In the 2nd semester of highschool senior year, should one start viewing/seeing themselves as a college student?
 

I'm in my 2nd semester of senior year and I was wondering, should I feel this way?

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I don't think someone should really see themselves as a college student while still in the last year of high school because really, you aren't a college student yet. Even if you've been admitted you're still a high school student and college, in my opinion, is extremely different than high school.

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Yeah I agree. I ask this because lately, I feel like my dad has been pressuring college on me way too much. Like all he ever wants to talk about is it and where I'm going to go and he's already talking about me doing stuff after like setting up my own business and I'm like "wow, dad, relax, thats years from now." If I don't do something on it right away he gets pretty annoyed and I think he's focused too much on me going to college. I know he wants what is best but I think he needs to lay off the college stuff tbh.

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You should definitely be figuring out where you want to go because there ARE deadlines.

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Yes of course I do, I have already done plans and have an idea. I have not put it off to the last minute but I feel like my dad is placing a lot of pressure on me to do so

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In all honesty, no unless you're in college. You're not doing college work. You're still set on a schedule and you can go to jail if you don't show up to school. I was in college when I was sixteen and I honestly could tell you the difference between high school and college was dramatic.


However, you're not likely to magically mature over the summer. Not much will change except you'll meet new people and start being more responsible for your own work such as whether you choose to do it or not.

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As long as you have a plan and have applied for college or looked at the deadlines I don't think you should put too much emphasis on college. You should take time to enjoy your senior year.

Parents are gonna stress about that and they have a lot of ideas about what their kids should do but at the end of the day you need to do what makes you happy. Major in what you want, enter college when you want, etc.

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Personally, I feel like you're on the right track Vanitas. You should definitely start seeing yourself as a college student and I wish someone told me the very same thing at your age.

Messing around made it that much harder to get into my school and program of choice, elongating my undergraduate process by about two years. Had I settled down and actually put in some effort in high school (you don't even have to work that hard), everything would have probably been much easier.

There's also a reason why the kids who actually studied in high school have gone on to be successful in university; studying and succeeding is infectious and once you get the hang of it, you'll keep at it.