“Life in high school is way better when you stop caring what everybody thinks. It doesn’t matter if you are pretty or popular or funny or whatever; literally nobody cares. Chill out, and you will be way better off. Also, don’t take calculus,”

–Kiera Holtkamp

“Get an initial ‘draft’ [of writing] done well before the due date so that you can thoroughly revise whatever you have done and make it as good as possible,”

–Ankur Karandikar

“Communicate with your teachers; they are here for you no matter what,”

–Amelia Douglas

“Take initiative. You’re making more of an impression on people than you think,”

–Nicole Lee

“Don’t waste your time on something that makes you unhappy,”

–Alana Eckstein 

“Don’t wait for the future to do what you want. Do it now,”

-Jocelyn Jacobsen 

“Life always works out in the end; take it one day at a time. By the end of your four years, you’ll find yourself where you need to be,” 

–Andrew Dong

“Be kind to people; you never know what someone is going through,”

-Gabby Moniza