Im in 10th grade right now, and just finished first semester. I failed math 2 quarters, failed accounting 2nd quarter with a C+ the 1st quarter. Other then that I got b’s in english, c+'s in earth science, an A first quarter in global and A+ the second quarter, C in spanish and a B first quarter. I’m a smart kid, and know I can do well in school but in 9th grade I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety while I was living with my mom. After a series of events, I moved out and am now living with my dad and I am much happier. It took me a while to recover and snap out of my mode of self sabatoge. As time went on I did better and better in school(yes I was getting worse grades lol…a lot worse) I realized recently that I was ruining myself because of past occurrences and am now driven towards doing my best(deleted all social media, separated myself from bad association and unhealthy friends, etc…). By the time I realised it was too ate to save my 2nd quarter grades but I got A’s on all the tests I did take from that point. I am very focused on doing much better for the rest of my high school career.
I just got my 11th grade schedule and the only AP’s I have are College credit accounting, and AP psychology.
Is it possible that now that I’m actually putting effort into school, there’s any chance of me getting into a good university, like university of michigan?
Ps- im black in case that helps-only saying that because I heard being a minority student sometimes makes a difference in universities or is that only old?
Thanks for reading this long post and thanks a lot for any answers
Best of luck to you. UMich is a tough school to get in to. Just work hard, especially junior and senior year.