. I’m glad pretty much nobody at my school wants to go to my top choice though, and even less likely that they’ll ED it.</p>
<p>@girlrogue: </p>
<p>I feel almost exactly the same way! ED would make life so much easier (IF it were good news in December :)), but I’m so indecisive and love so many schools that it’s incredibly difficult to choose! I have 2-4 “top choices” and know I would be so happy at any of them. But I don’t want to choose; I want to go to them all! And also, financial aid is a big issue as well.</p>
<p>^^ OMG starfruit, I have not even begun to look into legacies - that’s going to scare me off even more. I don’t know for the most part where people in my school are applying, because I’m too shy. I only know the destinations of a few super-smart people because it’s either on the gossip mill or I share a totally pointless class with them and there’s nothing else to do but ask. But how would you feel if someone adds your DreamSchool to their list? Would you feel upset?</p>
<p>btw do you like the taste of starfruit?</p>
<p>Anyway, the thing in my school is, a lot of US applicants are applying to elite schools. Including those who don’t come into the stereotype of nerds…don’t know whether to feel threatened or encouraged by that.</p>
<p>EDIT: is it stupid to rule out Pomona because it has bunk beds in the dorms? Is LA as college-kid unfriendly as it seems?</p>
<p>@smellyharbour</p>
<p>I will most likely do my EE on business… but then again I’m still not even sure about my subject hihi. I’ll try to find a topic but I don’t know when I’ll be able to. </p>
<p>Getting accepted EA to my dream college would make my life so much easier tho. Although the chances are slim, I would have the whole 5 months from january to may to do whatever I want, as long as I keep at least a B- average or sth. </p>
<p>No more IB pressure if I get accepted. God, that would be just too good to be true :)</p>