College Admissions

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High School is a strange time. After three years of trying to develop an identity and friends in grammar school, students are expected to mature immediately on the first day of ninth grade, but I never did this. I never fully realized in the earlier grades how important high school success, as measured by GPA, would be to my future life, and as a result I am applying to college with seemingly contradictory measures of my ability to perform college-level work. If I had worked and studied hard rather than hanging out with friends and viewing high school as a chance to socialize, I would not have to apply to school with an 890 SAT and a 2.5 GPA. Had I taken my grades in my earlier years seriously, I could have been a college’s dream candidate.
This year I have made my earnest effort to improve my work ethic. My grade point average is rising and my study habits are improving. However, after performing poorly for these three years, my GPA cannot reflect the transformation I underwent at the start of this year. Dedicated to making something of myself, I finally matured an am now trying to lessen the consequences of my past actions. Armed with my attitude and my understanding of the extreme importance of earning good grades to signal my capacity to work responsibly, I assure you will never revert to the student I once was.
In retrospect, I believe that it was my inability to choose my classes that resulted in my lack of enthusiasm on the ride to school each morning. I enjoy the freedom to pursue my own interests and anxiously anticipate choosing my own class schedule in college. While I understand that college will be significantly more challenging in high school, I have always found it easier to study for a class that interests me. I am also willing to accept the fact that as long as I am in school, I will be forced to take required course that I might be less enthusiastic about. However, with my new goal-oriented nature, I ...