Hi. I'm making a thread here because I don't know where else to make one. I read this forum everyday but I seldom post. This post is about me and college. I live in the USA. In Texas. Basically, the point of this thread is, is it possible for me to attend a university with my current problems?
A little background. I'm 16 and i'm a Sophomore at a High School, and the school year is almost over. To be brief, my grades suck. But i'll tell you why. Through grades K-6 my grades were usually pretty good. As and Bs, and the very occasional C. In 7th and 8th grades I scored average grades. In the summer of 8th grade I was introduced to the very popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. This game consumed my time and my life for the entire 9th and first half of 10 grade. When I played the game, I didn't want to get off to eat. Or hang out with friends. I basically turned into a lazy bum who received no sunlight and was very skinny. I loved the game, but I hated it too. My school grades were so bad because I never did homework and I got crap for sleep. I eventually quit(cold turkey![haha]) and never looked back, really. My life has improved, but my grades haven't.
I am still addicted to the internet. I love everything about the internet. I love how you can find almost any peice of information in a matter of seconds. It's the universal book, and link. But I'm on it too much. And it's hard for me to get off. Like right now. It's 2 A.M and I have school tommorrow. But I feel I need to type this for advice. I know this is a factor in my bad grades.
I now work out and hang out with my friends more, and my grades if anything have improved a tiny bit. The thing is, I think i'm a very intelligent person. But maybe i'm not. I always thought I was some kind of genius at age 12 or so, because I understood so many things. But i'm not. I was raised Christian but slowly turned agnostic. I just don't see how I can follow Christianity, even when my family members are so devoted. I just don't believe. Sorry.
I'm interested in everything. Astronomy, health, anthropology and archaeology, music(big on music), philosophy, life, writing, history, science, you name it. I love reading - when most kids are out partying or finding a girlfriend I can be found reading a book on History or maybe anything else. But enough about me. My grades suck, and i'm failing more and more classes.
The thing is, I NEED to go to college. I vision a university and me there, studying hard and becoming a good student and having fun. It's the place for me. Is it too late? Junior and Senior years I plan to get strictly A's and B's, my mindset is very dedicated. I am very independent, also. I know it's POSSIBLE, but is it probable? When I say university I just want to be able to attend a university such as Texas Tech, Arkansas State, or anything really that is pretty big and good. I can't imagine life without going to a university, I don't want community college, and I don't want to be the person scrubbing by.
But then sometimes I think I can live life laid-back, and I don't need college. But I shrug that thought to the pits of my mind most of the time.
I think maybe it's important to note that I have not and do not participate in any school organizations or clubs. Throughout the years i've always thought of these as taking up time that can be spent doing something else. I'm become more interested.... slightly.
Junior year is coming. I want to do very good in Junior, and suprise everybody. When a University recruiter sees my grades as low during most of my years, but a nice increase in Junior and Senior, will they think that i've changed and this will be constant? I've always thought that I was going to go, but recently it feels like i've been hit with a huge brick. My grades are NOT good enough. I will not be going to a University like i've planned for the past 16 years, unless I do something. Is that something a thing i've already explained? Or do you have better advice?
Sorry for all the personal information and added things, I just felt it was nessesary, but it probably wasn't. I'm just looking for advice, I don't want to be standing alone with fake hope.
A little background. I'm 16 and i'm a Sophomore at a High School, and the school year is almost over. To be brief, my grades suck. But i'll tell you why. Through grades K-6 my grades were usually pretty good. As and Bs, and the very occasional C. In 7th and 8th grades I scored average grades. In the summer of 8th grade I was introduced to the very popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. This game consumed my time and my life for the entire 9th and first half of 10 grade. When I played the game, I didn't want to get off to eat. Or hang out with friends. I basically turned into a lazy bum who received no sunlight and was very skinny. I loved the game, but I hated it too. My school grades were so bad because I never did homework and I got crap for sleep. I eventually quit(cold turkey![haha]) and never looked back, really. My life has improved, but my grades haven't.
I am still addicted to the internet. I love everything about the internet. I love how you can find almost any peice of information in a matter of seconds. It's the universal book, and link. But I'm on it too much. And it's hard for me to get off. Like right now. It's 2 A.M and I have school tommorrow. But I feel I need to type this for advice. I know this is a factor in my bad grades.
I now work out and hang out with my friends more, and my grades if anything have improved a tiny bit. The thing is, I think i'm a very intelligent person. But maybe i'm not. I always thought I was some kind of genius at age 12 or so, because I understood so many things. But i'm not. I was raised Christian but slowly turned agnostic. I just don't see how I can follow Christianity, even when my family members are so devoted. I just don't believe. Sorry.
I'm interested in everything. Astronomy, health, anthropology and archaeology, music(big on music), philosophy, life, writing, history, science, you name it. I love reading - when most kids are out partying or finding a girlfriend I can be found reading a book on History or maybe anything else. But enough about me. My grades suck, and i'm failing more and more classes.
The thing is, I NEED to go to college. I vision a university and me there, studying hard and becoming a good student and having fun. It's the place for me. Is it too late? Junior and Senior years I plan to get strictly A's and B's, my mindset is very dedicated. I am very independent, also. I know it's POSSIBLE, but is it probable? When I say university I just want to be able to attend a university such as Texas Tech, Arkansas State, or anything really that is pretty big and good. I can't imagine life without going to a university, I don't want community college, and I don't want to be the person scrubbing by.
But then sometimes I think I can live life laid-back, and I don't need college. But I shrug that thought to the pits of my mind most of the time.
I think maybe it's important to note that I have not and do not participate in any school organizations or clubs. Throughout the years i've always thought of these as taking up time that can be spent doing something else. I'm become more interested.... slightly.
Junior year is coming. I want to do very good in Junior, and suprise everybody. When a University recruiter sees my grades as low during most of my years, but a nice increase in Junior and Senior, will they think that i've changed and this will be constant? I've always thought that I was going to go, but recently it feels like i've been hit with a huge brick. My grades are NOT good enough. I will not be going to a University like i've planned for the past 16 years, unless I do something. Is that something a thing i've already explained? Or do you have better advice?
Sorry for all the personal information and added things, I just felt it was nessesary, but it probably wasn't. I'm just looking for advice, I don't want to be standing alone with fake hope.
).
Zande33 is a lurky lurker!
