<p>Alright I'm just going to go ahead and say this. I am incredibly self conscious, and when I say incredibly I mean incredibly. The first two years of high school I did pretty poorly, scraping out B's in regents normal courses. I don't know what it was that sparked the motivation in me to do better but junior and senior year I tried my ass off, managing to get mostly all A's in honors/AP courses. I already applied to my colleges, and got accepted to Univ. Pittsburgh. I know this may sound a tad conceited, but I really wanted to go to a 'top 10' school, and realizing that this is impossible for me I just am kind of depressed. The top school I'm applying to is Wake Forest rank wise, but I really just think I could have done better if I put more effort in. I realize that the schools I'm applying to aren't bad, in fact pretty good, however I really wanted to go to a fantastic college. Does going to a decent college effect your life as a whole? I keep looking around me at all of these kids getting accepted to phenomenal schools and I can't help but think I could have been one of them, that could have been me.</p>
<p>What’s in the past is in the past. Sure, getting better grades might have made you happier, but you did what you could, and often colleges will see the progression of your academics. Unfortunately if you didn’t do well early on getting into a top ten is not a reliable option, but that doesn’t mean there is no chance. There’s nothing to be depressed about if you can’t change anything… it would just be a waste of time to wallow in pity. Enjoy your senior year knowing that you can at least go to U Pitts (A decent school nonetheless!) and hope for the best when hearing back from other colleges.</p>