The Importance Of Dropping An AP Class

During the first few weeks of junior year, I was put under the most stress that I have ever experienced in my life. The workload from all my AP classes was never ending and there was an enormous amount of studying to be done. I usually went to sleep around one or two in the morning during the school week due to the accumulation of swim, studying, volunteering, and school related activities. Whenever I went to school, I had difficulties focusing because I was extremely exhausted. After just a month of school, I had only one A,the rest were C’s and B’s. I was practically a straight A student all my life so seeing these grade greatly lowered my self confidence. Fearing that my grades and would fall even further, I reluctantly decided to drop an AP class. I was humiliated that I had to drop a class, but I hoped it would free up some time and help me raise my terrible grades. Dropping an AP class assisted my need to improve my grades. All of my …show more content…
Unfortunately, since I was not able to fully comprehend the material that was taught in first semester in the majority of my classes second semester more grueling than I anticipated. However, horrified that my GPA dropped significantly, I made sure I did everything I could to receive the highest grades. I constantly asked my teachers and friends to help me whenever I needed it. I made sure I was going to sleep around eleven or midnight so that I could perform well. To cope with stress, I would often sneak out to my backyard for a few minutes as a little retreat .Smelling the fresh air, hearing the birds chirp, and just taking in the magnificence of the natural world put me and ease and gave me the energy to study. I also began to have time to interact with my family and my friends, helping me to mend our once weak relationship. Though I did not end up with straight A’s, I did receive high solid B’s in courses in which I had C’s in last