 It's 1155 on December 31st. You're frantically trying to finish out your Stanford application. You hit that submit button You wait for that portal to refresh and you're thinking to yourself. Oh my god. Please don't tell me I F*** this up. You refresh the page and it says thank you for submitting your application to Stanford University You take a huge sigh of relief and after that, it's finally over. You're done applying to colleges You have the checkbox by every college in the common app as crazy as it may sound for the past few months You've been working your ass off putting out these essays working on these applications and now you're finally done You're probably thinking to yourself. What the hell do I do? I have so much free time And so I'm here today to give you some tips on what I did while waiting for my college decision Just give me an idea of what you can do instead of just frantically waiting every day checking your emails waiting for that Decision to come in first and most importantly is that you got to maintain your high grades I can't stress this enough. Sure your college applications may be done But that doesn't mean that your final transcripts don't matter Don't think that you can blow off your last classes and just Flunk out of anything because at the end of the day colleges can and will ask for final transfers Meaning that the grades that you have at the very end of your semester are going to be seen by your admissions counselors And they have every right to evoke your admissions if you have been doing particularly bad So basically what I mean by that is like as long as you're not completely failing or just doing terribly compared to what you Submitted previously then you should be completely fine Like if you're the type of kid that just works hard all the time then you'll have absolutely no problem But if admissions counselors start to see that okay He did really well up into his junior year and then second semester of his senior he just completely fell off the wagon Then you know, that's probable cause for Possibly revoking your acceptance. Just be super careful You don't want to you know revoke any chances of you getting into your dream school Just because you're lazy and didn't decide to do your homework or anything like that But that being said one of the most important things that I did was just chill out like relax take a deep breath and Enjoy senior year. I can't stress that enough that senior year is probably the best time of high school like looking back at my senior year I had the best times I made so many new memories hung out with people that I never would have thought of and just had a good time like no Need to worry about, you know, what college you're going to because you can't decide that anymore There's nothing else that you can do. It's up. Just wait for that decision So yeah, go out on the weekday tell your mom I'm going to hang out with my friends if they say anything be like I'm already done Like I so many my college apps like whatever, you know They'll understand that you've been working the past few months and you know give you that leniency and for you You deserve it like you've really just been working super hard And so you know go to downtown hang out with your friends take pictures and just enjoy your senior year I mean you've been cooped up in the house or so long like you're dying to get some fresh air I'm sure your friends are feeling the same way too. All right a huge important thing is thank those who helped you and By that I mean right. Thank you letters to anyone who wrote you letter of recommendations to your teachers who looked over your essays to Your friends anyone that supported you throughout the college admissions process because at the end of the day You know none of that would have been possible without their support So just shoot them an email write them a thank you letter or just give them a small gift as a token of appreciation It's a little gesture that count and going out of your way to write a card for your teachers will mean a lot more Especially if they help you get into your dream school Knowing that you couldn't have done it without them and family time spend time with your family as annoying as you think Your little brother may be or your mom is for constantly nagging you to finish your applications in a few months You're gonna be moved away. You're not gonna see them every day And that's definitely something hard but you just want to appreciate the family that you have spend time with them and just cherish every moment you have because Sooner or later you're gonna miss it just like I am in college, but it's good to be home My final thing is don't do it what I mean by that is don't get involved with the wrong crowd Don't screw up any chances you have at academic financial aid or any type of scholarship that you have especially at the end of senior Yeah, I know people can get involved with you know the wrong types of people and just be super careful You don't want to risk any chances you have at getting into your dream school By you know messing with drugs alcohol and just getting caught with anything like that Never let yourself get influenced by people who aren't looking out for your best intentions and just surround yourself by people who Support you and make you grow Positively as a person and as a student and as just a human being in general All right, so that about wraps up my few tips that I have I'm hopefully this helps you guys ease your mind as you guys wait for these decisions to roll in I know it's super stressful just waiting and waiting and waiting, but I promise it's gonna pay off for the next few months Just kind of relax chill out like don't stress about it too much because literally there's nothing else you can do You've tried everything you can you put in a lot of work and a lot of effort into your applications And it's gonna pay off. I promise like admissions counselors can see where you're supposed to be and what school is the best fit for you I hope this helps if you have any questions leave them down below Make sure you guys like comment subscribe, and I'll see you next time