I had a looong day today as I had to get ready to be out of school on Friday. This Friday I'm going down to Mary Washington and meeting up with my friend Julie, she's a junior there right now and has her own apartment so she's going to show me around, get me into a class to sit through and show me around Fredericksburg then I'm just going to spend the night at her place and come home Saturday morning! It's going to be a lot of fun! But in order to do that, I had to talk to all of my teachers whose classes I'll be missing on Friday and make plans for the work I'll be missing, one of which was a timed writing in AP Lit which I ended up doing today during my 7th period seminar--I was so nervous because I had no time to prepare and really wasn't expecting to write it today but I think I did pretty good...I guess we'll see! haha! After school I hung with some friends even though I was emotionally and physically exhuasted, and when I finally got home I let both of my dogs out, completely forgetting that their electric fence collars are dead so they both ran off and once I realized I had to run out and find them which was terrifying because I live on a busy road! Thank god they're okay though! Then I was finally able to take a nap and relax...the down side to taking naps in the late afternoon? Now I'm awake and it's almost 7:30 and I still have to do my AP Government homework

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Hey! Coming to you from my journalism class room...haha...we started to get to work on the newspaper (which is my journalism class--we're just the newspaper staff) and we have spread planned out for the first issue, we decided to do it with the classic "Back To School" theme and to target the money problem that our senior class is having. Our class is having a bunch of fundraisers within the next few months because we need to raise a lot more money in order to have the graduation and prom that we all want! It always all works out in the end though, so I'm not too worried about it! haha! I can not believe that it is only the second week of school! It feels like we've been in school for almost a semester already! Getting through the six hour school day gets harder and harder everyday! haha! I can't wait till today is over so I can go over to my best friend Ashley's house and just hang out with her and a bunch of our friends...it's kind of a routine-haha. None of us ever plan to hang out because we always just know where to go and everyone is there afterschool just about everyday, it's the best way to relax and not think about AP work and college applications for a little while! Which reminds me, I need to log into blackboard-family connections to find out when the transcript deadlines are for all of the schools I plan on applying to, I'll do that tonight!

Have a great day!

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Today was my second day of school! I've now had each of my classes and sadly, already received all of the text books! (Which in total, is 6...for 4 classes...yeah I have 2 books for AP Gov and 2 for AP Lit...lovely...haha) I can now officially say that being a senior really is a lot different! All of my classes, even my APs, are pretty relaxed classes and the teachers tend to joke around a lot more! (No more tense teachers trying to scare you on the first day!) My AP Lit class is fun because I had the same teacher last year for Creative Writing and I have that class with three of my friends! :) The one class that I was really worried about was Law in Action because none of my friends got placed in the same class as me, but it went surprisingly well because the teacher is hilarious and I found a girl in the class that I used to know back in freshman year so now we're sitting together! haha! It's so weird to think that at the end of this year I'll be graduating because it really does feel like I just started highschool! And that reminds me, I need to start working on my transcripts and everything if I intend on doing early action!! Ahh! haha!
Until later,
Catherine

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A break from being serious...I want it to be known that while I walk you all through my college app process, I am also blogging about my senior year in general! So as far as my year goes so far, my schedule looks great! (I've always had really good luck, especially when it comes to getting the teachers and classes I want) I'm so relieved to find out that I have close friends in all of my classes and my senior year is set to be a lot of fun! I'm spread editor this year for my school paper and my parking spot is a lot closer than last year! Wooo! Everything is working out perfectly! The only thing that sucks is my school's new schedule layout, get this: Usually schools have odd and even days with one class this is every day, for us, that was 3rd. So we had:
Odd days: 1,3,5,7
Even Days: 2,3,4,6
Now 3rd period isn't everyday and we have a flex period instead, only on even days that will alternate through periods 1-7. So now it's:
Odd days: 1,3,5,7
Even days: 2,4,6, FLEX
It's going to be so confusing! But on a lighter note, our first football game was this past friday! GO STALLIONS! and GO SENIORS! (this whole being a senior thing is not going to get old! Haha!) :) On the topic of being a senior: the homecoming theme for this year is "It's All Greek to Me!", our senior theme is "Olympians", our senior dues are $125 (I need to remember to pay that at back to school night), and we graduate on...
JUNE 18TH! The senior spirit is really building up fast!

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Now, let's start with the basics:
College...the word is built up ever since you were a kid and now that it's finally time to consider it, it may seem overwhelming. For seniors, it's had it's time to loose it's intimidation, but for the juniors, just the thought may be more than you can handle.
So start small, what are you interested in? There are so many majors, and you by no means need to know which one is for you yet. But try to think of the area of study you'd like to go into. Maybe it's engineering )like my brother who's been tinkering with things since he could walk) or maybe it's business because you've always dreamed of starting one of your own. For me, it's English. It's always been my favorite class, I enjoy classic literature and i was looking for a major with a vast amount of opportunities...I could go on to master in publications, communications or even go on to law school! Whatever you decision, it will become the premise to your college preference! Once you know this, start your college searching! And remember, don't procrastinate! Junior year goes by a lot faster than you think!

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As the school year starts, we all have a lot on our minds! For juniors, you might be starting to worry about the SAT or what colleges you want to start looking into; but for seniors (WOO! GO SENIORS!), the real pressures sets in as we begin to rule the school and apply to the colleges of our choice! I'm Catherine Kellogg, a senior at South County Secondary School in Virginia. I know what it's like to not even know where to begin with the college process and I also know what it's like to start going through it, only to realize that it's not that bad, and that's what I'm here for. As my fellow seniors finalize their test scores and the juniors just begin, I'm going to offer advice, talk about my experiences and walk all of you through not just my college application process but my entire senior year!
Because if I've learned anything over the past year, it's that all this college stuff is not nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be! And the stress of it does not need to take over your Junior or Senior year!
So here's to a great year, college stress free! And me being here to share it with you every step of the way!

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