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”