halfasiann

It's almost scary how small the world is aha.

Hi,

I’ll try to keep the background rather brief. I’m currently a junior in high school. I attend a rather notorious high school in Southern California. In 2013 we had 147 students apply to UCLA and 43 were admitted.

I’ve been told I’m an intelligent and well-rounded individual. I took part in ASB, community service projects, I’ve traveled the world, and I like to think I’m wiser than my years.

Unfortunately in my high school transcript, it appears otherwise. I have a 3.2 GPA over my three years with a mix of advance classes and college prep classes. This is because in freshman year my depression had really brought me down and admitted me into a mental institution. Everything sort of fell apart. Prior to being admitted I had As and Bs in all honors classes.

Basically my question is, am I a lost cause or is there still hope? I’m really hoping to get into universities like UCLA (UCSD, USC, etc) but it’s hard to maintain a positive outlook when parents and counselors are telling me it’s worthless to try.

No Eldrin, thank you SO much for getting back to me. Words cannot express how thankful I am. I hope the rest of your AMA goes smoothly tonight!