Around this time every year, school is wind-
ing down and summer vacation looms over

highschoolers everywhere. However, seniors
are struggling to finish out their last year, due
to an outbreak of senioritis. Senioritis is a
condition that only affects students in the 12th
grade, and symptoms usually include a lack of
motivation, loss of desire to show up to class,

procrastinating or not completing assign-
ments, and an inability to care about school.

Senioritis could be caused by students
being worried about life after high school or
the uncertainty of college life that is looming
over them, while still having to deal with high
school classes and grades. Senioritis isn’t just

found in seniors who are considered “bad stu-
dents,” but also in students who are knowingly

going to pass a class and are just trying to
get by with pass- ing grades

until graduation.
According to studies done
by Amador Valley Today, 78
percent of high school seniors

have either dealt with senior-
itis or are currently dealing

with it now.
If you think you might have senioritis, some
things you can do to get rid of it are trying to
get involved as much as possible in school and
finding subjects and topics that are interesting
to you or trying new extracurricular activities
that might challenge you and keep your mind

engaged. Students should try to get rid of se-
nioritis as soon as possible, because college

application offices are still looking at grades

from students’ senior years, and it isn’t uncom-
mon for colleges to rescind admission offers

if someone’s grades suffer in their senior year.
Although senioritis is seemingly spreading
everywhere, finding ways to get
through it aren’t hard to find.

Just remember to turn in assign-
ments on time, do your best on

your last tests and try to finish
the year on a high note.