Junior Year Failure

During my junior year I experienced failure. I had taken 3 AP classes and I was in cheer at my high school, and trying to figure out a balance between the two was difficult for me because it seemed like cheer took up a lot of my time and in the past other two years it had, but I had managed to still do well in my honors and AP classes. My junior year was another story, I struggled a lot at the beginning of the school year, and most of first semester was spent with me having an F sometimes more than one, and that was a failure to me because I had my heart set on going to a four college or university and I knew that if i had an F i wouldnt qualify. I felt so overwhelmed, and at one point i felt defeated and i wanted to just give up on attending a four year university. At the end of the semester my GPA was so low that it really affected me. In the beginning I felt that school had defeated me, and at one point i thought maybe school just isn't for me, but once i got over the fact that i had failed in my eyes, i realized that i still had a shot at going to a four year university if i just did above and beyond second semester and my …show more content…
I enrolled in Spanish again to make up that F and I enrolled in APEX classes, which is credit recovery classes for students who either earned a D or an F on a course throughout the year, APEX allows students to be able to make up classes. I understand that it wouldn't be the same since some of the classes i got Ds in were AP classes, but i was determined to complete all my APEX classes with an A. This year I feel so determined to finish this year strong and try to make up for the failures i had in the past. My transcript isn't the best looking and my GPA isn't as high as i wanted it to be, but i am a very determined student and person. I am fully committed to getting into a four year university, and bettering myself in order to be a successful