Seniors Offer Advice for High School Success

By Josee Li

Listen up CRN! Some seniors are ready to leave us some advice before they enter the next chapter of their lives. Here’s what they said:
 
Sasha Hofman: “In high school, do what truly interests you, not what you think colleges will like to see. It will pay off in the end.”
 
Connie Fang: “Give yourself room to take risks and to try new things and embrace the challenges, risks, and rejections that might come with it. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone, so approach new situations with an open mind so that you can grow and learn from them.”
 
Nikky Nemzer: “Never underestimate how nasty the whole college process is. Start planning what you want to do and where you want to go by the end of your sophomore year so that when you get to junior year and all the deadlines start flying by you, you at least have a vague idea of what to do. Also, at the end of your junior year starting thinking about your college essays and start writing the second you see the prompts. Being prepared is an absolute necessity and (as someone who severely procrastinates) there is no such thing as too early.”
 
Jules Bernstein: “Make sure you get involved in clubs and activities!”
 
Lydia Roe: “Time management and prioritizing are actually really helpful skills.”
 
Brynn Smith: “It doesn’t matter how smart or not you are if you don’t have the time management skills to match it. The further along you get in high school (and beyond) the more important time management becomes. Learning to start assignments ahead of time rather than the night before they’re due has probably been my biggest key to success.“
 

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