Video: If I Have Bad Grades, Can I Still Go to College? 

Honestly all I needed was to hear that I can do it from someone who didn't birth me.

As a whole person who suffers from severe depression, and low self esteem. Hearing you talk about how we can do it, really helps. Thank you.

“he gotta c in geometry” bruh i’m over here think Ds are acceptable lmao

Graduated HS with a 1.5 GPA because i didn't apply myself and i never would have thought about going to college. But now 7 years later i found a passion in physics and astronomy. (I know, how do I understand physics if I couldn't pass HS math? Because i fell for it.) I want to further my education. Which i know i will have to take community college course prior to transferring to a 4 year university. But i cannot even get accepted to those. I feel defeated and depressed. For the first time in my life I know what I want to do. But my HS mistakes are keeping me from my goals. If you are in high school and you have time to turn yourself around. I advise you to. There is nothing i regret more then not applying myself in high school.

Life is about school boring life. I really want to have fun in life

I'm just gonna stick to being stressed and depressed because it's easier

I did horribly sophomore and freshman year because covid jacked my mental health up. Junior year is a huge struggle now because while everyone has been studying and doing this for the past two years, i am behind and on square. But i don't believe im dumb. I believe i can do better, i will be better. Dont give up guys, giving yo only makes you struggle harder with motivation

There are no chances of me getting into college my grades were so bad im a Jr now my 9th and 10th grade grades are ds and fs

Thank you for this. I cannot stop worrying about getting into college. This helped make me feel a bit better. Just finished my junior year of high school.

My GPA is 2.60 let's goo

Yeah, for all of you who are in high school, study hard and don't waste your time like I did. I got horrible grades in high school (like absolute trash grades) and I got rejected by every single university I applied to (even my backup uni). Now I just take care of my grandfather for a living and once he passes I'm probably going to be a beggar or something. Unless you want to end up as a failure, just work hard and you'll have a bright future.

Hello,I'm a junior and I did REALLY bad in 9th grade and 10th grade.9th grade I failed 5/7 classes 10th grade I failed 3/7. I had 2 years of depression I'm picking my self up and I'm focusing better I'm passing all my classes.I would like to know if I can at least go to a community college then transfer to a college (probably not)

I have C's and I'm a freshman but I usaully have lots A's and B's but my dad keeps telling me I won't get a scholarship with B's or C's! Is this true?

I wish there were more people like you. I know this video is 5 years old, but hear someone strong advice and encourage others to work hard, is something a lot of people can’t do. I’m a freshman in college and although I’m doing well, I wish I had gotten advice like this in high school. I hope you continue to do what you do 👍

What if u had Ds & Fs but, got all your credits & graduated??

im 21, ive been out of highschool for awhile but i did really bad in highschool due to my issues with depression and anxiety. In the last few years, though, I've been studying on my own and learning as much as possible because ive learned to love learning. I'm mainly studying astrophysics and i want to go to college and major in astrophysics. Do you think i would still qualify despite my very bad history in school?

I don’t know what to do. I do feel doomed. My entire school life consisted of being very mentally ill, I had only gotten away from an incredibly abusive parent at 15. Instead of studying and working hard, I was making suicide plans and attempting. I had all Fs by the time I was a freshmen.. and ended up dropping out as a freshman, with a GED. It wasn’t laziness, it wasn’t not taking it seriously, it was real life beating me down and school being in the background, after all I viewed my life as worthless and over by age 12. And now.. at 20 years old, I want to go to college. I want a second chance at education, now that I’m far away from my horrible upbringing. But I don’t know where to start, I live paycheck to paycheck and I feel like I’ll never succeed. Still battling mental health issues that I never got mental help for as a teen.

