<p>Sbjdorlo, thank you for all of the compliments and advice! Well the great thing about my job is that half of the time I can do my work from home so that definitely helps. I get around 1 hour of sleep during weekdays which is not great for my health but I have to keep up with my grades during the week and my volunteering during the weekends. The IB program at my school is very rigorous without having to work full time so I have to work twice as hard in order to maintain my grades or to at least end up having a mix of A’s and B’s.</p>
<p>I’m just tired everyday but I don’t think I’ll have a mental breakdown because I have learned to control my emotions under pressure ever since I began working part time Freshmen year. However, I am human and there are moments when it does become difficult to keep up with everything but I have been able to push forward. I was not aware that there was a place on college applications to explain unusual circumstances. I thought that the only way to explain unusual circumstances was through the required essays, so thank you for pointing that out sbjdorlo.</p>
<p>Does anyone else have any advice or comments? I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.</p>