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Biggest thing: Pick your friends wisely. Since I go to a Vocational school, getting close to people is easy. Many friends that I had in my freshman year, I didn't talk to or see often sophomore year. Going into my Junior year on the 26th and I've lost a lot of friends due to stupid issues.

E.g. Friend who's a girl (she liked me, but I didn't like her) started going out with this guy and he refuses to let any other guy text her
Don't be that kind of guy, it shows that you're insecure

@ShiroMugetsu: oh

>High school

My first day of college classes is tomorrow.

thanks a lot for your helpful advice guys ^^
i actually didn't really expect so many people to reply seriously when i made this thread tbh
love you basil (:

in my school we have this thing called freshman r4pe
have fun

made my freshmen guide into a thread

/forum/2721290

@Nivea: Because you didn't ask me?
Honestly, thanks for saying that though. I'm glad I can help the freshmen people.

FRESHMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN. lol welcome to the worst 4 years of your life

@Whiter no, but lots of HS's have the Link Crew program or something like it.
@brub np. I don't know of any clubs that are simply meant for socializing. But, any club you join will have people to socialize with...so just join whatever looks the most fun. If you can't decide, join your friends' clubs. You can always quit the club if you want. Just stop coming.

Damn, I remember being a freshman, now I'm entering back as a senior. Just one more year.

Also starting as a freshman, as the rest have said, first impressions are everything. Don't be nervous, just be yourself. Talk to people, don't be the one in the corner.

It's always about first impression. Don't make yourself look like an idiot. Don't be shy; you'll regret that later. Just because you "don't know someone" it doesn't mean you should shy away and not talk to that person. How else do you make friends? Oh, don't try being the badass who always argues with the teacher. You need those letters of recommendations for college, and if you get close to a chill teacher, they will cut you so much slack sometimes it's not even funny.

Get ready for four years of ass kissing.

Generally my school gets mad at freshmen during the first couple weeks..then everything is normal after that

No worries. You're not the only new freshman. You're just one of them in a sea of freshmen. Is tomorrow the first day of school for freshmen only? If so, that's great. If not, doesn't matter. Try your best to make friends with good people. Stay away from those druggies or w/e.
Also, don't blow your freshmen year or any year. If you don't pass the class, you'll have to retake it and I'm pretty sure it won't be fun retaking it with a class full of freshman and you being the only 10th grader.
Good luck!
Plus, when you're forecasting for classes next year, be smart and don't pick classes that aren't right for you. I'm regretting it so much. I won't survive this year. xD

Edit: Oh, and join a club or sport. It's one of the quickest ways to make friends. I regret not doing a sport and club because I was shy, but I'm gonna do it this year.

@ShiroMugetsu: Hi who are you

I swear, middle school had more drama than high school did.

Don't be the negative person that acts sad just because your friends are changing. High school is a time of change, for yourself and others. Do not act depressed because your friend is in a new clique, so to speak.

Keep a positive attitude. I know these are words with no motivation to it, but that's honestly the best advice I can give you.

Learn the "smoking corner" or "drug corner" (where people go on campus to smoke drugs) and avoid it.

Try not to seek for attention. You're a freshman, so you're going to be tempted by many others to do so.

Join clubs. It may seem hard and all, but they're actually full of nice people you can become friends with. My freshman year, I joined anime club. I met this guy who I've become friends with after anime club closed, and he's now VP of culinary arts (cooking club). Cooking club, and other clubs, are really nice places to meet new people, experience stuff, and obtain knowledge.

I don't know if your high school has this, but you need 100 hours of community service to graduate. Don't wait to do all of your service on your senior year. Pace yourself out, or try to finish it all within the firest 3 years of high school.

Physical bullies aren't much of a problem. That "freshman beatdown" stuff won't happen unless your school has some really dang immature people (like mine).

I cannot emphasize how this is the part of your life where you have to start being mature and ignoring annoying people. I know it's really hard, I have trouble with it too, but when someone I know who is annoying comes up to me, I try not to say anything mean to them, I just ignore them. This is the part of your life you have to start transitioning to, if you haven't.