College is lowkey overrated I had a cousin who got through high school with Ds and didn’t get into college He now has a successful small business and Is making about $450k/year at 27

In 7th grade I got a C in algebra 1 I was terrified that I was gonna not be able to get to college thanks to you I did better next year when I took a bit of geometry I even got an A 👍

Thank you bro this means a lot because I would always have F’s, D’s and C’s and I’m still worried if I’m just gonna do worse than I already am! I’m still scared bro! 😰😰😞 I’ve always wanted to be a RU-vidr and just have a good life but these grades are really scaring me of living on the side of the road! I don’t want that to happen! 😭😖😖😞😞😞😰

I also have similar Anxiety on getting bad grades, except sometimes when I have these panic attacks, I extended to hide my grades like nothing ever happened or I simply fell like I hate myself, or I get Angry, very angry that I might not get to college, but then I became a geek and made a study that no matter what grades you get, you still have the right to go to college or get a job, if they kick you out for not big issues of bad grades then that's just stupid, but if they give you the job that you can handle then no need for this stress!

Thank you for this. This has helped push me.

i am honestly terrified, i'm a senior in high school and as a freshman and sophomore in high school i did terrible and i know that, but as a junior and senior i'm trying so much harder. i'm scared i won't be able to get into college now, because my cumulative GPA is 2.7, i'm taking college classes a senior now, so hopefully that will help. i am just very stressed.

I’m a junior with a 3.3 GPA rn I did great my freshman and sophomore year but Covid honestly screwed me up. I developed a high grade of depression and stopped caring about failing in my most important year in highschool. I am beyond scared about applying to college with my grades the way they are I mean they aren’t all F’s but they damn sure not all A’s and B’s either. If I could go and redo this school year I would because I know I can do the work but my motivation level is at a -13 at this point😪

its been almost 5 weeks since I've heard from the college I applied to I've passed my placement exams but my high school grades were pretty low I got mostly D's, 1 C, and 1 E, and its kinda freaking me out I just feel like I ruined my life and should've taken my exams more seriously

thank you so much, I am in 10th grade and in 9th grade i did well with 3.5 or above but this year in 10th I have like 2.5 or above and it freaked me out. This year has been so tiring and stressful i kind of neglected my grades and now I have a load of bs and cs. This made me less worried thank you

I flunked out of my s**thole of a high school after failing every course under the sun in my waste of a senior year. Admittedly, I was burned out and I just didn't care anymore. After I got my GED, I was blessed to graduate from college and law school. Failing trigonometry twice and physics once in high school didn't matter when I was blessed to score an A in Federal Income Tax in college and again in law school. Take heart, high school does not determine your life's journey. I'm living proof.

My parents didn't give a fuck about me in highschool, I had sever mental health issues back then. All I wanted to do is play some games to drown out my parents drunkenly yelling at eachother. Please if any of you have a shitty homelife that's stopping your from excelling at school, tell your teachers and let them help you. I was always a great student, until I wasn't

Your video really helped me. I'm about to fail a couple quizzes but, at least I still have a future.

I Mean i do work hard everyday (at school) and try my hardest, but it concerns me that a C is an issue with good colleges, but i just can't help it.

I’m dyslexic and receive no help or support from any of my teachers and struggle so much in tests. I failed algebra and I’m a senior in HS I’m so worried, I’m not a traditionally “bad” student. I hope four year colleges understand

Both semesters of freshman year I had a 3.7 I have finals for my first semester of sophomore year and I have a C in honors chemistry and a B in my first AP class and it has stressed me out so badly I think I’m going to drop down into regular chem but I feel like this semester has recked my GPA

What if you get decent grades but have been put in lower level classes. I struggle with math so I will be just going to Algebra in my junior year and Geometry in my senior year. Although I am pretty good at comm/language. Will lower level classes in a certain subject hurt me even though I got decent grades in them?

I got a 3.3 weighted GPA and I'm a senior. So uh, how about that huh.

i literally as of right now have a 1.3 GPA. and i’m a junior. kinda discouraging seeing people freak out about their higher GPA’s. but then again i have a lot of legal and excusable reasons why i was not in school a lot. i know what i want to do with my life, it’s just..who’s gonna give me a chance?

