I took my first college English course this summer and received a C. My mom forced me to take this class even after I told her I wasn’t ready or prepared; we haven’t had a solid English teacher since 8th grade and I’m going to the 11th. I felt stressed taking high school classes so I knew college wouldn’t be any better on me. I’m super disappointed about this grade. Will this destroy my future I really don’t want a mistake I made at 15 to define the rest of my life.
You are perfectly fine, you got a C in a college level English course as a high schooler. Even the ivies would probably look over that.