Know your campus.

uh i was lost

What everyone has posted here are pretty much all true; just have fun and make memories, learn valuable life lessons unknowingly along the way.

A big key point is to be yourself, and don't pretend to be someone else to impress others. Doing your homework, and listening in class actually uses less time and effort than trying to catch up/understand the concepts later on. You'd have more time to do everything else you want to do in your high school life.

Wth is this freshman beat up my area doesnt have one at least =/ (white people)
But for me High School didn't really change much for me except I just couldn't find some of my classes first day -.-
There is nothing to worry about just dont act like your hot sheet and be annoying
Only talk to freshman for now unless an upperclass man talks to you first

It really isn't that hard. The more you get involved, the easier it'll be to make friends.

I took a poop at the girl's bathroom within the first week of Freshman year. So I guess look at the signs before entering the bathroom?

[quote=IronD0G]first day of high school: i came home with a black eye.
second day of high school: i dont remember having a second day.
third day of high school: my high school was the hospital.
the rest of my high school: in my room.[/quote]
please say that youre joking
Its not scary like people say so just chill and work hard but also have fun

Oh man freshman beat down day was the worst, you're going to get beat up.

first day of high school: i came home with a black eye.
second day of high school: i dont remember having a second day.
third day of high school: my high school was the hospital.
the rest of my high school: in my room.

In response to the above post, I would actually recommend finding and "memorizing" your class locations ahead of time so you won't even have to look as freshman-y by holding your schedule/map as you walk (like, check where your next class while you are IN class.)

Other than that,
- Don't need to take it TOO seriously freshman year. I don't mean slack off, but no need to go super Asian and stay up til 4am finishing a paper and whatnot. You'll need to save that endurance for sophomore/junior/maybe senior year depending on how rigorous your schedule is. Try to focus more on finding some extracurricular (club, sport, etc) that you like and are willing to commit to throughout your high school years. I don't know about other people, but a lot of my classmates actually regretted taking freshman year so seriously (academically-wise).
- Laugh, smile, relax. It's easier to make friends that way as other people will be nervous and will feel refreshed if they see you chillin'.
- Be polite to your teachers. You'll need them to write recs for you down the road, and it's always nice to be on good terms with teachers. A simple "good morning" or "good afternoon" and nothing else will make teachers happy as a lot of students (especially in America) generally ignore teachers on their way into class. Anything over that may warrant you as a kiss-up, as a warning.

1) Be Yourself! You will definitely find friend who like you for who you are
2) Join Clubs/Teams. Any particular sport you like to play? Try out for the team! Usually during orientation or announcements, there should be an opportunity to find different clubs to join! Clubs give you an opportunity to find people of similar interest and you can make great friends! I have no "suggestions" because I dont know what you like. But find clubs you like, find big service clubs to get service hours and a big opportunity to find friends, join an academic club like math or science club, maybe a religious or ethnic clubs. Get involved!
3) STUDY! Do your homework. You have to start working hard freshmen year, get good grades! Try your best to get a 4.0. Don't procastinate, and try your best to find good study habits. Many people regret not working hard freshmen year especially during college application season.
4) Keep a good relationship with your teachers and peers! You are going to be with them for next four years, try not to create enemies. Try befriending upperclassmen as well.
Best of Luck! That's all I can think of right now. High school was a great experience! Had both ups and downs.
ALSO: Get a map and find your classes, so you don't get lost going to your classes and showing up late.

Just make lots of friends during your first year and you'll be fine.

Try not to make any enemies, though(sometimes that might be inevitable).

just be normal

@fradddd Do you go to high school at like Esperanza/YLHS or something? I just transferred out of Esperanza, and we had a program called Link Crew as well.

OT: Don't overthink the first day, just be yourself and you should be fine.

nothing to be nervous about haha, just be chill and be yourself

People say high school really sucks, but it's really what you make of it. Pick a group of friends you're comfortable with, and they will be your friends for these next 4 years. Hang out, do what you have to do, but never do what you think you will regret. I know a lot of people started doing drugs in high school. Just make sure you're doing the right thing.

fresshmann "omg where do i go?"
senior "in the bathroom"

@fradddd Sadly, I'm a freshman too.

