You know you shouldn’t, but you want them badly…

Senior FavoritesBest back pocketsOprah’s future BFFsHuman Olaf (likes warm hugs)Most likely to win the lottery and lose the

winning ticketLife of the partyBiggest vocabularyFriend to everyoneFuture teacher at this schoolMost likely to survive the Apocalypse Driving impaired (this was actually a best car

favorite and had nothing to do with DUI)Most changed since Middle SchoolMost talkativeFuture presidentTeacher’s nightmareDare to be differentCutest laughBiggest flirtFuture Oscar winnerTrue Tiger (your mascot here)Picture perfect (nice way to say best looking)Should have datedMost likely to be on a Pantene commercialMost likely to have his or her own reality showMost likely to be friends foreverMost likely to break an Olympic recordMost likely to be an Internet memeMost likely to reverse climate changeMost likely to host SNLMost likely to have an exhibit at the Metropoli-

tan Museum of ArtMost likely to be the next EinsteinMost likely to be a rock starMost school spiritBiggest bromanceBest person to bring home to meet your

parentsMost likely to move to the wildernessMost likely to still carry a lunchbox Biggest social butterflyMost fashionable Should have been sisters (or brothers)Should have been born in a different decade Most athleticThe next PicassoBest laughMost involvedMost musically inclinedAlways smilingCouple that should have been but never wereBiggest kid at heartMost likely to be studyingDrama king and queenQuickest to blushMost opinionated Most sarcastic

Most accident proneFirst down the aisleMost likely to be a parent with kids in your

schoolBest styleShopaholics Most genuine

Searching for new and inter-esting senior favorite ideas, I came across an all-girls school (Holy Names Academy in Seattle) whose class of 2015 numbered approximate-ly 150 and gave each and ev-ery one of them her very own senior superlative (see the pages at right) All the rest of this list is from those pages I sent the rep who works with the school an e-mail asking how they did this He told me that these are all self-selected—the staff sent a note to seniors with examples and said they can pick whatever they want. Only a few girls did not participate.Most likely to be a conspiracy theorist Most likely to take care of the royal corgis Most likely to travel the world Most likely to have the most followers on

Twitter Most likely to become a backup dancer for

Beyoncé Most likely to have a cardigan for every

situation Most likely to be late to her own wedding Most likely to name her first kid West Most likely to have her name mispronounced Most likely to have her own show on Animal

Planet Most likely to give someone a heart attack by

sneezing Most likely to be out of dress code and not get

caught Most likely to be a bat Most likely to just want another sandwich Most likely to wear Crocs to prom Most likely to laugh at every joke

Most likely to move to Jonestown and never leave

Most likely to run her own presidential cam-paign and win

Most likely to have her children learn how to drive before she does

Most likely to attend every school dance

Most likely to have a hyphenated last name with a religious undertone

Most likely to live in an Airstream Most likely to own a food truck Most likely to upload a religion study guide to

Facebook Most likely to win “The Voice” Most likely to not turn in a superlative Most likely to have a tragic accident while

doing an everyday activity Most likely to start a sweatshirt and Uggs fad Most likely to have her car break down Most likely to star in an 80s movie with a radi-

cal soundtrack Most likely to take the wrong exit Most likely to know every dog in Seattle by

name Most likely to wear heels to a marathon Most likely to marry an NHL player Most likely to start a charity Most likely to have a family birthday dinner

every week Most likely to acquire a country accent without

ever having lived in the South Most likely to apologize for bringing someone

baked goods Most likely to brighten someone’s day Most likely to own a pack of corgis Most likely to wear pink Most likely to remain at a height of 4 feet 11

inches

Most likely to have watched a documentary about any given topic

Most likely to ski in all 7 continents Most likely to be your friend Most likely to sing for the next Disney princess Most likely to judge people silently, change her

mind and judge them verbally

Most likely to be a spy Most likely to be a lawyer/doctor/scientist Most likely to not leave the house without

winged eyeliner Most likely to break the world record for

longest Starbucks order Most likely to always match (wear a color

coordinated outfit) Most likely to be watching 60 Minutes Most likely to quote Spongebob Most likely to be celebrating a lack of commute

(no more ferry) Most likely to be found crying over musical

theater Most likely to have mastered driving through

Seattle in a red truck Most likely to live by the motto “slow and

steady wins the race.” Most likely to play more instruments than you Most likely to live in a library Most likely to be an advertisement for celery Most likely to be the main contributor of the

