SOPHOMORE SURVIVAL GUIDE

Those of you who read my article to freshmen know that I said sophomores pick on freshmen because they are insecure. Consider that my way of being insecure about having just been a sophomore. But have no fear; I’m more than qualified to give you advice having just traveled down the sweet path of sophomore year myself. The sweet path is hard to come by; as it is often buried under the dense, jungle-like growth we call homework, tests, and AP Biology. But there are ways to hack through the jungle, figuratively speaking.

1. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE (A LOT).


I know that’s like asking the sun not to shine or for people to stop drinking boba, but seriously. Don’t fall behind, and choose wisely. If it’s between an AIM session that degenerates into back and forth “LOL’s” or doing the project due in a week, CHOOSE THE PROJECT. Your body will thank you that it’s not struggling to consume massive amounts of Monster because of an all nighter.

Speaking of all nighters, not only are they so detrimental to your health they outweigh any academic benefits, they cause unattractive side effects. Under eye bags that look like they’re packed for a month-long vacation, pimples and dry skin, irritability toward noise, light, and anyone trying to wake you up in class—where you may have fallen asleep in a puddle of your own drool—are just some of these effects. These experiences should be saved for junior year, and therefore avoided as much as possible sophomore year.

2. Hone Your Study Habits.
If freshman year is the forming year for study habits, sophomore year is the sharpening one. Take your already formed habits and weed out the ones that don’t work, and improve on existing ones. This is crucial as this is the year teachers will start increasing your workload. Many of you are also taking one more academic class than last year because of school preference of a language or a science freshman year, so it’s important to be able to learn a lot of information quickly and effectively. Some may even be taking the mental boot camp that is AP Biology, which covers an incredible amount of information, making study habits all the more important.
Truthfully, the load of information poured on sophomores is roughly the same as on freshmen; it’s just poured at hyper speed. So, knowing the study habits that work best for you will save hours of time spent staring at a textbook, when those hours could be spent on recreational activities like sleep.

3. Live It Up as the Ones in the Middle.
As a sophomore, there is no longer any clear cut label that defines you. You’re not yet an upperclassman, but you’re not fresh meat either. You’re stuck right in the middle. This can be ridiculously dull, or the best time of your life if you can adapt. Sophomore year is a great development year because you’re old enough to be stuck with some responsibility but not so much you panic, and yet you’re young enough that people will still view your mistakes as necessary to your learning. Enjoy this while it lasts. The middle ground is the best place to be, because being too much of one thing (nervous like freshman, neurotic like juniors, or nap-loving like seniors) is almost always bad. Take your time entering the world of responsibility, because that’s what sophomore year is for. It may seem like there are too few tips, but this is all you need to know to succeed this year. After all, you survived your first year, so you already have what it takes.

SOPHOMORE SURVIVAL GUIDE

Those of you who read my article to freshmen know that I said sophomores pick on freshmen because they are insecure. Consider that my way of being insecure about having just been a sophomore. But have no fear; I’m more than qualified to give you advice having just traveled down the sweet path of sophomore year myself. The sweet path is hard to come by; <change to comma> as it is often buried under the dense, jungle-like growth we call homework, tests, and AP Biology. But there are ways to hack through the jungle, figuratively speaking.

1. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE (A LOT).


I know that’s like asking the sun not to shine or for people to stop drinking boba, but seriously. Don’t fall behind, and choose wisely. If it’s between an AIM session that degenerates into back and forth “LOL’s” or doing the project due in a week, CHOOSE THE PROJECT. Your body will thank you that it’s not struggling to consume massive amounts of Monster because of an all nighter <all-nighter is hyphenated>.

Speaking of all nighters <same issue>, not only are they so detrimental to your health they outweigh any academic benefits, they cause unattractive side effects. Under eye bags <awkward wording. maybe change to just 'bags under ur eyes'> that look like they’re packed for a month-long vacation, pimples and dry skin, irritability toward noise, light, and anyone trying to wake you up in class—where you may have fallen asleep in a puddle of your own drool—are just some of these effects. These experiences should be saved for junior year, and therefore avoided as much as possible sophomore year. [color=red<LOL>[/color]

2. Hone Your Study Habits.
If freshman year is the forming year for study habits, sophomore year is the sharpening one. Take your already formed habits and <delete 'and', change to comma> weed out the ones that don’t work, and improve on existing ones. This is crucial as this is the year teachers will start increasing your workload. Many of you are also taking one more academic class than last year because of school preference of a language or a science freshman year <awk syntax>, so it’s important to be able to learn a lot of information quickly and effectively. Some may even be taking the mental boot camp that is AP Biology, which covers an incredible amount of information, making study habits all the more important.
Truthfully, the load of information poured on sophomores is roughly the same as on freshmen; it’s just poured at hyper speed. So, knowing the study habits that work best for you will save hours of time spent staring at a textbook, when those hours could be spent on recreational activities like sleep.