IF U SEE THIS COMMENT. GO STUDY RIGHT NOW EVEN IF IT'S SUMMER.

I am I freshman with mixed A’s B’s and C’s. I think 9th grade is very hard but everyone keeps saying it gets way worse. I am very nervous because I am barely surviving right now, I can’t imagine later...

My name is david and it felt like he was talkin to me

I'm a tradie, if you feel like you don't belong in College kids than don't be afraid to take another path. I've been a plumber for over 20 years and i don't think I've ever made under $100,000 since the year 2008.

I ended my freshman and sophomore year with a 4.0. I just finished junior year with 2 D's, an F, and 3 B's. Also some A's. I'm really worried that colleges will see that my grades went downhill and not accept me. Is there anything I can do? I'm applying this fall.

I have all A’s get I want to get assured that if I slip up I can go into my dream college.

I did really bad freshman year but I picked myself up sophomore year and I'm planning on working even harder in the future. Do I still have a chance in getting into my dream school NYU?

I have hope.

Albert Einstein quote. "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."

Am I the only young one watching this because I got 4 careless mistakes in my math workbook today?

Recognising that all you need to do is study harder to get good grades is a problem I wish I had. 😔

Hey I’m a freshman in high school and I have 1 A, 2 B’s, and 2 c’s, one of those c’s being in a honors course. Do you think I still have a chance at admission into a decent school?

I've messed up my college when I was 18 , I failed some of my grades but the main reason is my parents can't afford my tuition fee anymore. I have to sacrificed because I still had siblings that were also studying. I had worked after those years and now I'm 31 and wanting to go back to college but I'm a bit worried since I have full time work and with kids. I really wanted to earn a degree now.

There are some kids who simply should not go to college. Trade schools or some on the job training would better suited to them. I hate saying it that way because it perpetuates the idea that only unintelligent people go into the trades which just isn't true. Then there are the kids who have no clue what they will study. This group often racks up debt after changing majors 3 times and been in college for 6 years ... Yikes. Then there's people like me who barely skidded by high school with a 2.3 GPA. I had minimal interest in academics and my ADD wasn't helping either. I managed to turn my act around in community college and went to a state university to get a degree in biomedical engineering. Bottom line please don't push kids into college if they are not ready, don't want to, or simply lack the aptitude.

I failed almost all of my classes in 9th grade (I'm a junior now(kinda...) I did some over in summer school but when I got to my sophomore year I was still classified as a 9th grader. (I was missing 1/2 a credit) I ending up failing 4 classes again sophomore year. Now in junior year I have As and Bs and I'm doing so much better. However I'm still classified as a 10th grader. My question is if I do more online classes​ for make up and continue with my current grades do I have a chance at a 4 year University. I live in Georgia if that means anything. I really need someone's help so that I can implement a plan for myself

I wish I saw this video I have depression from grades and things that stress me out damn

So, I'm 17 almost 18. I'm a senior in highschool. Last year during my junior year I decided that I need to change my life. Before, I didn't really try in school and I didn't know what I wanted to do. But now I've decided that I'm super interested in Astrophysics and I want to go to a college that will provide me with an PhD in that field. My GPA really sucks and I didn't really know how important it was. I was thinking about Michigan State for college and the Average GPA required there is about 3.5 - 3.7. I currently do not have a GPA that high. I'm kind of scared for my future, I have a lot planned and I don't know If it will work out. I NEED TO CHANGE MY LIFE, BUT I'm having trouble finding motivation due to home related issues. I want to do something with my life and not just waste it. school just started and I need to raise my grades and so far I'm doing good. But with a sh*tty GPA do you people think its possible to raise my GPA decently in order to qualify for a somewhat DECENT college?? and does joining the military boost your chances in joining a DECENT college???

What are the cons of going to a community college and why are schools like Harvard considered better.

