<p>Ok now that I got your attention I would like some advice. Yea I know it was rotten, but, it works. I really want to double major in biology and neuroscience. I know that JH is a wonderfull school, that would offer me a great chance to succeed in these fields. I must say that I am an intelligent young man. Since I was in first grade, I have been drawing and am now at the point of exceptional skill ( I am not bragging or arogant I am being honest w/ myself) I was punished as a child by having my books taken away, not, because my parents were insane, but, because of a my extreme hunger to read. By the age of 6 my school system declared that I had the reading level of a 14 year old. I was shipped of at the age of 7 to an advaced learning program with know looking back. I was doing basic algebra by age 9, got top national scores on standardized tests, etc. Then I entered middle school. That is when a lot of crap started happening in my life that I wasn't prepared for. My parents divorced, my father remaried, was divorced, and sent to jail in a matter of 9 months. etc. etc. I am sure that others have experienced worse and faired better even during these situations than I. I took a dive. I maintained my intellect and natural ability to learn extremely fast. But due to these domestic events I really lost sight of things. I earned poor grades did not take advanced classes and got into some trouble. It is not that the intelect was not there, after all I even got a 120% on a college level project in a college level class from a teacher who was known only to give out C's in her twenty years of teaching. I went on and struggled through freshmen year of High school. I had learned that my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer a week before christmas. I struggled academically, emotionally, and spiritually. I recently have made a come back earning excelent grades in my sophmore year while taking no elective courses (an all academic course load). Currently I am a Junior and things were going great for me, I am taking 3 APs 2 Honors classes, was elected the president of an orginization and the secretary of another. However, although my mother is completely recovered it is suspected now that the cancer may have spread to her brain. She is having daily migranes and I have again been struggling with school. I am a bright kid, I am a good kid who has a lot of dreams to help people. I just have really struggled emotionally through school, and because of that my grades have suffered. Currently I have around a 3.15 cumulative GPA. (I got a 2.5 freshmen year). I am getting all C's right now in my classes but I know I am capable of so much more. I am really looking to turn things around, but, I just don't know if I am emotionally stable and disciplined enough to get all A's. I recently had a coversation with my couselor about my senior year schedule. I am going to take a full 7 AP course load, and she says out of all the kids she has met over the years she thinks I am the only one that could handle it. Any advice on anything, I know I have kinda spilled my life story here, but, I kinda thought that would be better then a list of scores and interests. I would really like to attend JH and hopefully some day become a genetic scientist or neurosurgeon. I am sure many can relate, but, I would like readers to know that allthough I havnt gotten the best grades or even passed some classes it is not because I dont know the material, it is because I struggled with completion of the work. I said earlier that I learn quickly and I know all the material I have ever gone over in my classes. I realized recently that I have ADD and it wasn't caught until now. (oh great)! Is there a way that I can make this apparent in applying and do I have a (oh yes he finally spits it out) chance being accepted to JH. I would appreciate anyones advice or feedback. Thankyou for taking the time to read about me.
Nobodyknows</p>
<p>hell no i ain't reading that</p>
<p>I sorta skimmed through and managed to catch the last part -- I do feel sorry for you if the story is true. </p>
<p>Such a great struggle would be written in your essays. Your counselor would defintely mention it, and perhaps even the teachers who are writing your recommendations. </p>
<p>As a reminder -- essays should not be a place to spill your emotions like you did...focus on the positive sides, and how you overcame the difficulties.</p>
<p>Make sure you are looking at schools beyond Hopkins because they are extremely selective and poor grades are a major part of them admitting people.</p>
<p>that happened to me too. I found out my parents were divorced during my freshmen year.</p>
<p>F: 2.2
S: 4.0
S: 4.0</p>
<p>My counselor wrote in my lor about what happened so i didn't mention in it in my info.</p>