Honest answers

prospect_15
Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:52:26 +0000

Hey guys,

I forgot to mention this but my failures, thus far, have been mainly attributed to my father being mentally and emotionally absent in my life . Since the eighth grade he has been in and out of mental institutions and has been diagnosed with a severe mental disorder that forces him to become extremely bipolar and constantly irritated. Every other day there is some type of fight in the household between my mom and dad. I understand that many people have had to endure the suffering of their mom/and or dad being taken from this world but after a year or two and after the grieving is over, so is the melancholy mood. In my situation, my father mentally brings the entire family down with his comments and statements towards the family. After every fight he blames all of us for his illness and wishes that he’d be dead at times so he’d be away from us . Mentally, that takes a significant hit on all of us. On multiple occasions he’s made me walk miles and miles back home from school because he felt as if I was not deserving for a ride. I’ve lost a plethora of relationships because of him and his behavior. The love between myself and my father and my mother and my father is completely lost. To be honest, having him around physically is worse mentally, than having him around at all…

The point of this was not for sympathy or empathy but to inquire if colleges actually do read essays and if this counts as somewhat justification for my 3.9 W and 3.0 UW GPA which I know is pathetic but I swear I am capable of much better. I am heading into my junior year and do plan to take 5 AP classes and get A’s in every class for both semesters but can you guys please tell me what my gpa would look like by the end of the year if I get all A’s on all 5 of the AP’s im taking this year for both semesters, also, please LIST good colleges that are known for meticulously reading their applicants essay and tend to give the benefit of the doubt because I really need it, it has been really tough this past 4-5 years