I feel hopeless.

raventhemage
Fri, 26 May 2017 01:29:26 +0000

You are not screwed at all! Colleges like to see an upward trend in grades throughout high school, so if you improve in sophomore and junior year, you should be fine. Perhaps work on study skills and time management. Oftentimes, it’s not about how much time you put into it, but how focused and skillfully you’ve used the time you have. Don’t forget that extracurriculars also play a big role in college admissions, and if you are phenomenal in one or more aspects in an EC, colleges can, and will, ignore a couple Bs earned in freshmen year. I highly suggest reading “How to be a High School Superstar” by Cal Newport, which explains the relaxed approach of going through high school, and still ending up in a top school. (You can read it for free by searching “how to be a high school superstar pdf” and clicking on the first result).

Not doing very well freshmen year is okay, I can tell you are a motivated student, so as long as you strive to be your best, you should do well in the future.