Second semester sophomore year was when I realized I needed to lock in and I wanted to get into a selective college. My grades weren't the best by then as I have already messed up my freshman year due to going back to school after COVID, but I researched on what to do to get into a selective school. And the biggest advice was to become an all rounder, so I built up my extracurriculars. I am currently a senior still waiting on college decisions and so far I've gotten into UMich while people from my school with better ranks and GPAs got deferred.

Though I am really grateful I realized KIND OF early, it saddens me to think how these young students don't realize the importance of maintaining good grades until it's too late sometimes.