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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I was able to advance academics twice through convincing convincing people that I was more than my bad grades.

First was me convincing another highschool to accept me and let me skip a year after I almost failed my first year in high school.

Second was applying for my current university, with decent grades, but needing scholarship.

Both times I spoke with people in charge of making those decisions through online interviews and managed to convince them to take chances on me