Anyway, in the fall of junior year, we had this all-class meeting about how to start the college process. While I had been expecting that meeting, it still made me nervous. Even though we wouldn’t actually be applying to college until the next year, there was something about having the whole process kick in an entire year earlier. I think everyone was like, “Oh my god … here we go.” It was like a big anxiety shift for the whole class. I remember thinking, “Are my grades good enough? Will I do well on the SATs? Have I done enough extracurricular activities? Should I do more? Should I take
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