I didn't do anything in high school except hang out in my van with friends after school and listen to stupid hippie music.\nIn college (2 year degree) I wrote a humor column for the newspaper and worked on the Literary Arts magazine.\nNow I'm part of an advertising group on campus.
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I did lots of things, as I could remember, I attented thee National Day of Youth here i the Philippines, I also participated in the Gawad Kalinga (it's an orgamization which gather youths together and build homes for the needy, I also did lost of writing in school, I am actually part of the school publication team, I am also sent to different schools for different competitioins, that's some of the extra curricular activities that I did.\n\nWrting a humor column for the newspaper and literary arts magazine and being a member of the advertising group of your campus, whoa! that's a lots of extra curricular activities already, only a very few people are given the oppurtunity to write in a newspaper, being part of a literary team of an arts magazine is a tough task.\n\nAll that you did now are extra curricular and hanging out with friends after school and listening to hippies music and going to concerts are still considered "extra", right?
33438
I personally didn't go yet. I wasn't ready yet, but most likely going in September. I had to figure out what I wanted to do with my life first.Did you go? And if so why did you go to college?
606731
trust me enjoy high school and college as much as you can...live life to the fullest because you'll never get that time back!...i finished college almost a year ago and i wish i could do it all over again!
290135
I started college right out of high school.  I found out that, in the field I was interested in, it was easy to get a job and experience...and the experience was what most employers were looking for.  I have since finished my degree, but I saw a big bump in salary and responsibility when I put experience on my resume and NO bump in either when I put my new degree on my resume.
98073
My high school was/is a Catholic stuffy rigid academic school. We hardly did well in any sporting activity but always did well in the braniac areas. For the most part my high school was divided into 3 main sections. Students that were upper middle class that had something to prove(mainly popularity and materialistically.) Second group was the brainiacs that snubbed the popular kids with their braniac elitism. The third group were ones that were just trying to survive and not fall between the cracks of the system. We all wore uniforms and mostly from the same heritage.
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Do some scholarship searching and get into college.  You'll find that its really a deja vu of high school, except without curfew and parental monitoring.  Its really cool and you will probably be happy there if you miss being a schoolkid.  College kids are just overgrown schoolkids.  As for what to major in, I can't tell you that - you'll have to figure out for yourself what you like to do and find the point where what you like intersects what you are GOOD at.    That will ensure that you can actually pass the courses in your major and get a good paying job after college.  (I changed majors a couple of times in college, trying to find the right thing for me.  So did a lot of people I know.  It seems to have turned out okay for everyone, so go ahead and experiment.)  Talk to a counselor to help with the depression if you can find one.  And keeping in touch with your high school friends will probably help you feel better as well.
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When I got into college I had to learn how to study as I never had to when I was in high school. What I did was lock myself in my bedroom, turn off any radio, tv, etc. I turned off the phone in our room, and let my boyfriend answer the phone and take messages if it was for me. I sat at a DESK (which was very important. Sitting at a desk was like sitting in school, it helped me anyway). I had a desk lamp, no other lights on in the room (so nothing else would distract me). I had no pictures in my room, so again, no distractions. All I had were my desk, my lamp, and my books. I would start by organizing my notes (I was a very organized person as it was, but I reorganized), then I started at the point where the test was going to start ie - if your test was in biology - chapters 4,5, and 6, I would start studying at my chapter 4 notes. I would take those notes out of my binder. Just those notes. No others. I would turn my biology book to chapter 4. Just chapter 4. I wouldn't look ahead, I would just stick to page one, right where my notes started. I would read them, maybe make notes on things I'm not sure of, compare them to the text, and so on. I would do that until I had all three of the chapters were covered, as well as my notes. As well as the notes I had added. THEN I would skim them again, and again, until I finally figured that I'd do okay in my test. It worked. I did well in High School, but sometimes that's a bad thing, as I never ever had to study. But in College, I think everyone has to learn how to study all over again. I know I did. So, this is just one persons opinion on how I learned to study, and it did work. You can try this way or try someone else's way, or maybe mix them all up and try that. I do hope you find someway to study. Marks are so important, whether they be for High School, or College, or University. \n OH yah, please don't use drugs. They may seem good at the time, but when it comes to memory recall, there won't be anything there....trust me..GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS!
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I would have said that I'm a ex-college non-grad. that doesn't know what hes doing and trying to find places that make me happy. When people tell me to go back to college or join the army. I like to traval and I think that George w. bush blows and I can't really do anything about that except not listen to his crap.
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good for you you made it through high school \nnow you will begin a new education \nits called life and you have a lot to learn because now your in the real world now . and on the road to becoming an adult .. the safety net of school is no longer there . welcome to the real world with all its responsibly and lesions \ntry to learn something new every day on your new journey in to the real world ..\n congrats and good luck
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I did not do the 10, but a 20,  most were nothing like they used to be,  the "high school jock" was pumping gas at a gas station.\n\nThe high school trouble maker was now a carrer military man\n\nA high school nerd was now a police officer\n\nOf course a couple of your fanticy high school cheer leaders are plump and round.\n\nand of course some are who they were, the brain is a NASA scientiest or working as an enginer for IBM and so on.\n\nEveryone acts like how they loved each other back then, and of course they did not.\n\nLots of people trying to act more important than they really are, and others talking about that great event in high school which appears to be the highlight of thier live ( that is really sad)
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Some schools have a career development class. I know my high school did. You actually had to have a job outside of school and then in school, you took a class one period a day.
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I feel qualified to answer that,,,,,,,,,,,\nWhen I graduated from High school and only with what could be considered average grades (no scholarship to Yale in the mail), when my dad made it quite clear that I had until the end of summer to find a place of my own ("I've raised you, now do something with your life") looking around our small town in western Oregon the opportunity's seemed to be restricted to pumping gas or pulling on a green chain. Nether of which really excited me. Checking with the Air Force recruiter on a fine summer morning much to my surprise I score quite well on their little test (guess it helped knowing the difference between a screwdriver and a crescent wrench) So off I went to a one full year long tech school where I received an education that has served me well all through my adult life. Would I suggest the same to others???? ABSOLUTELY
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Everyone is different.  I personally went to college to be a high school teacher.  I realized after a year and 1/2 that I hated it.  I worked in a restaurant for a year, then taught adult learners for a year, then when I was 25 I stumbled into a marketing position and have been in marketing ever since (for 7 years).  I wish I'd gotten a degree in marketing....
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Once you have gotten into college, no one ever looks at your high school transcript again, so you can be relieved about that.\n\nI had a friend who went into medical illustration.  Wide open field.  Also back it up with good computer skills and you will be in demand!
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i loved it. best time of my life (so far!). try getting involved in some clubs or activities. maybe play some IM sports. if you're living on a freshman floor, make an effort to meet people. its really the people you meet that make college worthwhile.
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yup!!! for some reason whn i was in middle school and even high school i thought it would have been so fun!
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I'd laugh once I found out the reason was because he missed out on "high school life". Life? It's not any different than elementary or middle school, and (I presume) hardly a huge difference from college, save a few more restrictions.\nSaying "I missed high school life" is pretty much saying, "I'm still not ready to be a big boy and live in the adult world, I'd rather be sheltered and coo'd over."