Fun Fact about Aleena: She dressed just like Edgar Allan Poe on the last day of 10th grade and made a morbid "graduation speech"
Go With the Flow
January 23, 2006
My junior year seemed to be the slowest, cruelest punishment anyone could endure. On the contrary, senior year seems to be flying by fairly quickly. In their own ways, both years have produced some chaos and stress for me.
I got back my Georgetown decision. Unfortunately, I was deferred. I think I said before that I didn't know what I would do if I was deferred from Georgetown. But you know what? I lived. I was kind of down for about 2 hours after the decision, after which I decided to make sure I would put forth my full effort to get into a good college and keep my grades straight A's. So far things seem to be going in my favor. Not long after submitting my applications (probably only 3-4 days), I got phone calls from both Harvard and Yale alumni about my interview. This definitely boosted my spirits and got me thinking more about possibilities besides Georgetown.
While I'm back to feeling pretty optimistic about my applications and myself, my stresses are not limited to college applications. Midterms! Midterms! Midterms! I'm feeling extremely pressured to make good grades this year, and the sad thing is, the pressure is coming from me. Ever since making straight A's for my final grades last year, I haven't wanted to let them go especially since it is very possible to keep them... if you study and correctly apply what you have learned. AP Biology and AP Calculus A/B are the two classes I am worried about right now because those are the classes that my talent doesn't fall naturally into. However, I am working very hard and allowing myself each day a little time to relax after taking a crash course in studying the material. At least I won't go crazy.
Just some advice: Don't kill yourself working on academics or on any one aspect of your life. Don't forget that you, yes YOU, exist (and I do forget that sometimes), and that without easy times, there would be no such thing as stressful and vice versa. You really just have to go with the flow, no matter how overused of a phrase that is. Don't forget to organize and prepare for the near and far future at the same time. Don't dwell on the past. Otherwise, you might get yourself down like I was at the beginning of my senior year.
I still have to study for midterms and hope for a good grade on my upcoming SAT II Biology test. But in any case, I'm going to maintain a positive attitude and keep moving forward.