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Yo, I will be taking these classes and ec's this year as a sophomore. How cooked am I?

AP Calculus AB

AP Biology

AP Chemistry (maybe I don't know yet)

AP Computer Science Applications

AP Cybersecurity (self-study)

AP Computer Science Principles (maybe self-study or maybe not even gonna take it)

AP US History

AP Physics 1

Accelerated English 10

CLEP Precalculus (In the summer through Modern States)

MN Bilingual Seals Hindi Exam

Medtronics Bio-med program (if it happens this year)

Battlebots

Science Olympiad Electrical Vehicle and Engineering CAD, and maybe forensics, I don't know

Diversity Council

Chamber Singers

Math team

Pre-ACT

SAT

Reading MCA

Saylor University C++

Saylor University Software Engineering

Could anyone help me? I graduated high school and I never really took high school seriously. Unfortunately, events happen during my senior year and then I ended up not doing common app or applying to any college and now I want to change. Could someone help me or direct me to the right direction. I mainly need help with like finding scholarships to pay for and what to do. Thank you.

So i had no friend in my 9th and 10th standard. Recently I got promoted to class 11th and it's so suffocating there. It feels like I'm fucking dying sitting between those shitty ass classmates. I'll cope w living alone but those people treat me differently. Like two days ago was the first day of my class 11th and i arrived early to school and sat on a desk at the back. Then I went out to roam around and when I returned I saw that my bag is moved to the next desk and where I placed it two girls are sitting there. But I didn't even have guts to confront them because it was my first day and I have no friend. I'm all energetic person at home but I'm a completely different person at school. I hate being there. I start getting nervous and anxious when things like these happen. And when I returned home I felt guilt for not confronting them and getting scared. My 10th standard experience was the same. I faced harassment and physical abuse too. Even the teachers didn't do anything about it. How to deal w these situations? Can anyone plz tell me? It's all so suffocating there. I'm thinking about doing open or online schooling. Please do advice me.

(Since my native language isn't English so apologies if there are any grammatical errors)

Hi everyone!

I’m hoping to get a head start on my university application essays this summer, and I’d love to hear you ideas. What are some unique or meaningful topics that makes for a strong personal essay? Are there any prompts of themes that helped you tell your story in a memorable way?

Id really appreciate any advice or examples

Thank you!!

long story short, I’m moving and not happy about it. anyone have any advice or stories to share? positive or negative

23M

For context, I graduated with a B.A. in History from a no-name university in 2025.

I have struggled with finding employment besides a retail job I secured earlier this year. I can't get interviews for entry-level office assistant jobs. I have tailored my resume to a more 'business-centric' attitude. I've been eyeing another Bachelor's, particularly one in Accounting, Supply Chain Management, or Economics. The second part to this is the question of foregoing another Bachelor's and just biting the bullet and getting an MBA with little to no relative work experience. My goals are as basic as financial security, and having money not be an issue. I want to travel and give my partner a good life.

I appreciate any advice you may have, and sorry if this post is not formatted correctly, I rarely use Reddit.

Thanks.

Alright so I’m (19 F) going into my sophomore year of college, I signed a lease for my first apartment in April, I move in July 5th. My rent is 1550. (I live in a big city, big and expensive.) I live here for school, my school is also pretty cheap compared to other schools or out of state students, I got about 14k in fafsa this year. The problem is, I cannot pay for my school and my rent comfortably. Both semesters of my freshman year I ended them with a 1.98/2.0gpa and being on academic warning. That’s because I had such a hard time attending classes, I don’t know why. I had all A’s and b’s and then my professors put in attendance and it all went downhill. My major is philosophy and I enjoy it but I don’t know what I’m going to do with it. I’m just so stressed about money right now because I’ve been working non stop everyday all day all summer and I barely have enough for my rent and fees, after that I’ll be broke completely. Like $00 besides my credit cards. I can’t do anything about the rent or anything bc my lease is 13 months so I’m stuck paying so much. Im a server so I do make prettt good money but I don’t make enough to support my living expenses, rent, tea etc and my school tuition. Im completely on my own my parents don’t help me with anything they pretty much both cut me off financially when I moved away, they paid for my first semester of college and then that’s it. I also have a lot in fafsa then too. But they aren’t now. My mom even sold my car when I moved to college. Because she paid for it, and I offered to pay the insurance bc the car itself was paid off. I’m just thinking I need to take a gap year of working traveling and finding myself. I’m fine with serving in a restaurant for a while too, good money in my city. I just don’t know what to do. Do I drop out, work, get a car, work my way up in the world and start my life, or go to school for 3 more years and barely get by if even get by at all. Like I can’t even get loans bc I don’t have enough credit history to qualify, but my credit score is a 658 last time I checked. Which isn’t terrible I’ve been paying my credit cards off consistently and I’ve been working on it a lot. I think I just need to work and figure myself out. I’d like to go to the military but I don’t qualify for that because of my mental health issues and I don’t want to work under Donald trump in this time period… I’m just ranting now but I genuinely just like don’t know what I should do, I feel guilty dropping out bc my mom spent a lot of money last year on my tuition and like I would have no reason to chose to live so far still. And u kinda didn’t have a choice to go to college or not, it’s just so hard for me to be an adult AND a college student. Even when I wasn’t paying bills I was always stressed about the fact my parents weren’t paying for it and I was gonna get kicked out. I’d like to volunteer and work around the world and get yoga certified in Bali and open a yoga studio and have a farm. But it’s so scary to drop out of college. I know I can always go back but I ended both semesters with academic warning but I passed all my classes. I just think I need to escape but I also don’t want to miss out the college life but in reality going to college and being an adult is really hard. Allot of ppl say being in college is less stressful, well it’s not because I have to do both I have to work full time and do 15 credit hours of classes. That’s a 55 hour week non stop. And then no money to do anything either. Idk what do you guys think i should do? I think being a server in my city and getting a second job at a wine bar during the weekends, I’d be fine. But that plus school is like ALOT. Idk idk idk