[quote=fradddd]I was in Link Crew this year, cause I'm a junior. Link Crew is where upperclassmen help freshmen get introduced to high school. It's a great program.
I should've kept my list of "things freshmen should know"...anyway, since I was in Link Crew I know this stuff fo sho. Well and cause of my experience of course.

I wrote a bunch of stuff down on another thread like this...shoulda kept it.

@brub read all of this

Ok here goes:
-Be yourself. Might seem cliche, well that's why things are cliche. It's easier and more fun and more interesting to be yourself anyway.

-REMEMBER: After high school, you will never see 90% of those people again, unless you go to the reunion. 99.9% if you go to out of state college. What this means is that you can pretty much do anything, and it'll only be embarrassing for the rest of high school. So don't get embarrassed. From an old introvert to a freshman who may or may not be an introvert: BE OUTGOING.

-Get good grades. They do matter, until about senior year. The grades you get in high school can sometimes be directly proportionate to how much you get paid later in life, which is annoying. Good grades -> better college -> better resume and credentials -> better job.

-Try to take interesting classes. Even if they're not "easy A" courses, you might still end up getting an A because you enjoy learning about the class.

-If you have a history of not liking some of your teachers, then LISTEN to what other students say about teachers.

-Know that the upperclassman (like @relaxKid) mostly act like they don't want to associate with you, because it keeps their ego up and they think it makes them look cool. But, be open to friends off all grades. You might get free rides to lunch or home because the higher grade people can drive.

-Do your homework. It counts towards your grade, and it WILL help you learn the class better.

-Don't be a jerk or annoying to the teacher. It makes it awkward for other students who realize how stupid you make yourself look. And it's just not a good thing to do anyway, obviously. But if you're on Basil I doubt you're like that anyway...

-Keep in mind: the transition from elementary to middle school is WAY more significant than middle to high school. The difference between middle and high is that you have an increased amount of things that you had in middle school. More homework, more friends, more class periods (maybe), more classes to choose from, more acquaintances, more off campus, more activities ansd clubs than you can do, more variety between you and your friends schedules.

-It's important to be friendly to the people you sit near in your class. If you're not the popular guy/girl (tell me), then you will most likely not have your friends in most of your classes. Well, unless you're on the same level as them or you plan it or whatever. Still, I got unlucky, so it was a good thing that I made friends with the other people. That way, I had a partner for activities.

-Get to know teachers. They'll write you recommendations and nice crap. Plus you can ask them for help. Actually asking them for help would help them get to know you, so do it!

@HorrorsLove had a good point. Please don't gather with your friends in the middle of the main hallways. That's extremely annoying, and sometimes upperclassmen do have bad days so they don't care where you are. That's the only thing about high school that is somewhat true in the movies...

If I come up with anything else I'll tell you.[/quote]

wow thats a lot of things xD
thanks a lot, ill be sure to use your advice ^^
by the way, are there any groups/clubs that you suggest i should join?
like social clubs that are easy to find friends in?

@SkinsUK no friends at all? Even the kids that were loners in my middle school have friends in high school, cause all the loners band together.

I was in Link Crew this year, cause I'm a junior. Link Crew is where upperclassmen help freshmen get introduced to high school. It's a great program.
I should've kept my list of "things freshmen should know"...anyway, since I was in Link Crew I know this stuff fo sho. Well and cause of my experience of course.

I wrote a bunch of stuff down on another thread like this...shoulda kept it.

@brub read all of this

Ok here goes:
-Be yourself. Might seem cliche, well that's why things are cliche. It's easier and more fun and more interesting to be yourself anyway.

-REMEMBER: After high school, you will never see 90% of those people again, unless you go to the reunion. 99.9% if you go to out of state college. What this means is that you can pretty much do anything, and it'll only be embarrassing for the rest of high school. So don't get embarrassed. From an old introvert to a freshman who may or may not be an introvert: BE OUTGOING.

-Get good grades. They do matter, until about senior year. The grades you get in high school can sometimes be directly proportionate to how much you get paid later in life, which is annoying. Good grades -> better college -> better resume and credentials -> better job.