Colleges and universities today require student tuitions to stay in business and compete to get them. As a baby boomer that wasn't the case when I was young. Just due to our large population it was fiercely competitive to be granted entry to any university. When I graduated high school an A grade was required for entry. As a result I was never able to attend a university and settled on a community college instead. It work out however and I landed a life long career in tech support for a public school system. Probably better than I would have with a liberal arts degree.

I'm in 8th grade and my GPA was a 3.78 yesterday and my grade dropped today to a 3.21...I really do feel bad

What if you get bad grades in middle school?

I’m a sophomore in high school and I’m not a bad student but I’m in the coronavirus pandemic and last year I didn’t get any F’s and my lowest was a D in biology, I had and still have a 3.15 GPA but this year I am failing Geometry, I have an F in the class and I’m just scared, my parents are strict but it’s hard to focus, my parents are going through divorce and my dad and I don’t have a good relationship, listening to you talk helps a lot. This was really just to rant but thank you.

I have bad grades because homework is hard but I am a awesome student. I should have A+ on all classes if homework didn't exist

Omg this helped me so much, especially through quarantine, thank you

I hate how I’m 6 months into my senior year of high school and I’m just now realizing the importance of good grades. I have a 2.0 and a 17 ACT score, not even sure if I will get into a college. The sad part is I got a 2.0 by never once actually putting forth effort. Never once studied at home, never asked questions. I just wish I could restart my life, and hang with the right people, study hard and try in school. Now I’m depressed and don’t see a desire to live. My only hope for freedom is starting an online business

I recently failed a semester of sophomore year and what could I do to earn back credits? I was thinking summer school and extra work, to maybe try and fix my shit. For the most part, I’ve been feeling like it’s been the end of the world everyday for it

crazy how the grading system allows for C's and below but the "good" colleges only want A average students.

Look i hardly passed my igcse’s but got into college in 11th grade because of my passion so anyone who knows what they wanna do u got this!

Remember guys things cant jusg magically happen u actually have to out in a little bit of work. It may be a little bit of work to do and and yes you get lazy because i get lazy too but an uh thing is possible yo. I got friend never would ik thought graduate but look at them walking through the stage gives me hope but still the point is u gata work to see the progress u want. Goodluck. #ClassOf2020

im 11 so i don't think i should start panic.....i get A's and B's

Currently attending a community college i killed it the first year had a 3.0 but the second year i failed so many classes i just couldnt focus and learn the material. My gpa dropped to a 2.1 i hope im able to recover and transfer successfully to a 4yr school.

I got a lot of good grades but covid really ruined that for me. I'm in senior year and I'm worried that I won't be able to go to uni. I really want to become an environmental scientist. I hope I still have time to raise my GPA

Well, I’m starting 11th grade soon this coming February, where I start sitting exams, which I know is going to be difficult and stressful for me. For the past few years, I’ve been failing most of my test and not handing in my assignments on time, most of my teachers don’t like me much and thinks I don’t take things seriously. This is the reason why I’m am watching this video because I don’t know what’s going to happen to me within 2 or 3 years time. I really need some advice and guidance. What should I do to improve my educational skills? I’m actually scared that I’ll end up being a disappointment and an embarrassment to my family, which I don’t want that to happen. I’m pretty behind in most of my subjects.

What if I had a 4.0 in freshman year, a 3.8 in sophomore, a 3.6 in junior and then my grades fell in senior year? I am in the International Baccalaureate program by the way.

I'm in middle school I making good grades and then I starting failing one class so somehow I'm here depressed 🙄 Gosh I'm sad

Im currently in middle school and I am worried that I won't be able to go to college, in 7th grade I was slacking off in all my quarters I got some D and F and my GPA is pretty bad. I also want to mention that a buddy of mine is also worried he won't be able to go to college, he has been in a bunch of negative activities and is panicking.

