<p>So let me get this straight: you have serious learning problems, and a history of sleep disorders and executive function difficulties which you have to harangue your parents about before they will pay for testing, diagnosis, and treatment. And they are worried about your GPA!!!</p>
<p>Geesh - they sound like quite a piece of work. </p>
<p>Reality check: 40% of the Swarthmore student body (likely 90% of whom were in the top 10% of their high school graduating class) end up with GPAs of 3.2 or below. AND they get a great education despite - and in some cases BECAUSE of - the low GPA (they challenged themselves with the most difficult courses.) Swarthmore has the same degree of grade inflation as virtually everywhere else among the prestige schools, and I doubt that will make a wit of difference one way or another.</p>
<p>What would be the great earthshaking tragedy if you didn’t go to graduate school, or didn’t go to graduate school immediately upon graduating? Meanwhile, they don’t like you reading articles on the Internet (precisely what you’ll do at Swarthmore, and what you’ll do even more of in graduate school).</p>
<p>There are really BIG trust issues here, and I hope you can get the professional help you (and especially your parents) need.</p>