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By Darby Baham
The last couple months of high school can make you feel like
you don't have a care in the world. By now, you've probably received most, if
not all of your acceptance letters to colleges. Classes are beginning to wind
down and prom seems like the most important thing you will ever have to deal
with. What dress will you wear? Will you match your suit with your date's
dress? Will you have a date? <--- All those thoughts are running through
your mind.
But the last couple months of high school are also critical to making sure you don't mess up your chance to attend that prestigious college of your choice.
Here are some tips to avoid playing the fool right before you go on to your next adventure:
Be Cautious of the Senior Prank
My high school was all about a senior prank, but we usually kept it fairly lighthearted and never did anything that would permanently damage the school. Well, one guy in the senior class took it to another level, and he became the only one out of 250 students not to walk across the stage in May to accept his diploma. You don’t want to be that one dude that doesn’t get to graduate and even worse get your school offer rescinded because of something foolish you did the last month of high school.
Don't party so hard that you forget the things your parents/guardians taught you.
Everyone wants to party around this time, and that's cool. But parties and underage drinking can lead to several different circumstances that you will wish you had avoided, including but not limited to drunk driving and becoming pregnant. The plan is to make it to college, and going a bit to wild the last months of school might prevent that from happening.
Don't forget that you're still in school.
This sounds easy, but senioritis can be very tempting. The last thing you want to do is flunk out of any of your classes at the last minute when you're on track to graduate on time. So have fun, but also remember that you're schooling is not quite over. Remember you have the whole summer to have fun.
These are just a few tips to avoid being the fool everyone pities at the end of the year. But if you follow these and stay focused, you'll be well on your way to college in no time.
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