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Memo to all overachieving high school seniors: It's time to slow down. After years of grueling study, countless co-curricular activities and endless resume polishing, you finally got into college. And you expect to continue the grind next fall. Well, don't.

College officials are urging students to relax, to concentrate on their studies, and to achieve a healthy balance of work and play. They advise picking just a couple of activities, not several. But if you've been in fifth gear for as long as you can remember, it's hard to jam it into reverse so suddenly. The good news, though, is that colleges don't expect you to overachieve, and they certainly don't encourage it.

Unless, of course, you want to get into graduate school.

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