<p>Okay so in high school I wasn't the best student, but I wasn't the worst. I took mostly honors classes and I averaged probably about a B or B- throughout in my honors and APs. The second half of junior though, my grades plummeted. My averages at the end of the year were 2 Ds 2 Cs and a B. The truth is yeah I was dealing with some personal issues at the time. I'm not saying this all happened because of one reason, and I take full responsibility and regret letting my grades fall, but still school wasn't really one of my biggest concerns for a couple months. I can't pinpoint one reason, but I was overwhelmed with personal matters that I have trouble articulating. Not really family or death or anything, but everyday felt like I was just stressed and struggling to get through it. I was missing a couple assignments here and there, and then it suddenly snowballed into what felt like an insurmountable obstacle. I didn't care about myself, my grades, or my life. I couldn't sleep. I felt like shit. I would try to get back, but I felt trapped. I felt like a piece of shit so it just conveyed into me being an ass to my teachers and family. My guidance counselors and teachers reached out to me, but I was reluctant to say anything. I was lost as hell. Thinking back it was so stupid. I can't remember how it started or why I couldn't end it, but I just remember being miserable and numb to what was going on. I was still laughing around with friends, but I just couldn't get my school shit together. At night I just thought about how badly I was fucking up everything, but I couldn't do anything about it.</p>
<p>Anyways, that summer I really just got serious about my work. I was tired of feeling sorry for myself, and I just needed a change. Senior year I've been banging out A's in my APs and I'm looking at a 2000 SAT score. My big question is, will colleges deny me on the fact that my junior year grades were so bad out of the blue? Overall I have a 3.0 GPA uw because of that year, and so I'm not looking at any ivys obviously. But if my numbers match up with colleges, will the junior year grades be a red flag that the admissions people will be turned off by? </p>
<p>I was thinking about explaining it in my common app essay, but I already have a decent write up of a classic failure story that I "learned a valuable lesson from" you know cheesy stuff. Also, I just don't know how to say what happened eloquently...just a couple months where I wasn't at my best. Help me out, what do you think?</p>