Senior Year, Journal # 1 //
12 years down, one year to go. It’s my final year of K-12 education, but it feels like it is just the start of my academic career. The most exciting part of planning my undergraduate education is that this time I’ll be learning about what I want to learn, where I want to learn and where I want to live. I have loved every minute of High School, I would not change a thing about the past 3 school years. I have received so much helpful advice; “be involved”, “play sports”, and “enjoy every bit of it”, but there is so much that I have learned on my own, so much that no one ever told me about, I learned how to learn. I know that might sound funky but, I have learned how to problem solve, I know feel like I have gained the tools to learn anything presented to me and understand anything I want to understand because of the skills, and lessons I have learned in High School. Don’t get me wrong, High School hasn’t been flawless, but a learning experience nonetheless.
This year feels different, there is this really confident feeling of being a leader on campus. Being the ones with the most experiences, memories, and the oldest at this school. I have tried my best not only to embrace the challenges Senior year has, but also a leadership challenge to really do my best to improve the education, culture, and spirit at LHS, and leave it better than I found it. I almost feel like I never really made that transition from Junior to Senior year, rather it was just a really long break. Maybe the reality of being in my last year of K-12 education just has not hit me, but nothing about being a 12th grader seems much different, other than the leadership feel. As you may or may not know, I am a leader in our Team Empower at LHS, I have been a little concerned about our status, as I am the only returner from the core that has been together since 2012. This will be a challenging yet positive experience as more learners will get the opportunity to meet and share with so many amazing people as well as represent our district. I just really hope we can figure out the void left behind from graduating 5 seniors last year.
In my last journal I told you a little bit about my plans for the future, I obviously still plan on going to college here in California. Now the question is where! I like a lot of the UC’s; definitely Berkeley, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara. I’ve also thought about Davis and Irvine. My favorite is still Cal-Berkeley. I also will apply to Fresno State for the Smittcamp Presidential Scholarship, to be apart of the Smittcamp Honors College at FSU. That would give me a full ride, and the opportunity to finish my undergrad school debt-free! In terms of privates, I am going to apply to Stanford, and possibly Pepperdine and University of San Diego. I have my doubts about Stanford, because I don’t feel like my SAT scores were high enough to get in there, but maybe they’ll look past that and see it only as an opportunity for growth. I literally cannot fathom the fact that I’ll start applying for college this month! It’s incredible how the previous 12 years of school I have waited to be a senior now that I am I want to do it all over again. Hopefully by the next time you read a journal, I’ll have a better grasp on my senior year as well as my plan for the future! Peace Out!!
12 years down, one year to go. It’s my final year of K-12 education, but it feels like it is just the start of my academic career. The most exciting part of planning my undergraduate education is that this time I’ll be learning about what I want to learn, where I want to learn and where I want to live. I have loved every minute of High School, I would not change a thing about the past 3 school years. I have received so much helpful advice; “be involved”, “play sports”, and “enjoy every bit of it”, but there is so much that I have learned on my own, so much that no one ever told me about, I learned how to learn. I know that might sound funky but, I have learned how to problem solve, I know feel like I have gained the tools to learn anything presented to me and understand anything I want to understand because of the skills, and lessons I have learned in High School. Don’t get me wrong, High School hasn’t been flawless, but a learning experience nonetheless.
This year feels different, there is this really confident feeling of being a leader on campus. Being the ones with the most experiences, memories, and the oldest at this school. I have tried my best not only to embrace the challenges Senior year has, but also a leadership challenge to really do my best to improve the education, culture, and spirit at LHS, and leave it better than I found it. I almost feel like I never really made that transition from Junior to Senior year, rather it was just a really long break. Maybe the reality of being in my last year of K-12 education just has not hit me, but nothing about being a 12th grader seems much different, other than the leadership feel. As you may or may not know, I am a leader in our Team Empower at LHS, I have been a little concerned about our status, as I am the only returner from the core that has been together since 2012. This will be a challenging yet positive experience as more learners will get the opportunity to meet and share with so many amazing people as well as represent our district. I just really hope we can figure out the void left behind from graduating 5 seniors last year.
In my last journal I told you a little bit about my plans for the future, I obviously still plan on going to college here in California. Now the question is where! I like a lot of the UC’s; definitely Berkeley, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara. I’ve also thought about Davis and Irvine. My favorite is still Cal-Berkeley. I also will apply to Fresno State for the Smittcamp Presidential Scholarship, to be apart of the Smittcamp Honors College at FSU. That would give me a full ride, and the opportunity to finish my undergrad school debt-free! In terms of privates, I am going to apply to Stanford, and possibly Pepperdine and University of San Diego. I have my doubts about Stanford, because I don’t feel like my SAT scores were high enough to get in there, but maybe they’ll look past that and see it only as an opportunity for growth. I literally cannot fathom the fact that I’ll start applying for college this month! It’s incredible how the previous 12 years of school I have waited to be a senior now that I am I want to do it all over again. Hopefully by the next time you read a journal, I’ll have a better grasp on my senior year as well as my plan for the future! Peace Out!!