Conformity, pressure, and power

Provide an example from your high school days of a situation where you felt the need to conform in some way. What was the source of this feeling? What did you gain by conforming, or what did you lose by not conforming in the situation? Would you say that any kind of power was involved? Explain.

I attended high school at an all girls school where uniforms were mandatory to be worn. There were many guidelines and regulations regarding the uniform such as having your skirt a certain length, tying your shoes properly and having your top button of your dress shirt buttoned up. Among these regulations, it seemed that all the "cool girls" made sure that almost every regulation was broken daily.

As a freshman girl, I felt obligated to conform to the actions of the rest of the girls in order to fit in. The pressure to be popular urged me to break the rules as well (which I tried to do most of the time). By conforming I gained a sense of belonging and "fitting in". I also got in trouble a couple of times which was not in my best interest. 

I guess in this situation the "popular" girls in a sense had power because they had such an influence on the rest of the girls in the school.