Due to my own personal struggles, I did not perform my best academically in high school. I ended up leaving high school with a low GPA, and class rank. However I did not want to give up on myself. Throughout high school I always took honors classes where I was exposed to rigorous school work. This gave me the confidence to apply to be a part of the honors program offered at Tarrant County College. I still had high hopes of being able to attend a great school such as UT Austin and I believed that receiving an honors degree would help me stand out from the rest of the applicants. I wanted a second chance at my academic career. I knew that my earlier circumstances had negatively affected me and I wanted to prove to myself that I was capable of
