I’m going to be a freshman this year too! but my high school is just across the street from my middle school. ive been new to schools many times before (about 7 times) If i were you i would join some clubs to get to know people and maybe play a few sportst that you like. just be your self and youll make friends in no time. other kids will be coming in so not everyone will know eachother, which might make it easier on you. it takes a little while to get to know people and make good friends, but you will be fine. i hope this helps and good luck!!!! 🙂

I just completed my freshman year of high school. It was the best year of schooling I’ve ever had. The classes were so much more interesting, you get more independence, and everyone gave up on the middle school drama stuff. I feel like everyone matured a bit. I was given two pieces of advice before starting high school, and they helped me a lot. 1) You only go through high school once. Take every opportunity you can. (Don’t be afraid to try new things!) 2) You don’t have to be the person you were in middle school. (This isn’t saying change who you are and be fake. Be yourself, but if there is any part of you that you would like to work on [for me it was being too afraid to talk and interact with people due to my awkwardness], now’s the time. It’s a clean slate. I told myself I would go out there and talk to people, and it worked. I made friends.) Another thing to remember is that everyone else is as nervous as you are (you just can’t tell because you’re not living inside their heads.) For making a good impression, just be yourself. Smile and be open to talking to people. Maybe ask people about their summer, but don’t smother them. Just talk to them like you hope someone else would talk to you. And tennis? Well, at my school it’s not widely known that we even have a tennis team. I didn’t know about it until April. Don’t join a sport because it will make you cool, and don’t not do a sport because it will make you uncool. Do whatever sport makes you happy. And does everyone hate freshman? At my school, no. Just don’t clog up the hallways and be considerate of others. And if you’re asking for directions, be polite.

Be yourself. If you have to change yourself to be friends with certain people, then those people aren’t worth your time. It’s easier said than done, trust me.

As for “surviving”, it’s really not difficult. If you do your school/homework and are active in your studies, you will be fine.

One thing I should mention though, is that most people ruin their GPA their freshman year. Your junior year, is when you will really start worrying about your GPA, but if you do not get good grades your freshman year, then you won’t really be able to make up for that. Just try to keep a solid B or A average in all classes and you will be just fine.

The first thing to remember is that your freshman year is, in many ways, your last year of childhood. Freshmen act different from other students. They keep the social patterns from middle school. In the next 3 years, friendships change, there are fewer friends, but better ones. Keep your friends, but see which of those friends will be keepers in the next few years, when you will have fewer but better friendships.

its one thing to want to make friends but but this is a great opportunity to put your all your attention to your grades face it your 4 years of your life will be over before you know it but your education will be with you forever i was really popular didn’t even know it until after i graduated but being popular didn’t matter to me as much as everyone liking me and if someone didn’t it hurt so my grades suffered and i regret more then anything by the way I’m 30 now

Just dont try to change urself according to others.My simple advice is to be what you are at present.

hey, don’ try to be the stuff cause they will knock you down. They will treat you like **** unless you already know upperclassmen 10th graders are not upperclassmen.

dont walk in there like your all that

try to be a bit modest until you find your place

Don’t try too hard to impress people, be nice, don’t be obnoxious, and most importantly just be yourself! :]

Try being your self.