I need brutal honesty

websensation
Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:39:52 +0000

@idigit1st I am responding because I was like you in HS long time ago. I got 99.9% in SAT but got 2.9 gpa in HS because basically I just didn’t like to study; I just quickly picked up essential issues and got through with classes and skipped half of my classes. Oh, no, I am not genius, far from it; I was just lazy and didn’t like to sit at my desk for too long, and played a lot of sports. Also, I don’t have a good memory for specific facts, although I remember broader themes very well. I think my HS changed its rule after me so one cannot graduate unless he attended at least 80% of his classes or something like that. I only do well in activities which interest me and s*ck in areas which do not interest me. Therefore, I did not do well in classes in college or beyond. But I did well after I graduated from school – in REAL BUSINESS world. So my advice to you is just apply to any colleges (including Ivy schools) which give you good financial packages and find what interests you. And then reevaluate your priorities and interests as you are nearing graduation. That’s it. Don’t make life too complicated. There are other ways to skin a cat, so to speak.

By the way, I still applied to Harvard – and got rejected. But I did get admitted to another Ivy League school and went there for almost free because my family was relatively poor compared to other students’ families. I also got accepted to a top 10 (or maybe top 5) law school with 2.9 gpa in college. Hey, gpa is just gpa. I told them I did well in courses I liked and s*cked in courses I didn’t like; but I had courage to take a variety of courses to see if I liked or didn’t like them.