<p>Okay so i was looking at my average grades ive received since 9th grade -I'm in 11th now, and i am not happy at all. I was also looking at middle school grades and just my academic life period. i realized that my middle school grades were straight A's and then i reached high school and thats when i was diagnosed with anxiety.so severe that it has been ruining my life. sometimes the anxiety will flare up and other times it will be kind of controlled and you can actually see this in my grades. will colleges really care? for example, i had a 65 in Precalculus first semester, and 85 second semester. then it went back to a 65 third semester. i realized that this exactly imitated when my anxiety was bad and when it wasn't. i'm wondering if they will not care about my reasoning? will they think its just bs? i've been sitting here so worried about if i will get in anywhere. i am terrified.</p>
<p>There’s an additional information section in most college applications. Just explain there why your grades have been dropping (but do try to improve them in the meantime), have a doctor’s confirmation so that they know it’s not bs, and maybe have another person mention your anxiety in their recommendation in they’re “Her grades may be low, but . . .” section of the letter. Most colleges understand the extenuating circumstances.</p>
<p>But remember that explaining extenuating circumstances won’t have the impact that you want without having shown significant improvement. The real benefits from being able to explain a temporary drop in grades is when you’ve overcome whatever setback you had and can prove that you are on an upward trend to colleges. </p>
<p>Were your bad grades in precal from this past year? Why would a college want to admit someone that is going above and beyond to explain a disorder that could simply continue to negatively effect you through college? And just imo, anxiety really shouldn’t have had that destructive an effect for the past several years. Are you not on any sort of medication or way to overcome this problem?</p>
<p>no, im not on any medication, but im going to see someone over the summer and im gonna start trying to overcome the problem. then, my grades senior year should be what i deserve and what i can work to achieve.</p>
<p>Most colleges you’ll likely be targeting won’t practice “holistic” evaluations where extenuating circumstances will be considered. What’s your Culm GPA and what sorts of schools are you targeting?</p>