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what advice would you give your freshman self?
anjali singh
Akash Dasgupta
"Pursue any interests you think you might have right now. A lot of the stuff that I got interested in that I really like right now ... I didn't get to do until my junior year, because I put them on the side burner in place of other things. I enjoyed practicing art and calligraphy on my own at home [but] I really didn't do all those [activities that] I enjoyed in middle school and high school [that year], I just stopped them. I forgot those are really good ways to de-stress and rejuvenate. Reserving time to do things that are in your interests, that are not academic, [is] so very important to do.”
Anshul Dash
“When you're choosing classes, go with something that will benefit you in the long run. I think there are many opportunities that you can get to learn more about courses, like [the] Course Information Fair. That's a perfect opportunity for students to go and ask teachers about what they can learn from the course and what they can get out of it. Based on the information [you] get, [you] can make a decision of whether you find that subject to be interesting.”
Katherine Nguyen
“Find a group of people that you want to be around. When I came to high school, I didn't have any friends that I knew and I [joined friend groups] where I felt very isolated … [But] there's a bunch of really interesting people that you're going to meet in high school and you'll definitely find a group of people that you'll actually feel comfortable being a part of.”
Kush Gogia
“People should really enjoy their time in high school. It's not all about academics or just being in school, but it's also about your life outside of school. High school gives you much more independence than middle school does, so you should really enjoy it. I'[ve] only been to one sports game throughout my entire high school experience and I wish I'd been to more because that one game was actually so great. Talking to people that I've never even known before, we were all just bonding together over a fun basketball game.”
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