Journal #1 End of Junior YearDuring Junior year I felt like I was on a roller coast ride( and I hate roller coasters). At the beginning, I was pumped to face the challenge of taking two AP courses but I soon realized why AP is college prep. AP Spanish Language was especially hard because of accents. Mr. Araque will send back all of our work if we didn’t have the accents in the right place. He had a big poster in his room of the rules of where to put the accents and I still couldn’t figure it out; accents were definitely my biggest struggle this year. I'm going to miss Senor Araque because he really did try to teach us the correct way to speak, write and read Spanish, even Spaniard Spanish. I’m glad I had him for two years and I’m happy that he is going back to his family in Madrid, Spain. Another AP Course I took was AP English Language and I totally bombed the AP test; I was so upset with myself. I at least passed the spanish test in which I was really proud of since I worked hard all year long to prepare for it. This year has been very stressful since it’s the year where most colleges look at and can potentially affect my acceptance. All year I tried my best to get as many level fours as I could. I don’t think I did what I’m potential of accomplishing ,if I just had pushed myself to do more. I’m excited for next year, senior year, and especially for fall because I don’t like the heat at all I’m ready for some sweater weather. I’m just going to relax this summer and enjoy the time where I’m not stressing out over deadlines or EOT’s.
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Journal #2 Reflection of Fall SemesterThese few months have gone by in a blink of an eye and so much has happened to me like turning eighteen and being nominated for homecoming queen. Homecoming week was amazing and many unforgettable memories were created with all of the other girls who participated. My favorite lunchtime activity was when Tony and all the other escorts had to put shaving cream in our hair and make a design out of it. It was so funny seeing everyone’s hair afterwards. My favorite dress up day has to be pajama day; it’s just so comfortable and cozy being in your pj’s all day.
Also the deadline to apply to UC’s and CSU’s was on November 30 and I turned all of my applications a day before. I had to make sure there were no mistakes in my applications and especially in my personal statements. I applied to UC Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, and Irvine. I also applied to CSU Monterey, Long Beach, Fullerton, and Fresno. I recently got and acceptance email from CSU Fullerton which I’m excited about even though it’s not my top choice it still feels good getting an acceptance email as early as two weeks after I submitted it. My top choice right now is UC Irvine because they have an amazing business program and when I went to take a tour of the campus with AVID I felt like I belonged there. The atmosphere was just satisfying for me. |
Journal #3 Exit Interview/Hopes for Spring SemesterPreparing for my senior exit interview is a bitter sweet feeling, I’m excited to finally graduate from high school but I also feel like this experience went by too fast. I am really anxious about presenting in front of a panelist, I always try to say two things at once and come up with a new word. Then I start double thinking what I want to say, but that’s why I’m going to practice and practice so that my presentation will go as smooth as possible. This interview will also help me in the future, when I am applying to jobs and I will know a bit of how an interview might go. I am pretty excited to share my high school experience to my panelist because I am proud of what I did here and how it made me a better person and scholar. I would say that the hardest thing I dealt with was juggling social life and school work. I am much better of managing my time and set my priorities straight since the begging of the year. The easiest thing of high school was getting level four’s freshmen year, now that I look back I regret not doing all of the level four’s. At freshman orientation I always tell them that freshmen year will be the easiest and to take advantage of every level four opportunity. The ending of the first semester of senior year is near and I am stressing out but glad it’s almost over! AP Spanish Literature is killing me because there’s so much work and I’m having a lot of trouble comprehending the content but I will do whatever it takes for me to end the semester. This semester went by in a second and I feel like just yesterday I was walking through the gates for the first day of school. This next spring semester better not go by as fast because deep down I don’t want to become an “adult” yet. I will always be a kid at heart so this will be super hard for me to become independent and go off to college. But hey it’s the experiences you go through that make up grow as a person and plus I wouldn’t want to live under my parents roof my whole life I would go nuts. Don’t get me wrong I love my family and all the support they give me but I will need to take a break from them. The only thing I’m actually really excited about for the spring semester other than graduation, is grad night at Disneyland, I can’t wait even though I was just there this summer but I heard that there’s hundreds of other seniors that also attend the event. I hope for the best this upcoming semester and good luck to me and my fellow classmates and graduate!
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