Getting in to College

The process of getting in to college definitely has its flaws.

First of all, no one tells you about this little test called the ACT until your a Freshman in highschool and then they say you don't need to worry about it until your a Junior. This is a LIE, you need to get practice books, take courses, maybe even take it once before you're a Junior. You should take this test very seriously because this is 1 of 2 numbers that will define you until you are in college. Also, if you ask me, the ACT is not a very good test of what you've learned in highschool. The Science section is not even real science, all the answers are right there, you just have to read impossible graphs. Also, what about History? We all have to take it, so why isn't that on the test? Another flaw, someone could get lucky. There's a girl I know that isn't an amazing student and doesn't really try in school and yep...you guessed it! She got a 31 the first time she took it. I ended up with a 27. Doesn't seem fair does it?

The other number that will define you is your class rank. Now this can be good or it can be very, very bad depending on where you go to school. If you go to a school in a little town that is not very competitive, this is a good thing for you. If you just work a little harder and get your grades up, you should have a pretty good class rank. I go to a very competitve school and we have around 15 girls tied for 2nd. This is bad because that pushes everyone else back about 15 places from where they should be. I make fairly good grades, all As & Bs and I have around a 3.8 GPA. Doesn't sound so bad right? Wrong, my class rank is around 65 out of 125. This doesn't make me look very good now does it?

Ok, now that I'm done ranting I'll tell you that I have already been accepted into college and I am now working on getting a scholarship. Again, it would be nice to have better numbers, it would make it much easier for me to get a scholarship. I'll get back to y'all on whether or not I get one, I should know in the beginning of March.

Have great rest of the holidays!