<p>Hello.
I’m sorry if this question is very obvious. Thank you for your time in advance.
I am currently battling a mental illness and my grades are far, far, far, below my capabilities. By the time college rolls around, I should be on my feet again, but I can get into Rutgers at most.
I understand that it is a relatively good school and that college is what you make of it. I don’t want to make excuses, but if it wasn’t for this albatross around my neck, I’d be heading to goodness knows where. I am slowly recovering my mental capacity, and I will be fully healed in time. Because of this, I wish to go to a fantastic college.
I am prepared to work (or rather, I will be). I am prepared to study. I am prepared to go the distance. How can one transfer from an OK school to a brilliant one? I would love to be able to go to UPenn, but the more I dream, the less I work. So for now, I barely dream.
I am sorry to take up your time.
Nifler.</p>
<p>Just be yourself. Learn for your joy of learning, treat others the way you’d like to be treated, and do what you enjoy doing.</p>
<p>If you follow these three modes of lifetime, your GPA, recs, EC’s, etc. will shine so that prestigious universities will be happy to take you.</p>
<p>Also, I wouldn’t call such mid schools “mediocre.” Thousands of students love these schools and wouldn’t give them up for any other college. These colleges are doing their best to improve and be the best they can be, and you can do it too.</p>