I want to go to the University of South Carolina and get my undergraduate there( because I heard they got a good international business program). Then get my MBA at a top business school. But am only a freshman in high school and I got a 74 ( a solid C) in Pre -AP English, am not good with Shakespeare and I think I might get a C in Algebra, am not good at math either, and I only got A’s and B’s until this point. How much would this lower my chances of getting in? and what advice do you have for me?
P.S. sorry I’m not the best at punctuation
Study for tests. Turn all your assignments in and try to do exactly what the teacher asks you to do on those assignments, and ask for help from your instructors. For math, there are lots of online sources of help. Also try to read a lot, even if it’s just online articles. Books are preferred, but the point is to find reading material that you like, so you’ll read it.
Good for you for wanting to improve your academics. Some kids wait until it’s too late.
(speaking as a high school senior) Business schools commonly look for some kind of high-level math experience. Some of the business schools I applied for this year require or prefer Calculus by the time the applicant finishes high school, and spots for business are competitive! You want to make sure you have the math proficiency they’re looking for.
What helped me was video-studying (YouTube tutorials, Khan Academy) and working with teachers after school whenever I felt like I was struggling. Wish you the best of luck in your academic career!
P.S. Don’t think to yourself “I am bad at math.” It’s not a healthy mindset; everyone has room to grow and improve! Don’t be afraid to ask for help from teachers–they love students who take initiative 
Ninth grade is such a big jump up that colleges are used to students stumbling at this point If you can figure out how to study and prepare differently, and get your grades up you will have lots of options for college.
Fight yourself on the idea that the problem is that you are “not good” at a subject so there is nothing you can do about it. If you were an A/B student in Grade 8 you are perfectly capable of doing HS math and english- but it may take changing how you approach your work. Spoiler alert: you will have to change again when you get to college, so use this bump in the road to practice!
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Doing your part: read ahead, do your homework early, review things that don’t go well. Look at your study habits and see if you need to change them (there are tons of tips online). Be prepared for work to take longer than it did in middle school.
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Using the resources available to you.
Online: Shakespeare seems hard? Watch the Shakespeare play online- in several versions! Notice how different the various productions are. Use the abundance of online sites that explain each play. Look for the parts that are interesting to you.
At school: when you have specific questions* go to your teacher (or the Math lab if your school has one). One of the things that will make a big difference to the rest of your educational career- HS / College / Grad School - is getting over the idea that asking for help is in some way ‘bad’ or only for students who aren’t ‘smart’. Asking for help early and often not only helps you with your question of the moment, but it starts building relationships with people who may later write you letters of recommendation- and it gets you used to the idea that you are in charge of your education and your teachers / profs are your partners in that project. Every level you go up in the educational hierarchy brings you closer to being peers with your teachers. It’s why in many colleges students and profs use the same level of address (either formal or informal) and in many places, when you get a PhD you march out with the faculty, not the undergrads and masters students, because you are now peers.
*do not go in saying ‘I don’t understand anything’! that just says you want them to fix it for you. Make a serious effort at the work, get it as far as you can, and then go in and say, ‘when I get to this point I have problems’. When you get a disappointing grade go over it and figure out where you went wrong- did you know the material? did you run out of time? if you don’t understand what went wrong go see the teacher & ask for help understanding it. If you don’t understand it on the quiz, you won’t know it for the test or final.
It’s just one grade. Just study harder. Study, get the best grades you can, and for GOODNESS SAKE, stay balanced. Kids your age need to be breaking curfew more often!