You’ve worked hard, you’ve applied to university, and perhaps you’ve already received some college acceptance letters. Congratulations! As exciting as it might probably to life after high college, now is not the time for you to slack off.

Sure, it’s 2nd semester and summer time may feel like it’s right around the part. But even you end up attending will review your spring grades even after you’ve been admitted if you had a stellar fall semester academically, the college. If your grades decrease from the right time you were admitted, there exists a chance that the admission could be rescinded. And no one wants to handle that.

Here are tips on how best to avoid senioritis:

Do enjoy yourself! You’re only a senior school senior when. Look for a balance between hanging down with friends, going to high college activities, and buckling down to study for AP exams classes.

Don’t allow your grades slip. You’ve worked hard for far too long to stop caring and start slacking. Colleges will require notice of a trend that is downward grades.

Do keep your eyes on the award: university. You realize that saying that college will be the ideal years in your life? Imagine how far more you’ll enjoy it knowing that you worked hard in senior school to get what your location is being a college student.

Don’t let others peer force you into not caring about your classes. Perhaps some of the classmates have been admitted to the college of their dreams and believe now is a time that is great celebrate and relax. As I mentioned earlier, universities will consider your last senior school transcript, which can influence your offer of admission.

Do remain positive! This may be a time that is stressful waiting to get admission decisions, wanting to decide where to spend the next four years of your life are not easy items to manage. Focus on your academics and involvements and spend time with family and friends rather than driving yourself crazy waiting by the computer or mailbox for college admission decisions.

It’s likely that you are going to have some fantastic college choices. Celebrate your victories. Continue to strive. And above all? Take a breath that is deep. Your senior year is what you make of it.

A Valentine’s Tale of Two Trojans day

Valentine’s is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than by sharing a love story that is near and dear to our hearts day.

It was Fall of 1986, and our esteemed Director of Admission, Kirk Brennan, was just a mere freshman studying Cinema at USC. Kirk lived on the ‘Cinema Interest’ floor for the dorm, mostly inhabited by other film guys and only a few girls (in days past, the School of Cinematic Arts had a male bulk). Certainly one of those girls ended up being Julie- or ‘Bubbles’ as her friends affectionately called her because of her big, bubbly personality.

Kirk and Julie had one class together at USC- a Geography course. Kirk says certainly one of his favorite memories at USC involved this course: He stayed up so late working on his ’480′ film project he slept through the deadline of a Geography that is big lab! He begged the TA to accept his late homework and to his relief, she complied. Thankfully, Julie never heard about Kirk’s tardiness!

One day, Kirk and his buddies decided it might be fun to have a party that is screening and luckily for them, Julie offered to host the party at her Dad’s house in Santa Monica. Julie, a cook that is excellent whipped up some fried chicken for the hungry teens, and based on Kirk, that’s when he knew he had to ask her away: ‘When I saw her cooking that chicken, I thought she was pretty sweet!’

A few weeks later, on September 19th, 1986, Kirk invited Julie to a fraternity rush celebration, which may become known as their very first date. One date is all it took- Kirk and Julie ‘decided to get together’ after that and six years later, Kirk got down on one knee and asked Julie to be his wife night.

And now for the proposal…