Check out last year’s Parent Orientation presentation (PDF). Gone are the days of carefree learning and socializing with friends.High schoolers today face nonstop college pressure; they need a year to just be freshmen.The same advice goes for homework and grades, at least for a while.And there are a lot of different types of “dating” to deal with.Here are 5 things that seniors have learned about college dating; freshmen and freshmen-to-be, take note! If someone asks you out, it’s a good idea to accept, even if you wouldn’t normally give him or her a chance. Take a chance and say yes to the girl who’s always reading on the quad. Opening yourself up to people you wouldn’t typically date or hang out with might surprise you.When I was pregnant, I didn't really want to know all the dirty details about labor until just before delivery. The minute he walked off to his first class, I realized how much I didn't know about the next four years.So I turned to a real panel of experts: experienced high school moms.

Students who complete the orientation process are better prepared for college. Now you need to decide what you are going to do with the rest of your life and that is no small decision to make.While lots of teens see high school as a chore, something to get through and leave behind, the reality is that high school is the last frontier to cross before the responsibility of adulthood takes center stage. The cocky kind that think they are the shit, and recieve a respective ass kicking.Then there are the ones that realise they are not the shit and give proper respect to upperclassmen.It may sound cliché but once you graduate high school real life begins and how that life plays out is shaped by what you decide to do after high school. No one way is the right way because every choice means sacrifice and every path leads to more than one destination.Here are some of the options that you have immediately after grad – yes, there are others but these are the most common ones - along with tips to help you can decide which is best for you.