I never had a interest in College, until the last couple of months. I am currently a senior in high school in Southern California. The reason why I never had an interest in college is that I have ran many successful businesses over my High school years. My most profitable business a Amazon reseller business that would of made me 150k year full time, needed to get shut (my decision) due to some huge over night rule changes. I had other businesses at the time and still do. From that point on I started researching U.S. coin collecting and history related with it. It was a hobby of mine in middle school, collecting mostly. Well now I have learned how to turn into a profitable eBay business, that I just started. I have been doing some extensive research on the hobby in terms of history in the last few months. I have learned a ton, and now have landed with some important connections due to a huge database project I am doing that will benefit the coin community. I am currently in the process of digitizing every coin news paper article, magazine, books, and advertising supplements regarding Lincoln cents, and error coins released in the last 110 years. This project has landed me in contact with some higher up people in the coin community. I am talking about people with masters degrees and published authors. I bumped into a guy last night. I told him my whole story. He used to be an admissions officer at the University Virginia. He got his BA at Cambridge and he went to Berkeley and got MBA in business. He was really surprised that I never applied to any 4 year schools. My plan has been all along to just go to a great community college by my house. The reason was because my 9-12th GPA is a 3.2 and my one SAT score is only a 1200. I only took the SAT once. I took it because I was curious what I would score on it not because I was using it for college. Because of that I never studied for it, and didn't put 100% of my effort in it. I have never been any really credible club. However I have around 350 hours of community service, thanks to my dad working for a nonprofit that does a ton of charity work, and also my church. My biggest regret was that I was offered to be a intern at one of top computer crime labs in the country for a police department, I choose to deny their offer because of how busy I with me running my businesses. I regret that decision to this very day. I decided 3 months ago to take up a minimum wage job at a local frozen yogurt place to see how it was working for someone else and what I could learn from so one one day open a retail or restaurant business my self. I still work their, but only a 10 hours a week, its a great experience though. The former admissions officer at Virginia said I was crazy not to apply to any Universities. He said that I would of got accepted to many business schools for my undergraduate based on special circumstances. Now back to research report I am doing. He said that once I finish this report, that it will highly benefit the coin community and that I should publish a book in it. He said he knows of a couple publishers personally and can get me to have a book published. So here are my options, what should I do. Option 1: Go to community college, continue this research report, and get a book published in 2 years, and set aside my time consuming profitable businesses. This would help me to get into a top 10 business school to complete by BA Option 2: Apply to many universities now, and go where ever I get accepted. I would continue to work on my research project, and still get a book published. I would than transfer to a big business school, for my last 2 years for my BA. Option 3: Take a gap year. Start running my 2 businesses full time, I am 95% positive I will make 100-130k my first year. And set aside my research project. On a side note. I am completely capable of getting good grades. I got straight A's 7-9th grade when I had no businesses running. I didn't start my first serious business until 10th grade. I have thoughts that if I go to community college, I won't be around the best type of people influencing me to drop out of school completely to do work full time. Also it just happens that I my new business partner happens to be the smartest kid in my school. Even though he looks completely normal. He has a 5.2 GPA. This is the highest GPA at out school out of 2600 kids, in a middle class area. He also is in the top 99% percentile for the SAT and ACT. He also happens to work for a huge hospital, and has a written research report for caner that is award winning. He also is in two sports, and is president of 2 of top 5 biggest clubs in our campus. Any advice for him, he still hasn't gotten a response from any IVY league school or Berkeley. He did get accepted into Rice, USC, and UCLA. Any advice for him to get him a response back sooner from the top big schools? Back to me. What option should I take? And is there a solid chance this late in my senior year to getting accepted in a semi decent four year University for business.

So what if I never been to highschool?