okay so basically my moms getting married to this man and he has two other kids(i have a sis too), so most of us are in HS, anyways — I don't know anyone here and I'm already a very shy person and I'm moving from the school I grew up in. I'm across the state now. When I went out with my sisters(bio n step), people we're already messing with me and I learned they were ALSO in the HS im gonna go into...(I get messed w/ a lot bc I'm alt). I'm already very sad now about it so I'm praying that it turns out better than i feel like it'll be...Anyone have advice for me?(anything would be appreciated!!!)

I noticed that I used to spend like a couple of hours on a discussion post, which honestly felt like way too much. Now it takes me about an hour. First off, it’s definitely just experience, because my first few posts were kinda rough for me.

Second, I’ve discovered a few ways to make life easier. I pick a clear topic right away and always make sure there’s room to bring up controversial questions. That’s huge because it means the replies you get later will actually have some substance.

I also look through different sources and prep my arguments ahead of time. It gives me a confidence boost, and I instantly know what I’m writing about. The main thing is being able to not just state facts, but actually understand why a specific argument is strong. That’s why I prep before writing.

Plus, I found this one site that totally blew me away. It’s discussionposthelp, and I was honestly amazed because I’ve never seen a dedicated writing service just for discussion boards. To be real, it's crazy convenient since so many of my friends always complain about not having any good help with these.

As for the site itself, I actually tried it out, and I loved how fast they got organized and did everything I asked for. They followed my instructions perfectly. So, if anyone’s curious to check out the site or is just struggling to handle everything on their own, I definitely recommend it.

Back in the day, I would just write chaotically and then immediately rewrite everything because the post felt too weak. I did it with zero structure and wasted a ton of time. Now I do this whole pre-prep routine, but it actually saves me time in the long run.

As mentioned, idk what I want to do with my life. I’m an approaching college freshman with an undecided major. I don’t do any sports. I like music, but a career in that these days might as well be impossible. (I’m open to advice though) I’ve been told to be a lawyer so that I can put food on the table, but I don’t want to spend years of my life on smth I don’t really enjoy yk? I hope I’m not being difficult abt it. I’m like averagely smart but I really want to get better. Ivy Leagues are basically out of the question cus I’m not smart enough for those. I’ve tried getting involved but nothing seems to work. What’s the best advice one can give that’s not “just get more involved”. I’m scared I’m not well rounded enough.

I have just graduated high school last week, I already have my diploma which I received from my school the day after graduation. And only today do I get a note in the mail telling me that I need to take summer school for a class I failed. I already have my diploma so can I just not respond or should I actually take this class because it can screw with me later?(example being them taking my diploma or exempting it)

I can go deeper in replies or messages.

Advice I hear constantly is that networking is essential for career success. The problem is that many students don't have industry connections, professional mentors, or family members working in their desired field. Sometimes networking advice sounds easy in theory but difficult in practice.

I've been looking into different student communities and professional-development organizations that claim to help students expand their networks, and I often come across questions like "is SCLA legit?" whenever these opportunities are discussed. One example is SCLA, which is a student organization that focuses on helping students build professional networks, develop leadership skills, and access career-readiness resources such as mentoring, resume support, and internship preparation.

It seems like many students are actively searching for ways to connect with peers, mentors, and professionals but aren't always sure which resources are actually worth pursuing.

