I used to swim before competitive water polo stole me away. As a middle-distance swimmer, I have participated frequently in the 200 yard freestyle, a race requiring a strategy. Fresh out of the starting block, the trick is to never start out too fast fear that I lose steam as the race progressed. The first 100 yards: cake. The second: pure torture. This third component of 50 yards - five and six towers - was the most brutal of all. I feel my muscles Aché just thinking about it.
If high school is the 200 yard freestyle, the junior year is most certainly five towers and six. All expenses begins the first day of the first year. Those who do not learn to pace themselves - to develop organizational and study skills as soon as-found that they can no longer keep pace when teachers begin to grow increasingly more demanding. Those who complete the strong and consistent the end of first year students are likely to succeed as sophomores, even with one or two advanced classes added to their schedule.
In the junior year, things start to really crack down. Students are quickly out of breath, advanced juggling classes with standardized tests and extracurricular activities. Above all, they must think about colleges, College visits in their "free" time planning and preparing for a year full of applications.
That is why it is so important in the early start and learn how to pace. If you waste this crucial moment, you may lose steam at the beginning of your senior year. You may choose colleges that do not match your personality and needs. You may submit tests that are too generic or, worse, are not read. You risk missing deadlines for admissions or scholarships opportunities. You may experience many nights without sleep, stressful. Worst of all, you risk your chances for admission.
So right now. Build a calendar with important dates and deadlines. Include standardized tests, that you intend to take, with their registration deadlines. Plan to take both the SAT and Act colleges weigh them also.
Organize visits to local college when you have free weekends. Planning a larger trip during spring break or a three day weekend. The more you step foot on campus across the country, the more you will understand what type of experience of the college you are looking for.
If you can finish your junior year with a strong and viable colleges list, you will be ready to start your applications this summer. And believe me, you do not want to take the summer off. Talk with your friends and ask them for advice. What have been their ups and downs? What they have done well? They come to what errors?
Plan ahead, and you do sink. Seven and eight towers seem so evil after all.
Cassie Nichols is a college Advisor in Santa Barbara, Ca.
She is the founder and the Director of the specific College, a college business consulting that helps students and families navigate the complex college admission process.
Cassie holds a master of Arts in education from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a degree of Bachelor of Arts in English from Princeton. She is the author of the forthcoming "How to write a College Essay appalling Bad".
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