Now you maybe be wondering, what does this have to do with “What are my Chances?” Well that’s basically the reason I’m confused. I’ve never understood this concept. At school, all the kids,especially the popular kids, smoke weed, do other kinds of drugs, drink alcohol, but manage to get such amazing grades??? Or they all cheat from each other and the teachers don’t care/notice. But for me, I don’t do any of that stuff, I don’t drink, do drugs, and all that but I don’t have the best grades and I’m a good kid. But all these other kids can do bad stuff, play sports, have positions on clubs, receive good grades, be rude to their parents, teachers, and etc. At the end of the day they end up at Havard or Cornell or any other ivy. Isn’t it just unfair, like can someone please explain to be how they balance this all and be successful. Am I doing something wrong? Back to why I’m on a thread like this, it is so unfair because I do work hard in school and have a 3.2 gpa and all my CHANCES of getting into a good college vanish. I’m a good kid. But then these other kids are bad and stuff but they are maintaining a 4.0. Does this only happen where I live??? Why is this so unfair? 
They don’t do this stuff every waking moment outside the classroom.
Yes but in my school they do it on school days and every single weekend… 
Smart people make stupid choices. And your chances aren’t over, reevaluate your study habits, figure out your strengths.
These kids are not all ending up at Harvard, Cornell, or other Ivies. Very, very few people get into those schools because it takes a WHOLE lot more than straight A’s and being in some clubs and sports.
It seems like you’re channeling all your frustration over school towards your hatred of these kids and what they’re doing outside of class. Sure, drugs, drinking, and rude behavior are prevalent at every high school, even among the overachievers, but that doesn’t mean ALL the kids, including the popular and smart ones, are doing it and simultaneously being little pricks to their parents and teachers. You probably have just been seeing this kind of activity lately, making you develop the notion that it’s true on a large scale. Also, don’t forget that doing drugs and drinking alcohol doesn’t necessarily mean someone will do bad in school (it’s likely they’ll do bad, but I’ve seen many cases where that’s not true).
What’s important is that you stop worrying about what other people are doing on a large scale (whether it’s actually true or just a small situation being amplified in your head). What you do need to worry about is you. There is no massive plot to lower your grades and raise the grades of the “bad” kids. Sure, cheating exists at every high school, but it’s not likely that everyone with a 3.5 and higher is doing it.
Most of high school grades come from unit tests in class. It’s up to you to figure out why you’re not performing well on these tests and other parts of your grades. Perhaps your studying methods are not efficient and things aren’t sticking in your head? In that case, you can always look up advice on time management, removing distractions, and effectively understanding (and in some cases, memorizing) concepts to perform well in class. A famous book available on Amazon called “How to Become a Straight-A Student” covers this, which I recommend you pick up. Perhaps you’re taking high level classes you weren’t meant to take? You could talk with your teachers on how to improve in their class, attend tutorials, and in some cases, drop the class (like if you’re a science type of person who just isn’t very good at English). Perhaps you have an unhealthy amount of anxiety that’s hindering your performance? In that case, I’m not a professional, so you could talk to your parents, counselor, and if needed, a doctor about that. I know some people who have had to take “Beta Blockers” in high stress situations (look them up).
There is a way out of this, and there are ways to improve your performance. I don’t doubt you’re a good person, but don’t waste any time worrying about how unfair it is that others are doing better than you. Worry about you and what you’re doing wrong. Try to be unbiased when analyzing your study patterns (as in, don’t just cry and say I’m working hard without really taking a close look at how you’re “working hard”).
You didn’t indicate what grade you’re in, so this doesn’t mean you’re ruined forever. An upward trend in GPA is always a great thing. Good luck! I know you can improve!
So, when a kid says “all the kids” are doing something, parent radar goes off! Here is the thing: you do not actually know how much they drink or do drugs. You do not know how much they study at night or over the weekend. You just know how much you see them bragging about what they did. In real life, if they are competing in sports and keeping a 4.0, there is a limit to how much they are actually partying*.
You really can’t know about the inside of your classmates lives. Instead of looking at the tip of other people’s lives- the part they choose to show, which is all you can know- look at what you can know. and what you can control: your own life. You say in another post that you “messed up” in grade 9 and that you have health issues that impact your grades. The health issues can be addressed by your GC in your college applications, but what are you going to do to make sure that you don’t ‘mess up’ again? What are you going to do to improve your grades, and show that you are not just a ‘good’ kid, but one who has goals and ambitions and is working to make them happen?
*Unless possibly you go to a really, really terrible school which is a dumping ground for smart kids who have been thrown out of their prep schools for getting caught doing the things you list (drinking, drugs, cheating, being rude).
Again, they don’t do this stuff** every waking moment** outside the classroom.
Plus, don’t believe everything teenagers boast about.
I don’t think being a good person has anything to do with being successful. You can be good and successful, good and not successful, bad and successful, and bad and not successful.
Lots of unsuccessful people utterly lack character and honor. But, in my opinion, you don’t need those qualities to BE successful. It just makes you less of a jerk to be around.
MODERATOR’ S NOTE:
Nothing. Moved to High School Life.
There are over 2500 schools in the U.S. so you will be hard pressed to enroll in a bad one. College academic demands and college life is challenging ans simply different from high school in many ways I found that many kids consider high school the best years of their life. I find that sad, boring and even strange when some,try to relieve their high school experience in adulthood Let those you call the bad kids do their thing and you do yours. Everyone is responsible for their own education and life choices.
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To be honest they might just be smart. But agree with above writers - who cares about them. Just do you.