<p>I’m now going into my sophomore year at high school and I feel like the dumbest kid on the planet because the rest of my friends have gpa’s of atleast 3.9. I really want to go to a college that’s harder to get into then most because otherwise I feel like i’m not good enough! But I feel like i’m not gonna get into a decent college because of my bad gpa freshman year! I didn’t even try like at all freshman year because I was too pre-occupied with family issues and other things, and now I just want to give up because I feel like I screwed up my future in college.</p>
<p>I also received my lowest semester GPA of my life this year at 3.23 and I also received my lowest grade ever a ‘C’.</p>
<p>3.5 isn’t bad, and it’s only freshman year. Sure, it could hurt your chances at an ivy, but you’re far from screwed, and you can certainly still get into a “decent college”.</p>
<p>I know that feeling man. Learn from a rising Junior.</p>
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<li><p>Get as many Extracurricular activities as possible ( if your school has no clubs, see if you can can do volunteer or internship somewhere. I’m doing internship at my mom’s small accounting firm ( Econ+math expecting major)</p></li>
<li><p>Start studying for the SAT NOW!!! I regret not studying and now I received a score of 1810. This will help you with your PSAT and possibly ACT.
Materials that are required:
-The Collegeboard SAT prep book
-Flash cards or Gruber’s word book.
-Omega-3 (good for your head)
-Alg II/Trig textbooks… good extra practice in case you struggle with math.
-A grammar nazi friend who can also be a study Nazi
Pro-tip: check out r/GetStudying on reddit.</p></li>
<li><p>Be extremely cautious Sophmore and Junior year. Sophmore year, I caught Senioritis from being in senior heavy elective classes and ended up with a 3.05 UW gpa.</p></li>
<li><p>Read Nietzsche and aspire to godliness. </p></li>
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<p>Good luck and good fortune, Comrade! This is a Russian signing out.</p>