Hi, I’m a junior in high school. I’ve been getting A’s and the occasion B my entire school career until this year. I was sick a lot towards the middle and second half of the year, so I was absent a lot. I began to stay home to try to catch up, but the school work kept building up. I made some stupid decisions and stayed home, refusing to go to school. I think the anxiety got to me and I was sort of depressed about the whole thing. I felt like I failed and screwed up any chances to go to any sort of good college.
Anyway, my school let me do homebound instruction to finish out the remainder of the year. I didn’t really care at that point so that’s what I’ve done. My question now is what should I do to fix my GPA and actually have a chance with colleges? What should I do over the summer? I thought about doing some classes at local community colleges over the summer, but I’ve missed the deadline for them. Any advice about the whole matter would be really appreciated.
Also, I am still taking challenging classes this year, Ap lit, ap us gov, ap physics c, and ap calc BC. Does that help with my chances? I’m doing fairly well in my classes this time around
I would have your GC explain in their recommendation letter about your health issues and how they affected your grades and also that your health issues have resolved.
I would put all my effort into my classes (forget clubs, etc) and make sure I had good first quarter/semester grades and share those with your colleges. That will show them you can excel in college level work.