For those who managed to build a strong professional network while still in college, how did you get started?

Hey everyone! I’m a 16yo F and super eager to hopefully become a GP in the future (unless I choose to specialise). This is a dream I’ve had for a long time and I’ve always been in the B+ to A range in school. Living in Aus atm and the ATAR scaling is hard and so competitive for unis, and I find myself losing motivation and even getting a little depressed when I get any mark below 100% (which obviously happens quite often). Anyway I was wondering if anyone else has had experience micro dosing shrooms for studying and exams things like that. I’ve done a ton of research about micro dosing recently and it seems to work miracles in restoring neurological pathways and regaining focus. I also thought this would be helpful since I have terrible memory haha. Is this something worth trying?

So i'm currently 17 and starting my senior year in august and I genuinely have no idea what to do. Like in every area I don't know what college I want to go to, what i'm gonna major in, what career path I want to go down, and i'm really stressed out. My school counselor provides little to no help and my parents don't even care. I could just really use some help on like where to start. I am currently studying to take my SAT test August 22nd, so that's like the only thing I have under control.

I currently have a 3.5 GPA and will
be trying to raise it my senior year so if anyone has any advice for me on any topics please share!! Anything will help seriously.

I am a 17-year-old male junior (who's going to be a senior after this summer) in high school, who aspires to one day be a mechanical engineer. When I was a kid, I was diagnosed with mild autism and was placed in SPED classes because my mom and elementary school believed I could not handle an environment with a lot of people. Although, honest to God,  I did not know I was in SPED classes until the end of my 8th grade. Don’t ask me how. I genuinely don’t know myself. Guess it never crossed my mind why my class had an abnormally smaller amount of people compared to the other students in my school. I wanted to be the best I could ever be in school. I always dreamed of being the valedictorian, possessing the highest IQ out of every person in my school. I had tried to take higher-level classes in the past, but was turned down by my school. When I was in the 5th grade, I had just moved to a new district. Since I had mild autism, my mom and the school agreed that it would be best to put me in math, English, and science special education classes. Even though I had told my case manager that I wanted to take normal classes, advanced classes if allowed, she told me that I was too r-word-ed to handle them. When I told my mom about this, she didn’t believe that she called me and agreed that I should listen to the professionals and stay in SPED. I requested this again in the 8th grade but was turned down once more.  

In my first year of high school, I was doing so well in my SPED math and English classes, that my English teacher asked me if I wanted to move to English CP. I obviously took the chance. I realized that the teachers here actually saw me for my potential. I straight up asked my math teacher if I can move up to Algebra 1 CP and she agreed. Although, the class had such a different workload, different expectations, different everything. I had homework nearly everyday, which I never had in SPED math. I had to actually study, which I never had to do. I actually cried during tests, which I now find embarrassing and immature, especially since I would not study as much as I should have. All of these things applied to my English class essays, too. I was not good at English back then and did not even try to improve all year. As time passed, I eventually stopped crying during these classes and actually improved my efficiency in math. Next year, my sophomore year, I performed amazingly in all of my classes. I scored A’s in every marking period. 

However, these were CP classes, not honors. I was taking the average courses. As my friend told me, colleges want to see the level and amount of rigor you can handle, only then can you be allowed into the best college possible. Since I was taking only CP classes, I developed the notion that there was no chance of me getting accepted into a good school and getting the job that I wanted, so I went a little crazy, left a suicide note to all of my friends and family, and tried to end myself. All of my friends blew up my phone, telling me, “DON’T DO IT!” and “YOU HAVE SO MUCH LIFE TO LIVE FOR!”. The police came into my room after a friend who lives in the same apartment building as me called them. Even though they had stopped me before I had actually done anything, they took me to the hospital. My mom asked me why I was going to do what I said I was going to do, but laughed at me alongside my sister when I told them. They said it was a stupid reason, even the nurse personally told me what I did was stupid. After they laughed, I was too embarrassed to tell the doctor and nurses what I was in the hospital for. My sister kept saying the guy in the booth next to us had bigger problems than I had. I stayed the whole night in an isolated room for psych evaluation, didn’t sleep at all, only listened to some fifty-year-old man get up and go back to his room repeatedly to inform the nurses that he wet his bed and would become upset every time they told him the hospital didn’t have washers to clean his sheets.

