5 August 2010, 1:47 am
I really did it. I screwed up pretty bad. Freshman year was horribly bad. D's and F's. Hardly an A on the report card. Sophomore year hardly differed. True, I did have a death in the family both of those years in high school, but that doesn't make up for the terrible grades. What can I say? I was a slacker. I learned this the hard way, and now have to make up for it. Junior year was actually very good. No more D's and F's. This time the lowest I had all year was a high C. But mostly A's and B's. Senior year was about the same, good grades, just slightly lower (mostly B's and more C's this time. One or two A's the entire year. My GPA is embarrassingly low at 2.58. And that's cumulative. I feel completely screwed. I took the ACT (my high school didn't require the SAT, so I didn't take that). My score was a 26, first time. Not too shabby, could be better though. But I thought it sufficed, so I said screw it, and never took it again. I'm not an idiot, not by any means. I'm actually quite intelligent, and was tested for a gifted class, which I eventually got into very easily, but quit the minute it got boring. Stupid mistakes, not stupid person. So here's my question. How the hell am I supposed to make up for this? I mean seriously? I'm moving to Boulder, CO. next year with my best friend, and he's attending the University of Colorado, a hard school to get into if you did exactly what I did. I don't even meet half of the requirements for admission. Not to mention you need 4 credits of English, 4 of Math, 3 of a foreign language, and I only managed to get the bare necessities to graduate, which was 3 of English, 3 of Math, and 2 of German. So right there, I'm already screwed, never mind my grades. I'm thinking of getting those classes taken care of at a local community college this year before my friend graduates in May, so that we may apply at the same time (and don't tell me that I shouldn't choose my school based on him, I know I shouldn't, but I am anyway. Plus, it's a good school. So there :P ). But my question is, even then, is it worth it? Do I even stand a chance? I'm feeling pretty darn bad about this whole thing, and I've disappointed myself completely. There is another college in the area that I'm really interested, actually about 4 minutes away from the University of Colorado. From what I've read, it looks like a good fit for me, and if I can get in there, I wouldn't mind having to bike my way to my friends dorm. Probably a 10-15 minute ride anyway, good for cardio!... Read More »
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