RedGage

For most kids popularity will consume your high school life. Although the impact may not be direct and immediate, you will base your friends off of what others think of them.  If you let your own perception of popularity chose your friends and actions you will have a terrible, terrible experience in High School.

To start off the mind strives to seek love and belongingness. This is one of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. If you don't know what his hierarchy of needs is, it basically states than in order to reach a high level of self esteem you must first feel love and feel like you belong. If you strive to reach popularity you will feel insecure throughout your high school life.

Even if you do become popular in your school it will not make you any more happy. Unless your being bullied or left out, you can make more significant changes in your life through trying to live an extraordinary high school life. The body has a neutral point, youre probably feeling this neutral point right now, very little serotonin is firing off at this neutral point. Even if you reach this high popularity you will feel the same way you do now. You will not feel any more happy or any more sad.

And lets not forget about all the rumors and stereotypical high school bull shit that goes on for the more popular kids. You will lose a sense of your own identity and when you look back on your high school times you will think of how horrible they were compared to whatever your future life holds. I know many of you reading this post won't adhere to my words, but I beg you to reconsider.