My Academic Ability

In my opinion, there are many various reasons that kept me from performing to the best of my academic ability while I attended my freshman year of college at The University of Oklahoma. I experienced the normal struggles that any regular college student would, but I also dealt with many bigger and tougher trials during the fall semester that eventually carried over into the spring semester, as well. A few weeks before the fall semester ended, I had a huge boulder dropped on my shoulders when I was informed that my parents were getting a divorce after being married for over twenty years. The terrible news that I had received eventually took a huge toll on not only my academic career, but also my personal and family life. My parents had been married my entire life, so when reality finally set in that the decision was not going to change, I …show more content…
If a person were to question any of my previous high school teachers or classmates about my academic performance as a student, he or she would be impressed with all of the positive feed back about all of the hard work and time that I put into my school work. From my freshman year of high school to my senior year, I managed to maintain over a 4.0 grade point average, score a 26 on the ACT, and completed twelve concurrent credit hours while enrolled at NOC Enid. Of the twelve concurrent credit hours attempted, I received three “A’s” and one “B” and eventually finished with a 3.75 grade point average, missing a perfect 4.0 grade point average because of an 89% in Late American History. I hope I have thoroughly explained my desires and aspirations of why I want to be a Cowboy and how I know I will be an outstanding student if I am admitted to Oklahoma State University. I hope that you all will consider my