no idea what to do (somewhat of a rant)

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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hey everyone, as you can tell i am new to CC-- i’ve been on this website for a couple of years and decided to make an account!

I’ve seen many successful people across this website and am wondering if someone can help me, or give me some advice with what to do.

A little background of me:

Right now, I am a sophomore in high school taking AP Biology, all honors, and accelerated level geometry. This year has been a complete mess- my grades hit an all time low (I ended with an 80 grade point avg.)(NOTE: my school has the worst grade inflation) and am struggling to get As in my classes.

I am a very hard-worker, as I study around a minimum of 5 hours a day. Some of my classes however make me feel like a complete failure- chemistry. I study so much for this class and get Fs and Ds on most tests, while everyone in the class say it’s the easiest class they are taking and make fun of people who do poorly on tests.

I made my class schedule for next year, and due to my grades being low, I was not able to pick some classes I would like to take (AP Physics). My GC is incompetent (this is her first year as a GC)

I either want to go to medical school or be a pharmacologist or work somewhere else in the medical field. My grades are average, I have no ECs, and just want to do better because I know I can. I feel like my schedule for next year is pointless for where I want to end up in college.

Also, I want to study abroad in South Korea senior year (I am learning Korean at a relatively fast pace, and want to go to school there). Yes, I do know that education in Korea is VERY tough, and I, as well as my parents, know I can handle it (I have talked about it with my parents for over 4 months now, and my school does know I want to go and are looking into programs). I already know many of you are going to ask why I want to go lmao.

tl;dr- I am struggling to get As and Bs in my classes with a difficult schedule, I study a lot to get mediocre grades, I am learning 2 languages, and plan on going to south korea senior year, and have a terrible junior year schedule.

Sorry if this post is all over the place-- I am living on almost no sleep right now heh.

Thank you if you read all of this, I just needed to get something off my chest.

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Also I’m taking the SATs in June, AP Exam in May, and the SAT Biology Subject Test in May.

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You may want to sit down with your college counselor at academic advisor and look at your schedule and performance. If you are getting mediocre grades in honors and AP classes, perhaps you should take a less rigorous schedule which may allow you to get higher grades and feel better about yourself.
Confused about your grade inflation comment. Grade inflation would mean that teachers hand out a lot of high grades for not a lot of work. Grade deflation is when A’s are hard to come by.

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@wisteria100 ah im sorry i did mean grade deflation- the lack of sleep is showing haha. I’m going into guidance next week with my parents to discuss my schedule next year, I am by no means, in desperation to leave honors and AP classes. I want to thank you for your advice, but I don’t see that taking the easier route would make me feel better in the end. Thanks again!

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Could you get tutoring for your most difficult classes? If you are studying five hours per day and making low grades I’m wondering if you are spinning your wheels, either not understanding the concepts or studying inefficiently. Maybe a tutor could help you streamline the process. Or are you (like so many people these days) multi-tasking and distracting yourself while you study…getting/answering texts and other social media/watching TV/listening to music while you study? It can really derail your thought processes, if that’s part of the issue.

Another possibility is to look into whether you might have ADD or another condition impairing your ability to focus?

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@inthegarden I do have OCD, but it doesn’t disrupt my study habits too much. I think I could’ve done better 1st semester if I hadn’t burnt out before winter break-- that really threw everything off.