3. Live It Up as the Ones in the Middle.
As a sophomore, there is no longer any clear cut label that defines you. You’re not yet an upperclassman, but you’re not fresh meat either. You’re stuck right in the middle. This can be ridiculously dull, or the best time of your life if you can adapt. Sophomore year is a great development year because you’re old enough to be stuck with some responsibility but not so much you panic, and yet you’re young enough that people will still view your mistakes as necessary to your learning. Enjoy this while it lasts. The middle ground is the best place to be, because being too much of one thing (nervous like freshman, neurotic like juniors, or nap-loving like seniors) is almost always bad. Take your time entering the world of responsibility, because that’s what sophomore year is for. It may seem like there are too few tips, but this is all you need to know to succeed this year. After all, you survived your first year, so you already have what it takes.

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SOPHOMORE SURVIVAL GUIDE

Those of you who read my article to freshmen know that I said sophomores pick on freshmen because they are insecure. Consider that my way of being insecure about having just been a sophomore. But have no fear; I’m more than qualified to give you advice having just traveled down the sweet path of sophomore year myself. The sweet path is hard to come by, as it is often buried under the dense, jungle-like growth we call homework, tests, and AP Biology. But there are ways to hack through the jungle, figuratively speaking.

1. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE (A LOT).


I know that’s like asking the sun not to shine or for people to stop drinking boba, but seriously. Don’t fall behind, and choose wisely. If it’s between an AIM session that degenerates into back and forth “LOL’s” or doing the project due in a week, CHOOSE THE PROJECT. Your body will thank you that it’s not struggling to consume massive amounts of Monster because of an all-nighter.

Speaking of all-nighters, not only are they so detrimental to your health they outweigh any academic benefits, they cause unattractive side effects. Bags under your eyes that look like they’re packed for a month-long vacation, pimples and dry skin, irritability toward noise, light, and anyone trying to wake you up in class—where you may have fallen asleep in a puddle of your own drool—are just some of these effects. These experiences should be saved for junior year, and therefore avoided as much as possible sophomore year.
2. Hone Your Study Habits.
If freshman year is the forming year for study habits, sophomore year is the sharpening one. Take your already formed habits, weed out the ones that don’t work, and improve on existing ones. This is crucial as this is the year teachers will start increasing your workload. Many of you are also taking one more academic class than last year, so it’s important to be able to learn a lot of information quickly and effectively. Some may even be taking the mental boot camp that is AP Biology, which covers an incredible amount of information, making study habits all the more important.
Truthfully, the load of information poured on sophomores is roughly the same as on freshmen; it’s just poured at hyper speed. So, knowing the study habits that work best for you will save hours of time spent staring at a textbook, when those hours could be spent on recreational activities like sleep.

3. Live It Up as the Ones in the Middle.
As a sophomore, there is no longer any clear cut label that defines you. You’re not yet an upperclassman, but you’re not fresh meat either. You’re stuck right in the middle. This can be ridiculously dull, or the best time of your life if you can adapt. Sophomore year is a great development year because you’re old enough to be stuck with some responsibility but not so much you panic, and yet you’re young enough that people will still view your mistakes as necessary to your learning. Enjoy this while it lasts. The middle ground is the best place to be, because being too much of one thing (nervous like freshman, neurotic like juniors, or nap-loving like seniors) is almost always bad. Take your time entering the world of responsibility, because that’s what sophomore year is for. It may seem like there are too few tips, but this is all you need to know to succeed this year. After all, you survived your first year, so you already have what it takes.

SOPHOMORE SURVIVAL GUIDE

Those of you who read my article to freshmen know that I said sophomores pick on freshmen because they are insecure. Consider that my way of being insecure about having just been a sophomore. But have no fear; I’m more than qualified to give you advice having just traveled down the sweet path of sophomore year myself. The sweet path is hard to come by, as it is often buried under the dense, jungle-like growth we call homework, tests, and AP Biology. But there are ways to hack through the jungle, figuratively speaking.

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1. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE (A LOT).


I know that’s like asking the sun not to shine or for people to stop drinking boba <maybe change to make it parallel by deleting 'for'>, but seriously. Don’t fall behind, and choose wisely. If it’s between an AIM session that degenerates into back and forth “LOL’s” <im iffy on the way you made LOL plural... check with an editor thats not you. maybe rachael xD> or doing the project due in a week, CHOOSE THE PROJECT. Your body will thank you that it’s not struggling to consume massive amounts of Monster because of an all-nighter.

