<p>Eh, I only hang out with friends on the weekends (well, mostly). In middle school I’d go over friends’ houses almost every day or they’d come to mine after school, then in high school I started limiting that and now it rarely happens. I play sports with most of my really good friends so technically that’s two hours after school every day that we hang out playing lacrosse/track (depending on the season). </p>
<p>On the weekends, I go to the movies or out to dinner with friends. Some academic programs/clubs also have my friends in there. I know that probably sounds like I don’t really hang out with them, but you have no idea how much you socialize through those things. I made a million new friends just from joining those two sports teams and a few others in yearbook and science olympiad.</p>
<p>I feel like I have a balance. Then again, I don’t have like a raging social life with parties every weekend (well except last fall, I went to 5 quinceneras in a row). If I’m socializing, it’s through shopping, dinner, hanging out downtown, etc. Nothing that makes me hungover or sleep deprived. So it never gets in the way of my academics or vise versa.</p>