This was the first Question i asked RU-vid today n thank God for this adviser God Bless you. I actually prayed for the answer to be Yes cause my mom n dad were telling me on Tuesday that not that am stupid but...n now am gonna have to repeat cause my grades were just not good enough. But r pray in the name of Jesus i will go to collegde. Amen. n i must remind myself of my last grades in order nat to get dem bad grades again. College is were my future starts i guess

I'm a junior and I'm afraid I won't get into college.... I know I'm able to do the work but myself esteem is low. I'm in six clubs.. I'm running one of them. I'm also an activist in my community. I'm the schools secretary... I took one college class for my first semester.... (theater) I'm in track and field. I also work..... every weekend I help out at my parents shop. Whenever we go on breaks i work. I tutor some of my friends. Sometimes I struggle in class or I get lost. I stay after school every day as well. I'm not taking an AP course this year but honors history I feel like whatever I'm doing is not enough. Hopefully second semester things Change. I have a low GPA and I'm panicking.... I failed physics and math first semester I'm thinking of taking summer school for math and instead of taking another elective or service i would just take physics to get my credits. Most likely by my senior year I will be taking another college class. I'm just scared I might not get into one of my dream schools.

if i finish HS with a 2.7 - 3.0 GPA will i be able to get into an average college? I am very good at History and surprisingly would like to be an ancient history teacher is that possible? I know i am easily capable of putting in the college work just need to know if i can get into one where i'm able to pursue teaching.

the amount of stress I have had this year is insane

Best advise ever thanks

Thanks. I'm a freshman and am taking 5 gifted and talented courses (2 grade levels ahead) and am doing a few extra curriculars and was worried that a few B's would ruin my gpa and prevent me from getting into a good college. I know it seems foolish and that I'm just trying to make a humble brag, but I honestly have really bad academic anxiety and am already finding myself stressed significantly more stressed about high school than I should be. Do you have any methods of feeling less stressed while also maintaining your gpa?

in my freshmen year i had so many great grades and my gpa was at least a 3.5. in my sophomore year, the beginning of the semester, i had a 3.0-3.5 gpa and later in the year i got really lazy and tired during quarantine and had all F’s except my bio class with a B. now im a junior and my first semester grades were A,B, and C. its the second semester and now i have mostly F’s and B’s and like 2 A’s. I had covid in the beginning of the year which led me to have many missing assignments which i did make up. im just worried that i wouldnt get into a decent college with my grades. i always have room to have ny grades go up but i dont do the best in tests so im just hoping i end the year with at least a C or higher becuase i am not doing good in my junior year

@GreatCollegeAdvice, I ended off my sophomore first semester with 4 As, 2 Bs and 1 C. I’m in honors classes and next year I am taking AP, but can you tell me if this is still bad if I am thinking of going to a good 4 year college? My teacher said colleges don’t really pay attention to freshman grades because they understand the transition from middle to high school, but I still want to know if that C is going to affect me badly. Please respond if you can or any person who knows how it would affect me. It would be much appreciated !! (:

Hello, I am a seventh grade student that has bad grade but they are getting better. My midterm showed that I had Two D's and one F now I only have two D's and I need help.

My grades are bad. Still hope to go to college, there are foundation yr programs...

In 9th grade I got almost all A

I have the same problem as david i'm really smart and hard working, i'm great at almost all subjects, even exercise, I am a genius, no arrogance but I do consider my self one, in highschool my family was hell, we had financial problems, our country is at war and we can't go back, and my parents are divorced and i'm living with my mom, and the relationship between us is atrocious. it ruined me really my life is ruined i lost friends, health, grades, everything. i got 89% gpa without even studying. i'm used to getting 95% and 97% when i actually try my health suffered, i'm a lot weaker than whne i was 15-16 years old, i'm 17 almost 18 and i can't do pullups and can barely do pushups. in my family we fight everyday. it's horrible. i can't wait to move out. but my grades are bad now. life is hard. but i am competent to do anything. I just wanna get accepted to undergraduate, hopefully i'll be far from my parents are i'll do well, then i'll instantly get accepted into masters if i wanted to

The only thing I can’t get above a B is math class

I’ve gotten all A’s and B’s up to this point but then I got a C in Chemistry. I also take one advanced class and I’m in Junior Year. What Can I do?

I have a 4.3 Gpa after my first semester of high school and I’m worried that I won’t get acceptance into Uchicago, Dartmouth, or Northeastern...

