If I came to you and said “I want to play Division 1 Football at Ohio State but I have only played as a non-starter on the Varsity team” would you tell me
- Go for it!
- You need to adjust your expectations…If you want to play football in college talk to your coach about what you need to do to improve but look at Div 3 schools.
Same deal with you;
You may be capable of Ivy work but right now you haven’t not shown that over the past two years.
I would tell you to:
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Start to take school seriously. Put the effort into do your best.
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Look at the ideas in this post on how to put more effort in
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/2026961-what-to-do-when-you-arent-doing-well-in-a-hs-class-p1.html -
Realize it is a false choice between “Ivy or nothing”…there are 2000 4 year colleges in the USA and there is one for you.
4)it is worth putting effort in now as a junior…you will be showing colleges that you can handle more rigorous coursework
- If you end up at your State U and you are truly better than your grades show, then you will stand out there.
6)If an Ivy is still you dream, then do undergraduate where you can and then look to an Ivy graduate school.
Mantra for the HS student:
Do not think 'Every point I get off of a homework or test is a point away from going to Harvard."
Think: “I need to do my best, and there will be a college that is right for me when I graduate.”
Do not think “If I don’t go to an Ivy League School/Top20, I am doomed forever.”
Think: “No matter where I go, I can bloom where I am planted. I can get involved and shine.”
Do not think: “My life is over…the kid in my math class is taking 20 APs and I am taking 5. I will never succeed.”
Think: “I need to challenge myself, but only to the point where I can still do well.”