Scared I will not get into college

aquapt
Fri, 08 Feb 2019 05:41:04 +0000

Your high school sounds like a pressure cooker. Where a lot of students are looking to step up the challenge when they start college, you may be due for a break in a more supportive setting. There are some colleges that specialize in supporting students with learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD, etc.

Check out Dean College in Massachusetts, for example. They offer a traditional, residential college experience but also offer a range of support services. http://www.dean.edu/learning_services.aspx Your stats are almost exactly at their median. Given what a challenging high school you’re accustomed to, you would likely be able to hit the ground running there and feel quite capable, giving you the breathing room that you haven’t had in high school, to focus on your underlying issues and strategies for being successful. Students who want to transfer are able to transition successfully to schools like UMass Amherst, while those who prefer to complete their whole degree at Dean can do that too. They have an Honors program as well, which might turn out to be the right level of challenge for you. (The Honors students went to Europe this year, including Italy.)

That’s just one idea/example, but my point is to think of yourself not as a supplicant begging colleges to take you in spite of your record, but as an education consumer looking for an experience that will meet your needs in a way that high school has not. Hang in there and know that there are options that will get you to the future you want.