Hi Everyone,
I would really appreciate some advice. I’m a high school senior, and for my entire life I have spazzed out about being great so that I can get into a competitive college. I’ve never gotten a B in my life. This semester though, I’m taking 7 IB classes and one college class.
Now, I’m feeling completely burned out, I have B’s in all my classes, filling out college applications has made me realize that my extra curriculars are actually quite mediocre, and I’m just tired of school. I give up hanging out with my friends to study more, but now I realize that actually it takes me twice as long to do an assignment because my mind starts to wander. I know the whole “get out, get some exercise” “hang out with your friends more”, but I tried that last week and ended up bombing two exams. I don’t even care about going to a competitive university anymore (even though obviously I do because I’m writing this for help), but I just feel like everything that I’m doing doesn’t even matter.
I’ve talked to some people who graduated from my school, and they all say that they spend SO much less time studying in college than they did in high school. I know I’m going to hate myself if I get a ton of Bs this semester, but I just can’t seem to muster the motivation I had before. Any thoughts?
Are you in any ECs? If you are, it might help to stop some of them for a while. Are you making sure that you are getting enough sleep? If you are not, make sure that you get at least six hours as that is a way of minimizing burnout. Is it too late to change your course load? If it isn’t, talk to your GC. If it is, I would suggest dropping some ECs until a time you feel better, that way you have more time to study. If studying alone is harder, try studying with your friends again.
Just my two cents. 
This happened to me sophomore year. First of all, you have to let it happen. Let yourself get all those B’s. It’ll get a shock to your system. Don’t fight, because the results may not equal the effort you put in. Second of all, go on and rebuild yourself. This may not be a perfect reflection of who you were before, but when a mirror breaks and is put back together, remember you can still see the cracks. And lastly, I advise you to learn from your mistakes. Do whatever you have to do. Good luck.