High School Sophomore Grades – What do I do??

anon94785555
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 20:57:41 +0000

Lesson learned. You are not perfect. No one is. Junior year is the last full one seen by college admissions so you do your best next year. This means doing the work to learn the material and skills, not to get perfect grades. You need stress relievers and enjoyment as well as academics. HS is a time to try many things. The elite colleges will not only look at test scores and your gpa but will want to know how you rounded out your life. Perfect test scores/gpa’s are NOT guarantees of admission.

All stages in life are meant to be lived fully. Teen years are not just preparation for adulthood. Learning social skills and how to accept yourself are part of the maturing process. Experiencing many things now, even if it means not being perfect at them is much better than not trying things out of your comfort zone.

There is life outside of the tippy top/elite colleges. There will be many gifted kids at other schools to challenge you academically and be your peer group. Most top students will not go to that top school because there simply insn.t room for them all. An excellent college education can be found at many top tier schools. I mention this because you need to relax a bit about getting into colleges.

btw- you mention your “home country”. The US does not have a monopoly on good colleges. Be sure to check out options at home.