Hello. I'm an aspiring future med student. Um, I had to deal with major depressive disorder since the eighth grade through ninth grade and never really went to therapy sessions because of my opinions on therapists and psychologists. I took all honors and AP thinking i'd fix my act, without focusing on the fact my mental health could take a toll on my academics. I preformed poorly in my classes and had a few D's and F's. I'm in my sophomore year and have had no D's or F's.. so things are changing. I'm finally in a metal positive mindset, but i have constant anxiety of being a high school failure. I really want to become a med student, and for Med school, high school grades don't mean ANYTHING. But, in order to get into med school you do need to go into pre-med, and that's what i'm worried about. Will my failed freshman year and improved sophomore year ruin my chances into being accepted into a pre-med or four year college ??? Even with a successful junior and senior year? I'm planning to do extracurricular activities, community service/volunteering, get straight A's, do pre-med shadowing, etc. But could that be enough?

are you kidding me, the example he uses makes me feel pathetic lmao, 3 As, 2Bs and a C?! yeeesh

Yeaaa... I’m a senior in high school I had Es Ds Cs mostly Ds and Es never had a B or a A I’m graduating soon tho but I feel like im over i don’t even know what too do with my life I suffered anxiety couldn’t breath in the hallways or in class couldn’t help hearing people talk just didn’t wanna be there ugh idk

I just came here to ask if predicted grades are used to enter colleges.

I get kind of annoyed when people freak out becauset hey got a C or B wtf? I have 2 F's... Here I thought C-B were good?

Hello I'm from Africa doing British curriculum hoping by next year I get to USA GA for college...I got Ds and Es 😭 is it possible for me to get a college that accepts those grades 😊

So, as a senior who is just a month away from graduating and hasn’t even started to make up a missing Spanish credit and is on the verge of failing all of my classes and is only just now finally feeling motivated to fix my shit, my chances aren’t looking great. My GPA isn’t awful, but 2.5 isn’t that great either. I have a huge amount of extracurricular experience that I’m hoping to use to my advantage (being one of the leads and managers on several music teams, and the founder of one of them, as well as having worked as a musician on a couple indie games and at least two fairly popular internet webcomics. Not only that, but I used to go on church mission trips and I have been participating in school plays for half of my school career). How much do you think this kind of stuff will matter to the college I hope to apply to (especially since I’ll be majoring in music, which most of that stuff is relevant to)? Do you believe that it might outweigh at least a bit of my bad grades?

The thing about my school is that im not that good at the language and i dont understand the questions and get like 10/35 which is 5/10 points and its not even my fault so im basically trapped

I had good grades I came to the u.s. in 6th grade, took me a year to learn the language I passed the TESOL before any of my classmates even those that had been here for their entire lives. But then life happened I went through a really bad trauma 7th and 8th grade was hell. I gave up on my life and my future, I messed up so much. I’m a senior now and I want to have a future I have always wanted to become a paramedic but with my gpa I doubt I’ll get into any college or that I’ll get any scholarship I wasted so many years because I couldn’t see the end of the tunnel but now that I’m out and I want to follow my dreams I feel like I can’t because of how badly I messed up

Im from Poland, were going to move to US this summer. I'm freaking out, my english isn't perfect, i do have some really poor grades, i'd love to go to art college but i'm not sure if i could..(portfolio would be ok, but those damn grades...)i'm so ashamed i've failed. jesus i'm so stressed

I have been doing well (A, Bs) my first two year of high school then my second quarter of junior year i got (A,A,B,C,C,D) because i was so overwhelemed with work and didnt rly know how to balance myself but my first semester grade will be (A,A,A,B,B,C) since i did slightly better first quarter. But still that really brought me down and i got really upset since my gpa will be affected. im taking more aps and honors classes now so there is a lot of pressure. my second semester is starting soon and i want to do really well. I just hope colleges will still want me even with my slip up second quarter.

Me rn in 7th grade thinking of college I’m just 👁💧👄💧👁