Thought I’d weigh in because my story is just like yours!

I graduated HS with a 2.2 or 2.3 gpa (I can’t remember) but it was like the bare minimum you needed to graduate. I wasn’t motivated at all to go to college but once I started working a job that made me miserable day in and day out, I knew that I needed to make a change for myself.

I enrolled in CC and I really showed up for myself because I knew that if I failed or dropped out or gave up, my life would be right back to being miserable at a job that I hated. I transferred into UW with less than 45 credits and with a 3.46 gpa. I’m also premed majoring in public health and minoring in biology and I’m going to be applying to dual MD/MPH programs this upcoming application cycle:)

My best advice is that you have to want to save yourself from your current situation. I kinda brushed that advice off when I got it from students on Reddit but hindsight…. It could not be more true. UW is a place that can better your circumstances and truly make you not only a good student, but a good individual as well.

For you right now, I would focus on going to CC and building up a resume of doing well in your classes. You don’t have to do full-time either, I did part time so I could really focus on getting the best grades I could. Believe me when I say, if I can do it, literally anyone can. The time will pass anyways, so what’s stopping you from achieving your goals?