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Don't worry, high school, in the long run, doesn't mean +$%@. Even if you can't make it to a 4-yr college you want, just work hard in JuCo and you can make it that way. Colleges do take grade improvements into consideration (I also had an "upward trend" in my GPA back when I was in HS, went from i think a 3.1 weighted to a 4.2 weighted). My mom used to "threaten" me by saying I'd be going to the local JuCo or UC Riverside (a school Asian parents consider a reject school but in reality is a very good school in its own right) if I didn't change.
I ended up graduating from UCSD this summer and I have an internship for the time being, so I feel that I did alright, despite feeling like a failure at times in HS. And for me, college classes were actually "easier", in the sense I was more focused and the classes were more focused, which made them easier to study for to me, while in HS I was still figuring it out. So, college is doable even if you didn't do as well in HS.
But the main thing is, I think you're Asian obviously b/c of your screenname, don't let your Asian parents deceive you to believe you're a failure if you don't make it to Harvard or Berkeley right away. As long as you're thinking about your future and you're going to do something about it, you'll be fine and your future will be fine.
But the main thing is, I think you're Asian obviously b/c of your screenname, don't let your Asian parents deceive you to believe you're a failure if you don't make it to Harvard or Berkeley right away. As long as you're thinking about your future and you're going to do something about it, you'll be fine and your future will be fine.