<p>I left an extremely rigorous prep school in 6th grade due to bad ADD, as well as depression and what appeared to be anorexia nervosa.</p>
<p>I struggled so badly in middle school that when I entered high school, I was warned that I probably wasn’t going to make it to graduation at the rigorous high school I was going to attend.</p>
<p>Fast forward to today: I am graduating in May from the same rigorous high school that I was told not to attend. And to top it all off, I will be attending Stanford University in the fall.</p>
<p>Moral of the story? I don’t give a damn how you did in middle school. Set your eyes on the prize and go forth, and you will be rewarded.</p>