<p>It dawned on me a few days ago on how badly I've messed up my chances of getting into decent Universities in the future. I look back at the past 2 years of high school thinking about how much potential I could have had if I actually had tried. Alot of people consider me smart it's just that I lack the ability to be smart when it comes to making choices. Freshmen year I had a less then average GPA of 2.6 with atleast 1 or 2 F's. Then came sophmore year, the year I ultimately bombed my chances of getting into a half decent university here in California. In almost all the courses that I had taken most of them I had Fs. (French 3-4H, Alg2H, EngH, & WorldHist.H were all failures.) Sophmore year was a bitter year for me. Alot of things had gone on that mostly contributed to those grades. Slight surgery, lack of attendance, and loss of interest played big parts in getting those grades. Right now I feel stupid wishing I could go back in time and redo those years, but it's probably too late now since I'm already in my 3rd year in H.S. I'm having to pay for all the mistakes I had made by retaking most of those courses in and out of school. Fortunately this year I'm doing way more better then I did before with an average 3.4 on my G.P.A. It sucks knowing you had the chance to do better, but you didn't. So far I really don't know what's ahead of me. I'm really not interested in attending a community college. I reeaally want to atleast attend a decent CSU but as far as my grades have gone, I'm questioning wether I'll even be considered. Otherwise I'll have to resort to going to a Community college and transferring in the future. Anyways, I just wanted to share my sob story, I hardly ever get a chance to say something like this when I'm around other people. Usually I just keep it all to myself and deal with the present, but it's always nice to let out sometimes.</p>
<p>You probably won't get into super competitive colleges, but your upward trend will be impressive. If you keep working hard you will get in somewhere.</p>
<p>why don't you explain what happened? After getting F's on all tests i personally didn't care about the class and got a F...i'm going to explain that (MY TEACHER WAS A <strong><em>ING *</em></strong>**)</p>
<p>apply to ASU (arizona state university), they give out a ton of aid too...plus they have a 97% acceptance rate and...ASU is a decent school anyway...nothing like Amherst, or Harvard...but its college, cheap, and learning---its a step</p>
<p>ToIvy: Mostly attendance. I barely attended school weekly which played a VERY HUGE part in my ability to get decent grades.</p>
<p>Spiral: As of right now I'm aiming for civil or mechanical engineering so I'm looking for a college that best suits my majors and my current situation. I'm also trying to be as local as possible so hopefully a campus in California would be better for me (I dont' want to get too distanced from my parents :P since they'll probably be my backbone whenever I get stuck)</p>
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It sucks knowing you had the chance to do better, but you didn't.
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Word. </p>
<p>I understand how you feel, because I'm the same way - I've slacked off all my life, rarely studied/read books or anything (I can name the exact dates, and maybe times, of when I studied in front of my desk or read a book, that's how little I've studied in my life). </p>
<p>It didn't hit me until I hit CC accidentally and a couple of other events that I've realized that academics is fairly important; eh, what's to complain, other than me saying once in a while about how my parents didn't push my education, we weren't rich, and all the other pathetic bs that is really my fault. </p>
<p>Oddly, my freshman year grades were a 4.0 in advanced classes, it was a fluke and I got lucky. As a current soph, I'm starting to try a little by little now, and doing 70%+ of my assigned homework (albeit at school, meh..). The EC's, my work habits, my academic standings, etc, are total disasters, however. I have minimal intelligence, and while I wasn't blessed with the genetics for intelligence, I sometimes wonder myself how much further I could've gotten in my academic performance if I had tried. Bleh, I'm going to some college, I hope, at least.</p>
<p>I have nothing more to say than good luck, since hopefully the rest of 60 years (assumption) of your life will be better. </p>
<p>Real serious post, but try to have fun, basically. I suck at academics, but I'm athletic and social, etc, hang out with friends, better in other areas than my academically superior peers. It's all a matter of perspective.</p>
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Real serious post, but try to have fun, basically. I suck at academics, but I'm athletic and social, etc, hang out with friends, better in other areas than my academically superior peers. It's all a matter of perspective.
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Dito! Sometimes I wonder if my social life was why I had gotten bad grades. I'm running for president senior year and despite my past grades, I'm pretty sure I have atleast a good 50% of my class' vote. Go figure.</p>
<p>Story of my life, except I was able to attend school all the time and was supported well enough by my instructors to remain a B student. Then I got to my junior year, and started looking at schools. All the of sudden my GPA doesn't stack up where I thought I could apply. Then I took the ACT and got a 30. That left me sitting here scratching my head, thinking "I guess I'm not an idiot." </p>
<p>I know I'm a waste of a perfectly good brain, but it turns out the far upper tier schools I was initially considering aren't for me. I went through the whole process, aimed high but not too high, and got into my dream school. That my well happen to you. So you probably won't be attending an ivy, oh well. Be realistic, keep working hard, apply everywhere, and don't get discouraged. If you keep working your senior year grades might help you a bit too. </p>
<p>Seriously, to get a bunch of F's and then turn right around and acquire a 3.4 GPA is impressive to say the least. Keep that going and you might stand a better chance then you think. I would say if you can complete (and do well in) the stuff you failed before, while continuing the trend you are on, you might stand a very good chance.</p>
<p>im the exact same way, i cant pay attention in class to save my life</p>
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why don't you explain what happened? After getting F's on all tests i personally didn't care about the class and got a F...i'm going to explain that (MY TEACHER WAS A <strong><em>ING *</em></strong>**)
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OP, definitely do not do this. Its never a good idea to talk bad abou someone, cuz the interviewer will wonder what you will say about them down the line</p>