What's the biggest mistake/regret that you have made in high school?
Is it "I wish I studied more?"

Yeah. And I wish I hadn't taken too many AP classes because it ended up hurting me more than being beneficial...

Uhh for me.. it's not achieving the girl scout gold award. it's not really from HS, but def from my senior year.

meeting people that wasted my time.. i could of spent time to meet better people and studied harder

^ same! I spent way too much time socializing with people who turned out to be complete idiots. High School was a popularity contest and I got sucked in lol. I eventually woke up to myself and distanced myself from them and focused on my studies instead of partying and wasting time. They weren't too happy about it but meh, I don't care, most of them didn't even make it to college and are stuck with children already.

SERIOUSLY.
i wish i didn't take so many useless classes that stressed me out and didn't even count for anything. i should have just taken REGULAR classes instead of advanced, honors, and ap. that way i could have actually enjoyed high school more anddd gotten a higher gpa all at the same time!

i wish i had a study plan & studied much more better.

I wish I had taken my classes more seriously instead of just being laid back and letting everything slide. I also wish I stood up for myself more rather than being a doormat :X

i wish i never dated in hs. my ex is a waste of three years of my life :*(

^ wow i completely second that. boys were a waste of time that i could have potentially used for improving academically.
I really regretted it. Oh, and i regret trying to take AP math classes, when i knew i totally sucked at math.
But whatever, I'm happy right now

This is very helpful. Thanks guys.
But yeah, you guys are all doing well now right? Life is alright.

I seriously wish I didn't procrastinate @_@...and I wished I got better grades..

I wish I made more contacts. I left high school after sophomore year to go to community college and lost contact with over 80% of my HS friends.

I really wish I cared more about school in HS as everyone here I guess
but more importantly I wish I had met different people too!

but now everything's fine so guess we always have second change hehe

i wish i played more, and didnt take so many hard classes
it was stupid cuz i knew i was going to an art school, an art school that doesnt give a crap about honors classes and APs, and yet i took them anyways >.< siiiigh.....so much for being studious...

I wish I played Badminton all four years instead of only playing in my senior year.

I think I'm in an okay school... I like UCSD. But my parents and I both feel that I could have done better if I didn't screw myself over junior and senior year =__=;;

biggest regret for high skool was i didnt have that much fun! high skool was so easy, i dont know why i took it so seriously. looking back, i wish i coulda went out more.

i mean cmon! that was too easy... i basically never needed anything from high skool for my electronics engineering program. they teach you all the stuff you need in term 1 of the program anyway...

i wish i socialized a lot.
i'm a shy girl before.

mm, I kind of wish I did better in the ap math exams... but I really like learning math in university, because it's more in depth... sooo, I guess it's ok. haha.

ohoh, i know! i wish i didn't get fat. haha.

I wish I had made friends. lol.

not caring or putting any effort in to my grades... argh...regret that so much now...

I wish I actually tried...my grades were good and ended up in pretty much all honors/AP classes....but I never bothered to take it another step further. I regret it a lot...

Spending money on girls that I had a crush on; food, presents, etc. In the end all it did was burn a hole in my wallet. Other than that high school was awesome.

um.... i applied for too little scholarships? >_<
i wish i was still in high school, i'd applied for millions of scholarships :-D

Not really putting an effort to actually STUDY, since I managed to get decent grades with doing it. Not knowing how to properly study affected me a lot in the beginning of college.

AND, not applying to more colleges, especially the big, dream schools, because I was so scared that I would be wasting money applying. Who knows what could of happened! Better to act than to regret not trying

the prom dress i wore. ahahhaha.

hmm.. hanging out with asians and only asians and didn't care to make friends with other races.
i have nothing against hanging out with asians, i just wish i was a bit more open to others
i could've experienced so much more in high school.

but i guess you can't help the fact that high schools are full of cliques

Hanging out with the wrong crew, meeting useless boys, not saving up money, not paying attention in math classes... Calculus is kicking my butt right now :[

how i wish that i confessed my feelings to my first love and crush. hehe ( i know this is lame!) but seriously, i should have focused more on my studies and socialized more. also, i should have joined contest that made myself more confident. now, im already a graduate but im still not confident. im still the shy type girl they knew.

QUOTE (imaginAZN @ Feb 26 2008, 07:03 PM)

I wish I played Badminton all four years instead of only playing in my senior year.

LOL.
I played all 4 years.
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i regret
-not studying hard enough
-meeting dip shits
-getting a boyfriend
-not saying goodbye
-not keeping in touch w. those that left

LMAO me too!

I wish I attended all the dances during my senior year, participated in all the events, and be more school spirited!
College sucks. Man, I wish I didn't take high school for granted!

Amen to that. HS dating is such a joke. Can't really know what love is when there are so many raging hormones floating around in your head and all.



I don't know about that. I think a lot of people end their friendships 1 or 2 years after college starts. I mean, unless you go to college with your friends, chances are, you're not gonna keep in touch like you wrote in everybody else's yearbook, you're gonna make new friends, and they're gonna make new friends. Haha, maybe I'm just being totally cynical about all of that so if you think I'm wrong, so be it.

My biggest regret is probably not manning up and asking a girl out. Sorta like wondering about the one that got away type of thing. Haha, I know, totally hypocritical to my first comment, but hey, she was hot.

My biggest regret was not making HS a fun experience. And for not having the guts to tell the guy I like until it was too late.

I regret stressing out about the little things and not stressing out enough over the things that really matter

basically, I failed to see the BIG picture...

Take duel enrollment classes.

i wish i didnt slack off during the most important year >_>

I wished I didn't waste two years of skipping around and focused on studying.
I was such a lost case back then

Being my parent's puppet and not having the strings maintenanced by my own conscience.

but I'm a real boy now! No strings attached and I'm going to walk the streets like pinocchio with his stunna shades on.

Not locking the door of the closet while inside with Amanda Forresta.

I wish I treated EVERY SINGLE person I met as if they were the most amazing person I've ever met. I wish I wasn't so selective and judgmental.

wish i socialized more and hung out with friends more. i'm studying out of state so i only get to see them two months a year i mean we hung out but i wish we hung out more

should had bang this chick ... tsk

i don't hate UCSD but i don't like it either
its just ok
but at least i don't feel stupid for going to UCSD
its not like we are some dump college
but apparently thats not what my parents think
everytime i talk to them
my mom says the same thing
you know you are smart, if you have worked harder in high school you could of may be got into an ivy league
and the funny thing is all these years of college they have never visited UCSD (even though I invited them to do so for so many times) but last summer, they took a trip just to visit their so called "good" schools. And plus everytime when she said I could of work harder and get into an ivy school or the 100th time when she ask my to transfer to Berkerly, then it really make me start to think.....um......may be i should have studied harder in high school

got little bit excited there.....but yeah.........i guess that

second mistake i made---my dad forced me to become a Economic major and not fighting back...........although i wanted to be a art major. But iguess its ok, im now a double major in Economic and Political Science. At least i get to have POLI Sci

I wish I studied harder T-T
slacked SOO much

i feel the same way. i was too busy thinking everyone around me were idiots. well, most were.
i have sooo many regrets to the point i feel like i've already ruined my life lollll
i wish i had studied harder and got better grades. i practically gave up on trying to go to a good college even before highschool ended. i wish i had pushed myself to do better and actually achieve something rather than sit back and only do what was required of me. so many wishes/regrets

i should have studied harder..i played too much during highschool

hmm i wish i didn't skip much and learned how to drive o_o

i wish i did running start instead of IB... it would have benefited me more.
i wished that i applied for scholarships...