Senior Reflection: Andrew Smith

To be quite honest I was really looking forward to senior year. However, the actuality of it is not what most people said it would be. I was expecting for it to be the most fun I have ever had, doing nothing and relax for the last part of the year when STP ended, and have my last months here be the best experience of my High School career.  That’s the impression I got from all of the graduated seniors that I had ever talked to, anyway.

Well they lied. I have been swamped with work and stress and feel like I have no time for friends or myself. The college hunt wasn’t as stressful as some may think. Don’t get me wrong, I was stressed through it but the roots of it didn’t derive from the actual hunt itself. It was the balance of searching and filling out the applications with the rest of my schoolwork and STP. It got to the point where I had to prioritize what I did. That included putting off the more important things to keep up with homework that was due tomorrow. Eventually I was able to finish everything I needed for college and my STP. From that point I figured school would be a breeze, but I was wrong.

What I thought it meant to be a senior, and all of the things that were suppose to come along with that still have yet to arrive, so I still feel like it’s not real. Even though the reality of leaving in May instead of June have dawned on me already, as well as starting the newest chapter in my life, college, it still has yet to fully feel real. I think, though, that after Senior Week, and especially Prom and Kimball’s Farm, it will feel more real.

When I graduate High School I want to go to college to become a veterinarian. Not sure yet where I want to go but I got into my top school Roger Williams University, but the problem is that I may not be able to go there. However, Colby Sawyer and Franklin Pierce gave me really big scholarships and it’s hard to pass them up.  This decision is one of the hardest ones you will ever have to make if you don’t already know what you want to do and where you want to go, I know for me it’s added more stress and at times I want to scream. But I have to just keep going and hope I make the right choice, just as you will.

Now that it’s the last two months, I just keep hoping that it’s going to be fun like everyone said, but it’s school so I doubt it. It’s not all bad, but definitely not what others had made it out to be, so just prepare yourself and try not to get to stressed out. All in all senior year is not to be taken lightly and you must try to keep yourself from getting too stressed. However, it does have its perks and you will have fun despite the work.