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Throughoutmy4yearsatMercedHigh,IbelieveIhaverepresentedmyselfwell,inboth

myacademicsandmyattendance.Iamaverymotivatedandambitiousstudent,andthatis
showninmygrades.Overall,ItakeprideinwhatIveaccomplishedinhighschool.
Freshmanyearwasalittlescarytobeginwith,Iwasdefinitelynotusedtotheteaching
stylesandbiggerclassrooms.IwasinBiology,PreAPEnglish,andGeometry(theseweremy
mainclasses)andthiswaswhenIrealizedwheremystrengthswere.EnglishandBiologyare
whereIexcelled,whileIstruggledmoreinGeometry.Mathisreallynotmything.Ipassedall
myclasseswithBsorbetterandmyattendancewasprobablythebestoutofallmyyearsof
highschool.
Nowskipforwardtothisyear,mysenioryear.Thingsaremuchdifferentnowthanthey
were3yearsago.Iamstillagoodstudent,thoughIdoslackoffalittlemorethanIusedto,a
littlemorethanIshouldtobequitehonest.Ialsohavegottenintothebadhabitofnotgoingto
schooleveryday.Myabsencesthisyeararesomuchmorethanofanyofmyyearspast.ButI
dontthinkthatreallyaffectsmygrades.TheclassIdothebestinisstillAPEnglish,andthe
classIstrugglemostinisstillmymathclassStatistics.FirstsemesterIgotallAsandBs,but
thislastsemesteriswhatreallymattersandunfortunatelyiswhenImstruggling.IhaveaC
rightnowinStatsanditsscaringme!Myuniversityacceptanceisconditionalonmepassing
everyclasssothestressisreallyreal.
Ifsomeonedidntknowmeandcouldonlymakeanassumptionbasedonmygradesand
attendance,IwouldliketothinktheywouldsayIwasacapableandproficientstudent.And
thoughmygradeswerenttheabsolutebest,Itookclassesthatweremorechallengingthan

expectedofme,liketheAPclasses.Myattendancebacksthisupaswell,exceptthisyearasI
mentionedbefore.

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