Overall, I have most of my applications finished. I am beginning to edit my supplemental essays to colleges and I am beginning to apply to more scholarships such as The Milken Scholars Program. However, I wish I knew about some of the colleges that I was applying to earlier so that I could have had an earlier start on those applications. The college application process has been extremely stressful for me, especially with trying to tackle both my course load and my extracurricular activities.
To future college applicants, I recommend that you start thinking about applications right after the end of Junior year and consider doing something over Summer Break, whether that be college courses, internships, or starting a business. I was fortunate enough to start a tutoring and STEM blogging network at my high school while taking a course that I wanted to take for a long time at my local community college, abnormal psychology. In college, I am most excited to start doing research, something I wanted to do for a very long time.
Here, I have a GIF that describes how I have felt during the college application process. Overall, I feel that I have been talking to friends less due to the amount of college applications I still need to finish.