Private HS - Rough Start

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<p>Hey, i’m Ben and im new to the forum</p>

<p>I started two months ago at a day prep school in the Boston area coming from a public middle school. Midterm grades just came out (don’t count for anything - progress report) and i’m getting a D in Math and a C+ in English. All of my other courses I am getting a B + one course where I am getting an A-. I was basically a straight A student at my middle school before I came here. I am a football player and most nights after practice (coming home at around 7:30) - I have 0% motivation to study. Most days I am using all my free blocks and study halls trying to catch up on homework before it is due in class the day I am working on it. I don’t have much of a social life because I am always in the library studying. Most of the other guys I know are already hanging out and meeting girls. My advisor tells me I need to pull my Math and English grades up and I am trying SO HARD. I am seeing my math teacher and saw him four times before the last quiz where I STILL ENDED UP WITH A C! I studied so hard for that quiz and when I got it, some of it looked like an alien language to me. In math, the pace is going so fast and I can hardly keep up. Some of the other public school kids can follow along easily. I really just came here to vent because I am really stressed out right now. </p>

<p>Thanks for listening. </p>

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<pre><code>Wow, sorry about your situation dude. We here at college confidential however, are here to save you. However, you have to provide answers to some critical questions.Have you had a heart to heart talk with your advisor or teacher?What math are you taking, and what topics are you struggling in?

You might want to find the topic on khanacademy.org. This guy, sal khan, has created educational videos in math from basic addition to vector calculus, to biology, chemistry, physics, social science, and more. He is absolutely amazing at explaining difficult concepts, or helping struggling students, I’ve heard the testimonials.
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<p><a href=“https://www.khanacademy.org/”>https://www.khanacademy.org/&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>Look up the math playlist, the math you’re in, topic, etc. Or just search it up on youtube, and find the first relevant khan academy video. </p>

<p>It also seems that you are stressed out a bit from your schedule. Take a day to just relax and clear your thoughts. Everybody needs a break and a chance to rest. I was a lot like you as a freshman socially. However, your social life will improve drastically over time, it’s just one of those things that will happen as you grow and mature. </p>

<p>And if you want to meet girls, I recommend you check out this youtube channel</p>

<p><a href=“Kong Pham - YouTube”>https://www.youtube.com/user/SimplePickup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Check out some of their older videos. These three guys pick up girls with crazy challenges (barney stinson pickup lines, picking up girls as batman… ) and give advice on how to approach and talk to girls. They shattered every misconception I had about girls, and because of them, I’ve sniped 3 girls numbers, and if I can do it, so can you :wink: (look up “how to approach a girl” by them). </p>

<p>Hope that helps, every struggles sometimes, you’ll be fine. </p>