RANT //PERSONAL//
I’m feeling so overwhelmed and stressed out from college applications. I know everybody who’s applying right now is though.
But I felt so confident earlier this year! I want to get into UT Austin, which is a pretty competitive and everybody I know who got in either did REALLY REALLY well on their SAT/ACT or had outstanding GPA’s. I have neither right now. And I don’t have the volunteer hours or extracurricular activities to make up for it. But I’m taking an awesome SAT/ACT prep course this summer, I’ll be studying on my own, and I’m taking a bunch of AP classes next year to raise my GPA and joining a volunteer group called The Ambassadors with my orchestra.
With all that I felt like I might have a real shot of getting in, but now I’m doubting everything. What if I can’t raise my scores high enough? Can I even do it? What if I can’t get high enough grades in my classes next year? I’m beginning to feel like its futile. Like I can try as hard as I can, but it won’t matter. It also hasn’t helped that people who are very close to me are saying its hopeless or that I probably won’t get in.
I know not everybody gets into the college of their dreams and I know that there are other colleges out there. That doesn’t make this process any less stressful for me though, and it doesn’t change the fact that UT is my dream college.
Thank you for reading if ya did. I just needed to get this off my chest and I don’t feel like I really have anybody to talk to about this anymore.