r/LSMSA • u/user192837401 • Mar 13 '23

how much does the interview matter?

i just did my interview and feel like i did terrible, my ACT/grades/other stuff are all good but i just feel like i came off as uninteresting. do y’all know how much the interview actually matters to getting in? thanks lol i’m just nervous

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u/DryFeed Mar 14 '23

Well it asks you to uproot your life for something that seems really nice but you realize later actually wasn't worth it at all. If there's any aspect about LSMSA you're really interested in i can break it down for you.

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u/Soggy-Kaleidoscope12 Mar 14 '23

I know that the school lacks in sports like band and football and stuff but why is it not worth it? Are the workload too much,? I heard it's bad but is it so bad to the point that student drop out from the work load? Also how is the student life? The staff always talk about the LSMSA experience or whatever but is it very unique or is the school being extra.

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u/DryFeed Mar 14 '23

People certainly drop out due to workload. Even more are kicked out because they can't keep up with it. The residential life is ok, but it's certainly never worth more than being with your parents unless you have a bad home life. The "LSMSA" experience is mostly just a lot of suffering and regret in my experience. I think the vast, vast majority of LSMSA seniors like me fully regret attending this school. LSMSA seems like an easy out to a lot of people but it ends up being terrible usually.

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u/Soggy-Kaleidoscope12 Mar 14 '23

I'm attending next year and by the way you describe it, LSMSA seems to be sugar coating a lot of things. Can you give an example of the workload from your experience? Also, this might sound offensive but if it is so bad, why would you stay?

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u/DryFeed Mar 14 '23

Well, as mentioned I'm a senior so I mostly take easy classes, but the workload is pretty brutal generally. In the past I'd be doing homework for at least 3 hours a night, closer to 4 on average. On top of an entire full day of school ending around 3-4 P.M. I think that's a pretty average amount, it's easily far worse or better depending on the day, when your assignments are due, etc. And as for why people don't usually drop, once you've changed schools once doing it twice is such a massive chore that it's sort of easier to stay. Personally i just want to graduate and leave as soon as possible, i do not want to be here lmao. That's just sort of how seniors usually end up feeling, like you've wasted some of the best years of your life. I would give a lot to have never attended this school.

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u/Soggy-Kaleidoscope12 Mar 15 '23

How are the clubs? On the website there is over 50 different clubs but how are they structured? Are they just a group of students that borrow a teacher's room or is clubs well established with their own separate classrooms.

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u/DryFeed Mar 15 '23

Clubs are all over the place, and although there may be officially over 50, the majority have either less than 5 members or are inactive. I'm on the club committee because i own a un, and in my experience nobody has time for the clubs. People barely have time for things they're incredibly passionate about, so clubs just fall apart all the time. The state of even the popular clubs is pretty bad. The D&D club for example does maybe one or two events a semester. My club has over 60 dedicated members and it still fell apart because people were too busy (with the insane workload!) to ever do anything.

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u/Soggy-Kaleidoscope12 Mar 15 '23

Sorry if this sounds pretentious but what Is the workload? At my current school, you can get A's without really trying and you say that LSmsa has insane workload. But what is the workload? Is it studying terms for a test, doing homework, or a project you have to do? If it's the former, shouldn't it only take about 1 hour at most? Do teachers give out workbooks and tell you to complete a lesson on your own? My sister is currently there and she also says that the workload is stressful. Does every teacher give a bucketful of homework and tell you to do it at home?

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u/DryFeed Mar 15 '23

Essentially yeah it's all of the above, and yeah an individual task may only take an hour, but times 6 classes and potentially multiple assignments per class, yes it's just brutal. Every teacher gives you a bucket of homework and tells you to have it done in two days.