In most cases, senior year is arguably the most stressful year for teens. I'm stressed too, and if you are a senior, chances are you're stressed. Especially being a foreigner, this whole application process is way more complicated than where I am from. Recommendation letters, test scores, EC's, and many other requirements... This whole process reminds me how quick time passes by. I still remember my freshman year like it was yesterday. I was this shy and skinny kid from the other side of the world. I didn't speak at all the first week, I was simply afraid of making mistakes while speaking. (Now look at me; making mistake after mistake) My biggest dream was to make the basketball team in America, and I worked on my game like crazy. Couple weeks later I played my best ball at the tryouts and made the team. Making the basketball team, helped me a lot. I started gaining confidence, because you know... I was the man after all. You don't realize how fast time passe...
believe it or not, i once was a tennis player. well.. i only played a little when i was in first grade, so i guess it doesn't count. here's the story behind it: my whole life i defined myself as a basketball player (don't worry i'm not talking about first grade) and i started when i was around 6 years old. however, before basketball, tennis used to be my passion. i was born in a soccer dominated country, meaning that people lived with soccer; they talked soccer, they played soccer, they watched soccer, they fought over soccer and so on... after school, i would play soccer with my friends for hours. my parents were not big soccer fans, so they suggested that i played some other sport. luckily for them, my school was a modern school meaning that they would have none of the barbarism that soccer brings in the school grounds. instead, they encouraged students to play sports such as tennis or volleyball, which were a little more elite in my country back then. (i gue...