My word count is 375 while limit is 250 /: Need a way to shorten it down a bit. The prompt was provide information that will help us better understand your academic performance.
Maintaining an above average GPA had paid a toll on my mind but if you learn from it, you'll eventually overcome it. Throughout my years in school, I've stressed myself to get good grades under no circumstances but what I lacked was memorization. I had a poor memory in remembering certain things I've learned and had a tendency to forget what I learned easily, making me look back at the previous notes. My weakest subject might've been history because of it; I couldn't remember dates of historical events and forget the sequence of events. One day I looked at my world history teacher's list of recommendation for AP World History, my name was nowhere to be found. I expected that because I was an average student for history but that gut feeling made me want to give it a try, so I asked the teacher, and there I was, in AP World History. The course was interesting but soon enough, my poor memorization started to take its action that no matter how hard I studied, dates and sequence just wouldn't budge into my mind. Not surprised, I failed the exam with a 2. It was devestating at first, but I knew I shouldn't let that one grade bring me down and I gave myself another chance by taking AP Biology while learning something valuable while taking this course. I developed a passion for Biology because of the way my teacher explained every piece of information and preparing materials for us to get a better insight of it which helped me improve my memory. I wasn't the best student in the class and felt way below because everyone scored so high on their class exams while I scored within the median. The feeling of no hope struck me again but I pushed myself to study, to memorize, to rewrite and reread notes as much as I can to remember. My expectations weren't high and remained a 3 but when the AP exam came around, compared to my history exam, I felt more confidence and more potential in myself. All that work paid off when scores came in the mail in July. Without hesitation, I opened it, and in front of my eyes, I saw a 4.
Maintaining an above average GPA had paid a toll on my mind but if you learn from it, you'll eventually overcome it. Throughout my years in school, I've stressed myself to get good grades under no circumstances but what I lacked was memorization. I had a poor memory in remembering certain things I've learned and had a tendency to forget what I learned easily, making me look back at the previous notes. My weakest subject might've been history because of it; I couldn't remember dates of historical events and forget the sequence of events. One day I looked at my world history teacher's list of recommendation for AP World History, my name was nowhere to be found. I expected that because I was an average student for history but that gut feeling made me want to give it a try, so I asked the teacher, and there I was, in AP World History. The course was interesting but soon enough, my poor memorization started to take its action that no matter how hard I studied, dates and sequence just wouldn't budge into my mind. Not surprised, I failed the exam with a 2. It was devestating at first, but I knew I shouldn't let that one grade bring me down and I gave myself another chance by taking AP Biology while learning something valuable while taking this course. I developed a passion for Biology because of the way my teacher explained every piece of information and preparing materials for us to get a better insight of it which helped me improve my memory. I wasn't the best student in the class and felt way below because everyone scored so high on their class exams while I scored within the median. The feeling of no hope struck me again but I pushed myself to study, to memorize, to rewrite and reread notes as much as I can to remember. My expectations weren't high and remained a 3 but when the AP exam came around, compared to my history exam, I felt more confidence and more potential in myself. All that work paid off when scores came in the mail in July. Without hesitation, I opened it, and in front of my eyes, I saw a 4.