-Try to take interesting classes. Even if they're not "easy A" courses, you might still end up getting an A because you enjoy learning about the class.

-If you have a history of not liking some of your teachers, then LISTEN to what other students say about teachers.

-Know that the upperclassman (like @relaxKid) mostly act like they don't want to associate with you, because it keeps their ego up and they think it makes them look cool. But, be open to friends off all grades. You might get free rides to lunch or home because the higher grade people can drive.

-Do your homework. It counts towards your grade, and it WILL help you learn the class better.

-Don't be a jerk or annoying to the teacher. It makes it awkward for other students who realize how stupid you make yourself look. And it's just not a good thing to do anyway, obviously. But if you're on Basil I doubt you're like that anyway...

-Keep in mind: the transition from elementary to middle school is WAY more significant than middle to high school. The difference between middle and high is that you have an increased amount of things that you had in middle school. More homework, more friends, more class periods (maybe), more classes to choose from, more acquaintances, more off campus, more activities and clubs than you can do, more variety between you and your friends schedules.

-It's important to be friendly to the people you sit near in your class. If you're not the popular guy/girl (tell me), then you will most likely not have your friends in most of your classes. Well, unless you're on the same level as them or you plan it or whatever. Still, I got unlucky, so it was a good thing that I made friends with the other people. That way, I had a partner for activities.

-Get to know teachers. They'll write you recommendations and nice crap. Plus you can ask them for help. Actually asking them for help would help them get to know you, so do it!

@HorrorsLove had a good point. Please don't gather with your friends in the middle of the main hallways. That's extremely annoying, and sometimes upperclassmen do have bad days so they don't care where you are. That's the only thing about high school that is somewhat true in the movies...

If I come up with anything else I'll tell you.

high school sucks everyone is just really stressed out and hormonal and complain about pretty much everything

Always sit with the cool kids because by the time senior year everyone will talk about their freshman year. They will mention you as well and there you go buddy!

You're a freshman? My only advice is don't make yourself look like an idiot, first impressions stick.

[quote=brub]yeah, i actually moved so none of my friends go to my school >_<
so im pretty excited about making new friends and stuff o:[/quote]

that'll be pretty hard on you for the first few weeks. the same happened to me and i actually cried in the bathroom on the first day. eventually i made a few "friends" and tagged along when we had classes together and at lunch but i never felt that they were the right friends for me. fortunately a month later all freshmen (catering to the us people) went on a camping trip for a few days and that's when i made friends that i felt happiest and most comfortable with. i think most teachers will help students get to know each other but you also can't be afraid to talk to people too since you're new and all

[quote=2DayiDual]freshman beat down is not a thing unless u live with white people.[/quote]
Weird considering I'm literally moving to a place with more white people than Asians.

Try meeting new people instead of hanging out with old friends, really helps out!
Also, get to know some of the upperclassmen, teachers, and get advice from your fellow students on what classes to take and stuff.
P.S. Beware of seniors because in (at least) my school they bring fishing rods and hook the freshmen

Don't stand in the middle of the hallways, it makes us want to step on you.

yeah, i actually moved so none of my friends go to my school >_<
so im pretty excited about making new friends and stuff o:

High school is way better than junior high. Its not quite as noticeable as university but you're going to start seeing people being themselves, more specifically you'll find that no matter what your likes are you have a good chance of finding someone who shares those interests.

Be yourself, you'll make a ton of friends. In my experience as a total drama geek, there was no hazing, I had buddies in all groups including the Jocks. its not what TV portrays it as.

it is a time of change! friends today may not be friends tomorrow!
don't think you can use the freshman newby status as a way to slack off from school work
get social, make aquaintances
plan with your friends,before school, a place to meet on campus during break
do extracurricular stuff like sports, the arts, music, something that will make you different from other people
when you enter class, try to be positive
get sleep! missing info about homework or the current lesson may hit you hard
get used to studying, if you didn't study before, start now, especially if some classes seem tough (don't give up!)
dont make heavy procrastinating a habit, it may seem to work early on, but it won't later

yes

lol freshman

Highschool isn't a wisdom teeth extraction. No reason to be nervous.