Advice to Seniors
August 12, 2019
- Retake ACT/SAT as early as possible and as many times as possible
- Keep an organized system for what colleges you need to visit, apply to, apply for financial aid and scholarships
- Take a class on financial literacy
- Stay on top of your work/avoid senioritis
- Don’t be mean to the freshmen — it’s a mega waste of time
- Take as many college courses as possible now before they cost too much
- “Senior” isn’t an excuse for “bully”
- Tik Tok star is not a post-secondary career
- Keep college options open
- Apply to as many scholarships as possible
- SAVE MONEY
- Don’t waste senior year on unnecessary classes
- Find your passion and pursue is
- You don’t need a major to go to college
- Don’t feel bad about a gap year or not going to college
- Find good roommates
- Learn basic housekeeping and put it in practice
- DON’T SIGN UP FOR an 8 a.m. CLASS
- Don’t work at a job you don’t like
- Pay all of your most expensive debts off first
- Don’t stress about what you can’t control
- Visit as many colleges as you want
- Find a planning system that works for you, but don’t plan in spontaneity
- Allow your plan to be flexible
- Drama doesn’t get a grade
