[karli01]

I go to a special-admissions, prestigious private academy. It & 2 others are the most famous ones in our state, namely because these 3 schools are the top in academics and such.

Anyways, I barely passed the entrance exams and made it into the school my Freshman year. My whole life I have struggled academically, but even worse in this new academy because the academics are so challenging. I am not even in any extra -cirriculars, sports, or clubs like my classmates because the academics were so difficult and challenging for me to pass that I had no time to do leisure stuff. My entire high school career has been time-consumed by just studying.

So yeah, I already have THAT against me for applying for colleges, because colleges don't just want straight A's (which I already do NOT have!!), but they also want well-rounded people who participate in extracirriculars, community services, and activites to make a difference.





I am a Junior. Here is my Transcript:

9th Grade (FRESHMAN)

Semesters 1, 2:

Biology C+, C
Health B, A
English A, A
Math A C-, F
PE/Gym A, A
Spanish B, B-
History A-, B

*Failed the Math A course for Freshman year, had to repeat it Sophomore year




10th Grade (SOPHOMORE)
Semesters 1 , 2:

Art A, A-
Chemistry B, A
Math A A, C
History C-, B-
PE/Gym A, A
English B+, B+
Spanish B-, A



AS IF THATS NOT BAD ENOUGH, my PSAT scores:

Total: 1140
Reading/Writing: 580
Math: 560

As you can see, I am doing a bit poorly in school. I don't even have anything impressive on my report card -- not one course that stands out because of the exceptional work I have done in it & any good grades I have gotten in it. Zero.

I have no sports, no volunteer work, no cool stuff to show colleges that I'm not really that bad of a kid as it might look like at first.