“Dancing with the Stars” Wikipedia page Most likely to say “Wait...What?” in the middle

of class Most likely to be posting a sunset picture on

Instagram.Most likely to marry a professional soccer

player Most likely to dye her hair three different

“natural” colors in a month

Most likely to be editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine

Most likely to live on the beach Most likely to sing the guitar solo to every song

on the radio Most likely to become the next CEO of

Starbucks Most likely to literally bleed red, white, and

blue Most likely to travel to Mordor Most likely to talk about YouTubers like she

knows them personally Most likely to wave at random strangers Most likely to start a taco truck that only sells

rice and beans Most likely to play chess professionally Most likely to paint a masterpiece Most likely to quote The Princess Bride Most likely to hitchhike across America Most likely to spend 99% of her money on

candy Most likely to dance like nobody’s watching Most likely to say “Oh cool!” Most likely to show up at school with the

worst spray tan Most likely to be best friends with Mrs Whalen Most likely to be lifting weights Most likely to marry a guy with a man bun Most likely to be an anchor women on CNN Most likely to be an Allyson Felix 2.0 Most likely to sell her soul for concert tickets Most likely to spend all her money on books Most likely to come up with a decent superla-

tive after the due date Most likely to wear flip flops to her wedding Most likely to ask if her friends want to get

froyo Most likely to do her room in glow-in-the-dark

stars Most likely to be at the barn Most likely to touch the ceiling Most likely to wear the fluffiest sweater Most likely to move to Idaho to be one with

the potatoes Most likely to attend every college sporting

event and not play a sport Most likely to be on the next 19 Kids and

Counting Most likely to die from eating a waffle Most likely to live in 10 different cities Most likely to own a red bell pepper farm Most likely to be a DJ Most likely to live next door to her sister Most likely to become a hobbit Most likely to tweet about it Most likely to be checking PowerSchool after

graduation

Most likely to hug a sloth Most likely to be wearing something from

Value Village everyday Most likely to change her name to Skatie Most likely to Skype her cat from college Most likely to listen to Christmas music all

year ‘round Most likely to be seen at Goodwill Most likely to use a calculator for 4 + 3 Most likely to drink five cups of coffee in one

sitting Most likely to live in another country Most likely to drive an old man car and enjoy it Most likely to open a green smoothie bar Most likely to park on the wrong side of the

street Most likely to always be wearing a coat Most likely to be in a phase Most likely to only speak in abbreviations

Most likely to work for BuzzFeed Most likely to use sarcasm in any situation Most likely to be swearing at an art project Most likely to own exclusively striped shirts Most likely to always have snacks Most likely to die in a desert with a full bottle

of water Most likely to climb Mt Everest Most likely to have a major impact on social

justice in China Most likely to have a flannel for everyday of

the week Most likely to be late to class because she rode

her horse to school Most likely to learn every language by the time

she’s 25 Most likely to never fail on a test o

Some people love them. Others hate them. But they were discussed at every class reunion I have ever heard of. Who was this and who was that? And how accurate were those predictions?

The other strange thing about Senior favorites (also known as Superlatives in some schools) is that no matter how many schools no longer have them in their year-books, they are the NUMBER ONE thing I get asked for every year. Editors and staffers will ask, “What can we do different with Senior favorites? Do you know of any new ones that are cool and fun?”

The answer to that question is, of course I do. And you will find our 2015 list below. But before you rush out to use them all, please stop and consider some of the ones we have seen this year in yearbooks from around the country. The ones that could cause you, the adviser, trouble. Favorites you would think are innocuous but really aren’t.

In one instance we saw a couple who had been voted, “Most Likely to Have a Road Rage Incident.” Think about this and imagine that one of the pictured seniors was later in an accident that was partly due to road rage. Can you imagine the yearbook being used as evidence, as in, “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, as you can see from his yearbook, even his senior class thought Tom was a rage-filled driver.”

Or what about the girl voted “Most Tardy” (or some funni-er version of a person who is always late), who applies for a summer job in a store owned by a parent at her school who has seen that in the yearbook? Does he hire her? Or does he think, “If her friends voted her most tardy, do I really want to hire her for our store?” I guess the message here is, always try and figure out the worst-case scenario before you print it.

With that warning in place, here is our list for 2015. f

An entirely different take on

“Senior Favorites”Besides finding the “all seniors get to pick their own favorites” in Seattle, we also came across this super idea in the 2014 Howl created by the yearbook staff at the Southwest Career and Techni-cal Academy in Las Vegas, NV. Instead of asking seniors who their favorite senior was, they asked them for their favorite memories of their high school career. All seniors (who wanted them) had an entry like the one above. It included their senior portrait, a less formal shot (could even be a baby pic) and a list of their “favorite” memories of high school. The entire section was entitled, “Senior Favorites.” What an outstanding way to cover everyone in the senior class and the memories they cherished. s