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5 Things you should be Doing Your Senior Year

How to rock one of the best - and busiest - years of your life

brigidgarrett1

Jul 18, 2018

Millennials of New Jersey

5 Things you should be Doing Your Senior Year

Emma Hecht

Senior year is a stressful, exciting, and bittersweet time in a students life. The combination of college applications, "last firsts", and senioritis can leave anyone overwhelmed. Pair that with trying to make the most of your last couple months home, and you have a lot of decisions on your hands. Luckily, I've been through it all and compiled a list of 5 things you should be sure to do your senior year.

1. Cut people who cause drama out of your life

Brigid Garrett

You've got a year left living life as you've known it to be for the last 18 years, don't waste any of it indulging in someone's petty drama. It can be a tough task to do, especially if it is a classmate that you see every day, but you'll feel so much better once that person is out of your life.

2. Go to the dance

Or pep rally! Or a field trip! Or whatever other events your school is holding. As much as you may love or hate them, there truly is nothing like a good old high school dance so enjoy it while you can. And a word of advice from someone who's been there: It is so much more fun to get involved than it is standing on the sidelines. Who cares if you make a fool of yourself, you won't be seeing many of your classmates for much longer anyway.

3. If you haven’t yet, get a job

Brigid Garrett

Senior year is EXPENSIVE. From the senior trip to prom to graduation gifts and everything in between, you're going to be needing a lot of money this year. Then after that's all done, a little thing called college will start coming your way. It's good to start saving as soon as possible to avoid having to skip a senior year tradition because you're strapped for cash. Plus work experience looks great on a college application.

4. Have a conversation with your parents or guidance counselor about paying for college

Brigid Garrett

Doing this early on was one of the most helpful things I did for the college application process. With my parents, I discussed exactly how much money I could take out in loans and if they could help me pay. We came up with a limit on the most that my education could reasonably cost a year, which helped greatly when choosing schools to apply to. Don't let the number you decide on stop you from applying to pricier schools, though. You never know who might surprise you with an extra scholarship!

5. Understand that college admissions are unpredictable

Brigid Garrett

Average SAT scores can be helpful in predicting your chances at admission into a college but they are not always reliable. Last year I was happily surprised with a great scholarship from my top choice school, however I was also surprised with a waitlist letter from a safety school. You never know what schools are going to decide so the best thing you can do is put your best foot forward, and not take their decision too personally.

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5 Things you should be Doing Your Senior Year

How to rock one of the best - and busiest - years of your life

1. Cut people who cause drama out of your life

2. Go to the dance

3. If you haven’t yet, get a job

4. Have a conversation with your parents or guidance counselor about paying for college

5. Understand that college admissions are unpredictable

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1. Thank you for laughing at my jokes, even when they really aren’t funny.

2. Thank you for singing unbearably loud with me all the time.

3. Thank you for letting me vent to you for hours about anything and basically being my personal therapist.

4. Thank you for ordering pizza with me at 2 in the morning.

5. Thank you for all the movie days when we don’t feel like moving.

6. Thank you for being my workout buddy everyday.

7. Thank you for sharing your closets with me.

8. Thank you for taking naps with me at random hours during the day.

9. Thank you for cleaning our home with me when we absolutely need to.

10. Thank you for all the rides when it’s late and you don’t want me to walk home alone in the dark.

11. Thank you for studying with me in our kitchen when we didn't want to go the library.

12. Thank you for making dinner with me.

13. Thank you for helping with my hair, makeup and outfit every time we go out.

14. Thank you for taking countless ugly pictures with me.

15. Thank you for not judging me when I go too long without showering.

16. Thank you for making our apartment feel like a second home.

17. Thank you for being there through all of our boy troubles.

18. Thank you for giving me a hug when I feel homesick.

19. Thank you for getting excited with me when one of us gets a good grade on an exam.

20. Thank you for still being my friend and not judging me when I say or do dumb things.

21. Thank you for telling me what I should do when I am sick.

22. Thank you for dancing horribly with me everywhere we go.

23. Thank you for staying up super late with me when we aren’t tired or can’t sleep.

24. Thank you for being super weird with me.

25. Thank you for all the unforgettable college memories.

26. And most of all, thank you for being the best friends a girl could have.

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5."I have no idea what I'm reading."

6. "I should call my smart friend about this."

7. "I’m going to fail. I’m going to fail."

8. "I’m dropping out of school."

9. "What grade do I have to get on the final to pass the class?"

10. "Oh, no, I have to do good."

11. "I shouldn’t have procrastinated all semester."

12. "I wanna go to bed."

13. "We did not learn this!"

14. "I should go get food."

15. "Why do we even have finals?"

16. "I don’t want to be at the library."

17. "Get off your phone."

18. "I can watch Netflix for like 20 minutes and then go back to studying."

19. "I shouldn’t have watched Netflix."

20. "You have to study now!"

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If watching is all you're gonna do, then you're gonna watch your life go by without ya. — Laverne

Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one. — Grandmother Willow

Always let your conscience be your guide. — Jiminy Cricket

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Life is a journey to be experienced, not a problem to be solved. — Pooh

Let it go. — Elsa

If you can't say something nice, don't say nothin' at all. — Thumper

Today's special moments are tomorrow's memories. — Genie

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