I’m currently a junior in high school, class of 2017. And I don’t want to make this rant or anything, but just a little explanation of some sort about why I’ve been so depressed about college lately.
It’s kind of hard to explain but it’s an issue I’d like some help with.
I’ve been super down lately, mainly because it’s junior year and I’ve had so much work and extra pressure to go to a good school and get a good job. But the thing is, I’m an Asian American student with mediocre grades. When I was younger I was diagnosed with ADHD and I found it harder to learn. As a result I’ve gotten a meager 3.5 unweighted GPA but still I loaded myself with AP courses and got a 3.8 weighted.
However, I live in California and I don’t plan on going out of state for college. I have such a specific mindset for the colleges I want to attend and lately I feel like my stats have been nothing but underwhelming to get in anywhere.
It’s been really depressing and I think it’s been affecting me a lot. Granted, I do a lot of extracurriculars and I have decent test scores, but I feel like I’m not really getting anywhere that I want to go. I don’t believe I’m on the right track for college, yet I really want to attend college.
I feel like I might simply apply to all the UC’s and CSU’s; I really doubt I would make the ones of my choice, but I honestly am at the point in my life where I feel like all of this defines me. I don’t know what to do. I go to a really competitive high school and I feel really stupid in my class…and the ADHD kind of just exacerbates the entire situation. I am so paranoid I won’t make the school of my choice that I think it’s affecting me personally.
What do I do?
Talk to your GC or a therapist.
Maybe you could get some tutoring after school or from somebody who knows he material well that can help you. And maybe you should get some special help for your ADHD maybe even a doctor. And honestly all you can do with the college problem is seriously just apply. You can worry all you want but if you never apply you’ll never truly know if you could have gotten in. And when your applying pour your heart and soul into your application and show admissions who you truly are and hell maybe even tell them. But please don’t be too afraid to apply to your dream colleges.