Eventually, I returned to school and all my friends were happy to see me. They told me that they were worried sick and to never do that again, hugging me as they said it. I was glad that I got to live another day. After that whole fiasco, my counselor, whom I later changed for another counselor due to everything, actually allowed me to take all honors classes next year, with the exception of two APs and one CP. I also changed my case manager. I was extremely happy and overjoyed. I promised myself to get all As in those classes so that I could prove that all along I was capable of handling harder coursework. The two APs I was in were AP Biology and AP World History: Modern. I was able to excel in Ap World, earning a 96 average, but only an 80 average in Ap Bio. In the DBQ and LEQ sections of the ap World exam I had a panic attack and didn't finish either of them. In the AP Bio exam, I only finished half of the FRQ and even then I'm positive most of them were only partially correct. I completely botched those AP exams, and I'm pretty sure I got 1s or 2s on them. Based on what my friends told me about the AP world exam, they found it extremely easy and are probably going to get 5s, but me who is too dumb botched it.

There’s this kid in my grade, who is a friend of mine as well, that manages to get As on every single assignment, every test, and has never failed like I have. He’s in all of the hardest classes and doesn't even study for them, yet he gets As. I’m so fucking jealous. I want the kind of intellect he has, but I'm just too stupid. I’ve always dreamed of attending an ivy league, someone recognizing that I'm not the dumb, autistic kid everyone has thought about me. To make it worse, everyone around me has parents that support their dreams. My mom, the previous counselor, and the previous case manager wanted me to stay in special classes and don’t believe I can or should take and succeed in AP or honors classes. I want to prove them all wrong, but it seems like I’m only proving them right.

I have been slowly losing my motivation to do anything, as my grades have not been good as they were last year. I just can’t stand it. Summer vacation started about two weeks ago, and I have lost my motivation to do anything. I don't feel good, and I don't look good. This entire summer, I have just been jerking off to porn, multiple times a day. I'll spend all day jerking and saving porn I find on Reddit or online. When I'm done, I'll unsave the videos and promise myself to never do it again, but I do it again in just a couple of hours. I have also gained a ton of weight over the course of my junior year. I gained 50 pounds over the course of the year. I used to exercise everyday until I was 160 pounds, which was healthy considering my height, sex, and age. But then when my doctor told me I was at a healthy weight now, I guessed I started to slack off. I also have not been getting adequate sleep. I have been staying up every night until 12. Hell, It's 2:40pm as I'm writing this.

I feel unmotivated. I feel disgusting. I feel unclean. My room is getting messier by the day, and I fear that I will fail the classes I'm taking next year. I feel like shit. All I do everyday if sit at my computer all day either playing Minecraft or jerking off to porn like I said. I feel terrible. I don't like how my life is going but I just can't seem to stop. How do I start "cleaning" up my life?

Hi all.

I'm currently a first year Law student at Durham, aiming to get into the bar and practice as a barrister.

Obviously, I don't have any children yet - but I was curious as to how it might look in the future. I definitely want at least one child, if not two, and have considered adopting as soon as I've got a stable income and my own job (I'm gay and don't want to do the whole surrogacy route).

I guess what I wanted to ask is, let's hope all things go well and I do have a very stable income and could hypothetically afford it, would it be worth sending my them to somewhere like Eton/Harrow/Westminster/Marlborough?

Or should I let them go into state school?

Thanks!
(Once again I know it's incredibly early days, but dad always tells me to be prepared)

I've worked so hard to be one of the top performers in all my classes from elementary up to my senior year in high school. My parents have always been proud of me for that. My brother? not so much. Yet it turns out, he's the one to get into a reputable university while I get to be the sibling to settle for something less just because he's fhe first one to graduate high school and look for colleges. School is the only thing I know that can actually help me make a difference but I! have to settle for a university's financial assistance and work three times harder than I already have been for the past 13 years?!?! Why? : ( If I had known this would happen, this lack of security and support, then I would have asked for something far more better for my birthday--college funds: (I even dreamed of going abroad to broaden my educational experience. But even that seems so far to reach now.

I asked my dad earlier for some cash so I can pay the fees for my request for school records as I am currently preparing college application documents. Guess what? He has some just enough for what I was asking but told me to "ask your mom or your aunt". I cried thinking he would rather let me beg for a little cash from other relatives than to lend me some. This honestly has been such a smack in the face knowinf that there's a possibility for me to not even finish high school.

I know this may seem like I'm some spoiled daughter or whatever. But I just have always aimed higher in life than any of my siblings. I know and have considered that funds may be low because of my brother's tuition since he's graduating college soon but come on. I've expected my parents to do more for me especially since they have treated me like a golden child ever since. I just want a more secure support :(

Im in high school and my grade are all fine, however I haven't been attending tutor class everyday for a long time and my tutor gave me a rather negative report card comment about my absence. I will be submitting this report card to uni application, so I have to ask for the teacher to modify it, but IDK how to ask reasonably and politely PLSSS HELP