I'm a sophomore in high school, my GPA dropped drastically this year what kind of damage control can I do?

Question

I really want to go into a good college. It was a combination of sickness, procrastination, and slacking in general. I went from a 3.1 to a 2.0! Thank You for any help

Answer 1

Life is all about sacrifice. I guessing you were sick first and progressively got lazier because you got use to the idea of not doing anything or having any responsibility. If you want to excel in your school work, you should try to excel in your every day life. The less you do, the more lazy you become. Make a schedule for yourself. Tell yourself you'll have your homework done by 7:00 every night and on nights you are free of school work, study for your next upcoming test or exam. But remember, the key to being good in school is being good to yourself. Take a break from school work every once in a while, go hang out with friends. But DO NOT procrastinate because it will only make you feel worse.

Answer 2

I had the same situation, and it was only through serious effort in junior and senior year that I recovered.

Answer 3

Take any summer school courses they give you or go to any sort of community college that gives extra credit for high school.  You should also talk to you're counselor as all of this is mentioned earlier.  And try to do some extra curricular activities or help out around the community, it looks good on a resume and colleges / universities will definitely look at that point.  Try to do some volunteer work in the field you know you're aiming for or any volunteer work in general.  Best places to go to are most likely Homework help programs or maybe the library if they offer free tutoring for students.

Answer 4

Log off the computer and pickup the books.

Answer 5

Summer school classes give you extra credits

& community college classes for the summer also offer classes that you can get credit for high school and college which is great. If you have anymore questions you should talk to your counselor and if you have an annoying unexperienced counselor like mine then talk to a community colleges counselor.Goodluck

Answer 6

What about . . .

1)  Summer school?

2)  Night school?

3)  Correspondence courses?

4)  Taking some advanced placement (AP) or honours classes?

5)  Retaking the classes?

6)  Participating in extra activities (i.e., clubs and organisations)?

7)  Study hard!  Maybe a year abroad would look good on your resume, too?

8)  You could talk with your school's academic advisor.

Good luck!  I know you'll make the right decision............

Answer 7

You may want to check your local community college to seek dual enrollment classes. In NC (other states may differ), high school students 16 and older can take certain college classes (tuition free) for high school credits. Also, if I were you, I would talk with your high school guidance counselor and an academic counselor at the local community college for more information. Good luck!

Answer 8

Study study study.

Drop some of  the extra cirricular activities.

Stop working after school and weekends.