<p>I am currently a high school senior and I know what you guys are going through. Junior year is undeniably strenuous. Between school, SAT, EC’s, sports, and whatever other activities you are engaged in, time seems to be moving at warp speed with no sign of slowing down.</p>
<p>Honestly, as you’re reading this, take a deep breath. If you are even in this thread, you are probably stressed because you are WORKING HARD, STRIVING TO DO WELL, WANTING TO MAKE YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY PROUD.</p>
<p>So there is no need to worry. Colleges don’t expect every student to have a perfect resume, that would obviously be extremely unreasonable to say the least. </p>
<p>Do things you like! Don’t for example self study AP Chemistry if you hate science just because you think you won’t get into an Ivy League without taking as many APs as possible!</p>
<p>If you do what you like, you can work hard but not have the burden of stress piling upon you like a stack of bricks. </p>
<p>I am not saying by any means don’t challenge yourself, but seek to excel in areas that mean something to you.</p>
<p>College applications are far cry from being a mere representation of grades and scores. They are in essence a biography of who you are. Lets be real, having 6 instead of 7 APs isn’t going to cause Harvard to reject you.</p>
<p>I’ll digress and just leave you with this…</p>
<p>You are going to do amazing, keep working hard, but just take a deep breath and take time to do things that you love.</p>