So I'm a sophomore in high-school and I'm doing good this year, but the problem is that I really messed up my freshman year. My grades were: F, B, D, A, F, B for 1st semester and: F, C, F, D, C, A for 2nd semester. I had 1 weighted class, algebra i honors, which was a B 1st sem and a C 2nd sem. I had around 20 tardies, 2 class cuts, 4 in-school suspensions, and 2 unexcused tardies. This year my grades are: A, A, B, A, A, A, A this semester. I have 3 weighted classes, algebra ii honors, geometry honors, and graphic design (also duel credit) and I have A's in all of those. The only trouble I've got in this year is 4 tardies so far. I have an extra class this year because I'm in a different school. I'm also in math team and wyse club this year. I usually do good in the math competitions. I'm proud of myself for turning my grades and behavior around, but I'm worried that it will ruin my chances of getting to a good college.
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There are no "good" colleges. You have to be a good student to do well in their program, and the program is famously useless for actually getting you any particular benefit, such as finding a job.
Get a simple job and a cheap pad within walking distance. That is so you don't have to waste your money on transportation. Save half of everything you earn. Yes, half. To start, keep your savings in gold or silver coins which you do not store in anybody else's vault. (IOW hide them at home.) Spend your evenings studying investment books at the public library. When you are smart enough then you can make other investments. If you earn ten bux an hour and save half, in only ten years you will have A HUNDRED THOUSAND BUX not counting interest or capital gains or paper profits: only principle. There is no other plan that will give you a net worth above zero in only ten years. And there is no school that will teach you any such thing.
Does this plan work? Andrew Carnegie worked five years, saved his wages, and then put it all into a tech stock: telegraph. You might have heard the name. His hobby was building concert halls and libraries.
