One Year Later…

Freshmen → Sophomores → Juniors → Seniors

Student responses to a poll asking them to rate the difficulty of their year as compared to their expectation.

FRESHMEN

Why are you looking forward to about sophomore year?

  • “Knowing more about the school and doing better now that I’ve gotten the hang of it.”
  • “Being familiar with the school and with the people. I’m no longer a lost new kid.”
  • “Privileges”
  • “Not being a freshman”
  • “All the new things the GO is making for the upcoming year”

What are you worried about before sophomore year?

  • “School getting harder”
  • “Sophomore history paper”
  • “Having even more work and more stress than this year”

SOPHOMORES

What are you looking forward to about junior year?

  • “Nothing”; “it to be over”
  • “Privileges”
  • “Balancing school life and social life in a more effective and healthy manner so that my grades aren’t dropping, but I also have a life.”

What are you worried about before junior year?

  • “ACT/SAT”
  • “Grades”
  • “College”
  • “Having a life”
  • “Work”
  • “Pressure”

JUNIORS

What are you looking forward to about senior year?

  • “To have more of a break and less work”
  • “Free time to do what I enjoy doing without pressure for grades and without being a ‘people pleaser'”
  • “Choosing my classes/mini courses in subjects I want to learn”
  • “Second semester”
  • “Being done with the SAT”

What are you worried about before senior year?

  • “College”
  • “APs”
  • “I am worried it will not be all I am hyping it up to be.”
  • “Having to figure out my life”