<p>I know, I feel so overwhelmed. I have so much work to do. My grades are not stellar, SAT scores are low. So many people tell me I’m not going to make it. People at school, friends, and even my parents….There’s no one that believes I’ll actually make it. Its’ not like I don’t ask for help. I ask all my friends if they will run with me, they either live too far or don’t want to. I even volunteered to go to their neighborhood so they could run with me; it’s only like a 45 min train ride. But no, I even asked many physical education teachers at my school, but no, they don’t get paid to do that kind of stuff. I can’t do this alone. I can’t give up. I feel so isolated among my honors and AP class friends. They wonder why I’m not competing to go to Columbia or NYU. I have to fight to get their attention while doing a lab in AP chemistry. I have to fight to try to get their attention, fight to include me part in the discussion, fight understand what they do so easily. Most times, I’m sitting in the classroom and I feel like the most ignorant person there. I won’t give up though, I can’t and I won’t. I can do better than my peers, even though they probably cheated to get where they are. I don’t want to go anywhere but the academy, any of the three service academies would be awesome. I have to go back to studying. Thanks for the support.</p>