College Admissions Essay: I M Hard In High School

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I wasn't really social in high school. But that doesn’t mean that I shut myself down from people. I had my little group of friend that I would talk to, hang out with, and laugh all day. Things had to change when I noticed my grades were starting to drop. I really just had to come up with a way to keep things at a 60/40 pace. I remember failing one of my semesters, I really didn't even try I just brushed it off. Then I realized that my grades are an important factor about how to get into college. It only keep me motivated to make sure that I had to do good in my next years to come. I’m working really hard in school because I have no choice but to go to college if I want to get my law degree and make a boatload of money. Being a lawyer is like

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