So I got super like depressed and apathetic for like, a lot of November and did terribly on like 6 tests, so now all my 5 AP Classes (including art haha) are probably going to be Bs
I wanted to apply to a bunch of like, Ivies and like Johns Hopkins, UChicago, Stanford etc and I still will but should I just start packing for my safety school anyway or am I overreacting?
my grades before this were 4.2 (3.9 uw) and I have a 2360 sat. extracurriculars are ok but definitely nothing that stands out achievement-wise
I can’t even make excuses because it’s just me being terrible
Honestly, I don’t even think they take MId-Years into account until after admission decisions. Additionally, I think they would only rescind if you were too many B’s or C zone. Get at least 3 of those B’s up to A (especially Art cmon).
Doomed? If you don’t go to Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Chicago or Ivies? Really? No wonder you’re depressed. You’re drinking the college admissions ‘panic kool-aid.’ Put that class down right now and back away slowly. Then go get a copy of Frank Bruni’s book, Where You Go Is Not Who You Will Be and read it.
If you are depressed now, imagine how you are going to feel when you discover what 90% of the applicants to these schools discover, which is that they didn’t get in. Or, instead, apply to some schools where you will be a bigger fish in a smaller pond and probably a very happy fish at that.
Also consider the possibility that you backed off your studies because you’re actually not as into the idea of attending those schools as you may have thought you were. You should still try to do the best you can in your courses, but consider adjusting your sights – this may not be the pace you want in the end.
There’s more problems going on here than can be solved in a few sentences online. For starters the OP says she/he was “super like depressed and apathetic for like, a lot of November”. The OP ought to ask her parents to make an appt to see their physician to see if there is some physical cause here, and if not then a meeting with a mental health professional would be a good idea.
Second the OP has seemingly given no more thought to picking an appropriate set of colleges than to answer the question “what are some very prestigious schools?” I can’t imagine, for example, someone being equally attracted to Chicago with its well-known core curriculum and Brown equally famous for its refusal to require anything at all.
I assumed when OP said he or she was depressed and apathetic, that OP was using standard high school hyperbole. If not, OP, if you really were depressed (google symptoms of depression and do a self-check) then that is indeed serious, as mikemac has pointed out. Do not ignore it or blame yourself (“it’s just me being terrible.”) Clinical depression is something that can happen to anyone and should be taken seriously. The reoccurrence rate is high and now, while you are surrounded by your familiar support system - friends and family - is the time to address it. Do not wait until you are far from home in college and it happens again.
Thanks everyone for the concern, I wasn’t trying to bring my mental health issues onto a cc thread, sorry. I guess there’s a poor wording issue here with like “doomed” I meant in terms of the colleges I’d chosen, and I guess 1:30 AM panic was speaking a little. (ALSO IM not applying to every ivy I was just trying to quickly describe how selective a lot of the schools I’m applying to are and I have a lovely safety and another not-quite-safety that I’m pretty excited about)
I just wanted to know how much/how my ~selective~ college prospects would be hurt.
god that title reads like college-confidential clickbait i’m so sorry
With a 2360 SAT (are you human?!) I would consider you an amazing applicant for many, many schools. Also, you’re clearly challenging yourself with lots of AP classes, and keep in mind that a B is not a D. These Ivy schools can be unpredictable; I always remind myself that SOMEBODY has to be accepted, so why not apply? I agree with others that working hard to get the grades back up would be a good idea, but don’t feel too badly, and don’t kill yourself studying. You’ve done very well. You should be proud.