[Katie_UPS]

Fresh out of high school, here's how I did with IB (like AP but different):

a) Take some time to breathe and zone-out. Otherwise you'll be less focused during your productive hours because you're burnt out.

b) Avoid super-caffine products when its time to hunker down and do things. When you're all jittery, your not going to focus (be honest when assessing if you are an exception to this rule).

c) Accept that you might not be able to give all three options (homework, robotics, sleep) 100%. You're going to miss out somewhere (either less sleep, not-as-great grades, or less time with the team). Pick your poison.

d) Plan out your time. Assess how long an assignment will take (over-estimating is better). Figure out some sort of system where you can block out when you have robotics, band, that one meeting for that thing, and when you have free time (which should become homework time).

e) Don't procrastinate. (Yeah, right.)


I tried to keep it short. Remember that robotics looks good when applying for scholarships and colleges, but it doesn't make up for bad grades.