<p>Question: Adolescent idiocy – how do colleges view that? My 11th grade marks slipped very badly, simply because I was fool enough to ignore academics. But I honestly regret it, so how do I explain it to colleges? I was planning to write my essay on “growing up”….will it be acceptable? You can certainly […]</p>
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