Speaking of all-nighters, not only are they so detrimental to your health they outweigh any academic benefits, <but> they <also>cause unattractive side effects <just to make things clearer>. Bags under your eyes that look like they’re packed for a month-long vacation, pimples and <change 'and' to comma for consistency> dry skin, irritability toward noise, light, and anyone trying to wake you up in class—where you may have fallen asleep in a puddle of your own drool—are just some of these effects. These experiences should be saved for junior year, and therefore avoided as much as possible sophomore year.
2. Hone Your Study Habits.
If freshman year is the forming year for study habits <forming year is awkward, try 'year for forming'>, sophomore year is the sharpening one <and then this would be 'is the year for sharpening them'>. Take your already formed habits, weed out the ones that don’t work, and improve on existing ones. This is crucial as this is the year <repetitive 'this'> teachers will start increasing your workload. Many of you are also taking one more academic class than last year, so it’s important to be able to learn a lot of information quickly and effectively. Some may even be taking the mental boot camp that is AP Biology, which covers an incredible amount of information, making study habits all the more important.
Truthfully, the load of information poured on sophomores is roughly the same as on freshmen; it’s just poured at hyper speed. So, knowing the study habits that work best for you will save hours of time spent staring at a textbook, when those hours could be spent on recreational activities like sleep.

3. Live It Up as the Ones in the Middle.
As a sophomore, there is no longer any clear cut label that defines you. You’re not yet an upperclassman, but you’re not fresh meat either. You’re stuck right in the middle. This can be ridiculously dull, or the best time of your life if you can adapt. Sophomore year is a great development year because you’re old enough to be stuck with some responsibility but not so much you panic, and yet <the use of both 'but' and 'yet' seems excessive> you’re young enough that people will still view your mistakes as necessary to your learning. Enjoy this while it lasts. The middle ground is the best place to be, because being too much of one thing (nervous like freshman <change to freshmen- plural>, neurotic like juniors, or nap-loving like seniors) is almost always bad. Take your time entering the world of responsibility, because that’s what sophomore year is for. It may seem like there are too few tips, but this is all you need to know to succeed this year. After all, you survived your first year, so you already have what it takes.

SOPHOMORE SURVIVAL GUIDE

Those of you who read my article to freshmen know that I said sophomores pick on freshmen because they are insecure. Consider that my way of being insecure about having just been a sophomore. But have no fear; I’m more than qualified to give you advice having just traveled down the sweet path of sophomore year myself. The sweet path is hard to come by, as it is often buried under the dense, jungle-like growth we call homework, tests, and AP Biology. But there are ways to hack through the jungle, figuratively speaking.


1. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE (A LOT).


I know that’s like asking the sun not to shine or people to stop drinking boba, but seriously. Don’t fall behind, and choose wisely. If it’s between an AIM session that degenerates into back and forth “LOL’s” or doing the project due in a week, CHOOSE THE PROJECT. Your body will thank you that it’s not struggling to consume massive amounts of Monster because of an all-nighter.

Speaking of all-nighters, not only are they so detrimental to your health they outweigh any academic benefits, but they also cause unattractive side effects. Bags under your eyes that look like they’re packed for a month-long vacation, bad skin, irritability toward noise, light, and anyone trying to wake you up in class—where you may have fallen asleep in a puddle of your own drool—are just some of these effects. These experiences should be saved for junior year, and therefore avoided as much as possible sophomore year.

2. Hone Your Study Habits.
If freshman year is the year for forming study habits, sophomore year is the year for sharpening them. Take your already formed habits, weed out the ones that don’t work, and improve on existing ones. This is crucial as teachers will start increasing your workload. Many of you are also taking one more academic class than last year, so it’s important to be able to learn a lot of information quickly and effectively. Some may even be taking the mental boot camp that is AP Biology, which covers an incredible amount of information, making study habits all the more important.
Truthfully, the load of information poured on sophomores is roughly the same as on freshmen; it’s just poured at hyper speed. So, knowing the study habits that work best for you will save hours of time spent staring at a textbook, when those hours could be spent on recreational activities like sleep.

3. Live It Up as the Ones in the Middle.
As a sophomore, there is no longer any clear cut label that defines you. You’re not yet an upperclassman, but you’re not fresh meat either. You’re stuck right in the middle. This can be ridiculously dull, or the best time of your life if you can adapt. Sophomore year is a great development year because you’re old enough to be stuck with some responsibility but not so much you panic, and you’re young enough that people will still view your mistakes as necessary to your learning. The middle ground is the best place to be, because being too much of one thing (nervous like freshmen, neurotic like juniors, or nap-loving like seniors) is almost always bad. Take your time entering the world of responsibility, because that’s what sophomore year is for. It may seem like there are too few tips, but this is all you need to know to succeed this year. After all, you survived your first year, so you already have what it takes.

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