The Future-- Lucy Whitman Sandmeyer

I actually feel net positively about this year of school, which is not something I think I would have anticipated at the beginning. Everyone always claims junior year is the hardest because it’s when you do the things that will get you into college. But for me, even with my APs, and apps, looming, I actually feel like this was the first year I didn’t have to majorly struggle to reach my goals despite the fact that my workload definitely increased and I had to balance more. Maybe I just excel when I have more stuff going on but probably not. Probably, I just am better friends with all my normal friends, plus with other people I wasn’t really friends with before.
As for next year, it’s probably going to be my most stressful one as I’m going to go live in Peru. Since, as of now, I’m planning on having a scary busy summer (finishing my college apps, doing mentoring, working, taking 2 classes online, etc.) hopefully my academic year won’t be stressful, but overall it's definitely going to be hard. Choosing to go to Peru was a super difficult decision to make and I can safely say I’m kinda terrified and totally bummed to miss hanging out with people I want to hanging out with. But I also know that I really want to be fluent in another language and its so dang cool that I can’t pass up that kind of opportunity especially at this point in my life. So well see how that works out but if it’s anything like this last year, I’m going to be pretty happy. Plus, I get an extra summer so, ya know, hell yeah.