Thoughts about senior year so far

It is finally December  the last month of first semester. For some of us, it seemed so long to reach this point while for others it might have been a blink. I am the latter, since it still feels like yesterday coming to school on the first day of senior year. Since I have been writing about literary topics in my past few blogs, I thought I should write about my thoughts on senior year so far.

Senior year has been such a unique experience compared to the past three years. While we still have to take required classes, those are only 2 or 3 at the max, so the rest of the classes we can choose what we want to learn about. So, I greatly enjoy school this year because I get to choose my classes and take all science or math related classes except English. I also enjoy the fact that we get to take the highest level classes offered, such as AP Senior English, Organic Chemistry, and Linear Algebra. The feeling that I get thinking that this is the last time I need to do this for various topics is both pleasing and weird-feeling.

I can't talk about senior year without mentioning college apps. They have been my life for the past several months. I probably have written about a dozen essays so far, more to come in the next month. All this has been extremely stressful, since it seems like my 18 years of what I have done is all being judged. While it has been tiring, it has given me a great opportunity to reflect back on my life and think about what I want to do with my future.  I am just glad that I only have to endure about 3 more weeks of this one time miserable experience like no other.

I am extremely excited for second semester. There is robotics starting up, last season of high school tennis, senior dinner dance, graduation, and other fun activities. I might will definitely have senioritis, but I will mange and let my grades not drop too much. The english project will also be interesting, since I will be able to read The Count of Monte Cristo, a book that I have been wanting to read.

After high school comes college. I have a complicated feeling about this transition. I am excited for what is coming, but afraid of what I am leaving. I want to make the best of the remaining days of high school, and make it as memorable as possible, and go to college to experience something new.