Senior year you may hear different things from it’s the best year to it’s the most stressful with all the college applications, applying for financial aid and scholarships, while keeping up with your grades. 51% of seniors had a different year then expected

Many students submitted different responses such as, “The majority of people who already went through high school, always say that senior year would be the most difficult year. In my opinion, it was not as bad as it seemed to be” -Anonymous.

While others where concerned with stress such as , ”I thought It was going to be more fun but really it’s just full of seniors crying 24/7 because we are stressed about the future”.  For instance whenever Akins went through the lockdown, it caused stricter safety regulations for the rest of the year. making it harder to move around campus and trying to not be late to your classes such as this student with her response.

“The Lockdown really made senior year harder. The new expectations the school has about tardies and getting into the school for students is crazy and unbelievable. Senior is supposed to be about me worrying about college and my future but now its me worrying about how I’m going to get into my own school.”-anonymous.

While senior year can be one of the most enjoyable years in your High school career due to the fun senior activities, it can also be one of the most expensive years. While many people depended on their parents for help, 67% of seniors had to work to pay for their expenses, about 34% of seniors work over 20 hours per week. Many people agree that prom is the most expensive activity, on average students spent $300-$500 on prom attire, transportation, prom tickets, and a nice dinner.  The expenses don’t end there, in your senior year there will be multiple things you have to pay for such as, SAT ($65), ACT ($65), college applications ($25-$75), Cap & gown ($120+), and class ring ($500+).

We had the opportunity to interview two of our fellow senior classmates and ask him questions about his senior year his name is Arnold Caceres and Magdiel Mondragon. Heres what he had to say about their senior expirience.

Arnold Caceres

Is High school what you thought it would be? No no.

Why? Because I thought it was more like high school musical.

In what way?thought there was gonna be cute chicks everywhere.

Please give appropriate answers for the questions. I thought there’s going to be people dancing and bullies bullying kids. But that was not my experience.

What was more difficult applying for colleges or keeping up with your grades? It was more difficult applying to college because classes are not that hard.

Did you work your senior year? Yes I did work about half of the year and then I got fired.

Oh well sorry to hear that, How many hours per week would you work? About 23.

Did you come to akins all four years? Yes. I’ve come to akins all four years.

Did you ever get hit by senioritis? Yes. Senioritis is a big thing in my life right now. And this last few weeks of school. Yeah.

How are you hit by senioritis? It affects me as of I don’t do my homework anymore.

What do you do instead? I’ll play games on my phone and in my xbox and work out.

Will you be going to all the senior activities like what like panoramic and prom? Yes, I do apply for them and that will be going.

One more questions whenever you were working those day did it affect your grades?  No. It did not affect my grades.

What was the most expensive thing about senior year? Nothing because I didn’t pay for anything but I would say prom.

Do you plan on going to college next year? Yes, I do plan to go to college, which is ACC.

What would you study? My basics then transfer to UT.

Is there anything that really upset you about senior year? No, I had a lot of fun.

What about your internship? Oh in my internship I had a sub for the whole year. And it was very hard because we were using computers the whole year to study and we were basically supposed to teach the sub and now we’re going to take the tests and suppose to pass it.

So your internship is not what you thought it would be? No, but it is OK because I’m graduating. 

Magdiel Mondragon

Whats was harder keeping up with your grades or with colleges application and if so why? it was harder keeping up with my grades  because i also had to deal with my grades i failed last year.

What about senior year did you not expect? I actually expected it to be more easier, because it was our last year and i thought everything was gonna be taken easy simple.

What are you going to study?Fashion

Do you plan on going to college to major in fashion? Yes I am.

Who was the most encouraging person through your high school years? My friends.

What was the most difficult thing about this year? keeping up with my grades

Was there anything you wish you could differently senior year? Pass my junior year classes , because I had to do delta.

What about academically. Not being absent too much.

Is there anything that really upset you about senior year? No, I had a lot of fun.

In conclusion senior year was a fun but stressful year to deal with with activities such