<p>I'm applying to Ualbany/oneonta and I'm having trouble with my essay topic. I wrote one basically discussings how I had C's freshman year, but once I got to my junior year and realized that I needed to kick butt in order to get into a good school, I managed to get mainly A's, even though my junior year was most difficult academically and emotionally (my parents split up, my grandpa was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and passed away shortly after), I was able to persivere and reach my goals of maintaining good grades and doing well on the SATs. </p>
<p>Is that something that would be good to write about? I dont want it to sound
like a sob story, nor do I want to be too common</p>
<p>nah man, im writing about my failure as a junior (my GPA went from a 3.5 to a 3.2 in one year even with two APs...it was that bad haha) because i was unhappy with life and myself in general...then senior year, i decided to take classes i wanted to and knew i needed to kick life into gear (5 APs too)...i just used it as a learning experience, and i explained that</p>
<p>only, i really did, and i pulled a 4.2 senior year and raised my GPA .4...so, make sure you have proof to back it up haha
colleges will like to hear that you know you make mistakes and try to have drive in life to fix those mistakes...that way when you get to college and bomb a course, you wont drop out or fail again</p>