musiclover
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i've been a hard worker my whole life and i think im fairly smart and not necessarily stupid
the thing is i stress ALOT
this gets in the way of my study habits and i have such bad insecurity issues especially with my grades(that + friendships/boys/family pressure you name it...)
and i feel like its my insecurities that pull me down and im so focused on my insecurities all the time i can't focus on school and since my grades are low its all like a vicious cycle
bad insecurities-->bad grades--->even more insecurities--> even worse grades:/
i've been dreaming of ucla since i was a kid
i know that its a LONG SHOT since my gpa is very far off but
i got a 3.84 weighted gpa last year(unweighted 3.52?) sophomore year
i currently am doing very very badly in school right now
with an unweighted gpa of 3.33 and a weighted gpa of 4.16(fairly okay weighted bad unweighted though)
my sat score is about 2100(this is where i think/know i tried hard because i started at a 1600 but studied alot!) i am retaking this weekend aiming for a 2250+
and i doomed for uc riverside/merced the lower uc's/ cal states?
any tips on how to do well in school and not let my insecurities get the best of me? or stress?
im not necessarily a BAD student per se...just not the top ones that get the a's in the classes(courses right now: ap chemistry, ap us history, honors british literature, honors latin 3, honors pre calculus) + orchestra
this is more of a self confidence question rather than college...lol i know
but on the plus side i do have fairly solid ec's leadership position, lots of time and dedication to violin...with lots of orchestras/honors to prove, lots of volunteer hours(mostly volunteer with kids)
the thing is i stress ALOT
this gets in the way of my study habits and i have such bad insecurity issues especially with my grades(that + friendships/boys/family pressure you name it...)
and i feel like its my insecurities that pull me down and im so focused on my insecurities all the time i can't focus on school and since my grades are low its all like a vicious cycle
bad insecurities-->bad grades--->even more insecurities--> even worse grades:/
i've been dreaming of ucla since i was a kid
i know that its a LONG SHOT since my gpa is very far off but
i got a 3.84 weighted gpa last year(unweighted 3.52?) sophomore year
i currently am doing very very badly in school right now
with an unweighted gpa of 3.33 and a weighted gpa of 4.16(fairly okay weighted bad unweighted though)
my sat score is about 2100(this is where i think/know i tried hard because i started at a 1600 but studied alot!) i am retaking this weekend aiming for a 2250+
and i doomed for uc riverside/merced the lower uc's/ cal states?
any tips on how to do well in school and not let my insecurities get the best of me? or stress?
im not necessarily a BAD student per se...just not the top ones that get the a's in the classes(courses right now: ap chemistry, ap us history, honors british literature, honors latin 3, honors pre calculus) + orchestra
this is more of a self confidence question rather than college...lol i know
but on the plus side i do have fairly solid ec's leadership position, lots of time and dedication to violin...with lots of orchestras/honors to prove, lots of volunteer hours(mostly volunteer with kids)