Before you strut your stuff…

To all you rising seniors out there: As you watch your friends graduate this year, you’re probably faced with mixed emotions – you’re sad to see your buddies go, but you can’t help but feel just the tiniest bit superior – you have FINALLY made it to the top of the totem pole! But before you get too wrapped up in how you are going to rule the school, don’t forget that there is more to your senior year than getting that prime parking space, being first in line at the lunch counter, mmmm, chicken nuggets, and, of course, wining the spirit contest at every pep rally. Your year ahead will be one of fun and excitement, for sure, but it will be also about buckling down and preparing yourself for that next step – your future. Heed a little advice from the seniors from my school:

• Don’t procrastinate
• Try to have fun your senior year – take part in bonding with the senior class – you won’t regret it
• Always give yourself choices because you don’t know what can happen during senior year
• Pick the school where you feel most comfortable
• Look at more than one college and visit as many as you can
• Don’t be afraid to open your eyes to new places – branch out and be different
• Send everything in on time
• Find a college that you can call home and remember that what you get out of school depends on what you put in it
• Keep it simple
• Don’t worry too much about it

All that being said, have fun this summer, and get ready for your year at the top.

Woof,

Clyde