<p>I’m a sophomore with around a 3.6 GPA UW. Now without the semester where my counselor said he’d write a a note about my health problems, I’m at around 3.8. But I really would like to get a 4.0 in following semesters, mostly due to an unhealthy tying of my self-esteem to my grades. I do try, and I consider myself smart, but I just can’t seem to get straight As. For instance, i just took a poetry test and got a D-. But I studied really hard. Most people did very poorly but thats no excuse. I keep my binders organized, always write down and do my homework, I really don’t know what more I can do to get straight As.</p>