Ramona Said:

Could my family sue the school for emotional distress?

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Unfortunately, it sounds as though you paid the price. But your parents are just as responsible for your situation as the school is . . . if not more so. I can tell you that if I had been your parent, I would not have played this back and forth game. The biggest problem is that your parents allowed this to drag out until the eleventh hour. You can't play pat-a-cake year after year after year, and THEN hit the school with a lawsuit because of what they did or failed to do. Your parents had a duty and responsibility to address the issues in a firm, immediate, decisive manner as they were occurring.

My guess is that you are correct: They did think you were milking the anxiety issues to suit your own purposes. And my sense is that you almost certainly DID milk this to a degree . . . and your parents facilitated this.

I'm sorry. But not everything is a lawsuit. And to have a suit for intentional infliction of emotional distress is VERY difficult. You would have to prove that the school engaged in a course of conduct for the specific intended purpose of causing you severe emotional distress. In your situation, your emotional issues are preexisting. That the dealings with your school didn't help your condition doesn't mean that they are responsible. Additionally, the school would be able to (successfully) argue that high school is stressful and causes anxiety for the most normal student.

The best justice you can achieve is to move forward and live well.

Jeremy Said:

What would you do if you made it into a specialized high school such as Stuyvesant?

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my parents said that i could get whatever i want also .
i got into stuy . and my family is going out for dinner . x)

Alan Said:

Why is it that I have trouble with being taught academically (Pls hear me out)? How to overcome mental abuse?

We Answered:

Start exploring your options. Try community college. Also, many 4 year universities have Associate's programs you could try....

I was the same as you- I did pretty well on my ACTs but graduated near the bottom of my class and didn't have the most spectacular GPA. I began at a four year and just didn't apply myself the way I should have. My parents pretty much gave me an ultimatum so I switched to community college. Community college was mind numbingly boring to me BUT I learned a lot about myself, graduated with an associates and am currently attending OU and doing way better.

I think that you just need to learn what works for you. The problem with a lot of high schools is that you're not given the freedom to figure out how you learn. HS basically works for people that enjoy taking 6-7 classes at one time, back to back, from 8 to 2. We don't all function well like this...

From what you've said it sounds like you'd be a good self started and you'd be able to push yourself. If you decide to do online school, research, research, research. A lot of online schools aren't fully accredited so you spend all of that money to wind up sort of no where sometimes.

I would suggest to you community college with online courses. I've taken online courses and enjoyed them because I was able to work but still get the work done on my time schedule.

Please, feel free to email me. I am from Ohio as well so I might be able to answer any other questions that you have. good luck!

Brittany Said:

Is this a good start to my paper?

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sounds good.. kind of sound like you are drifting off a bit on some topics... otherwise keep it up!!

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We Answered:

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Priscilla Said:

Any law school help available?

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There's a lot of questions in here! I'll try to give answers to most of them, but it may appear somewhat haphazard.

First, your LSAT score is going to be critical. It is always important, but with your academic history of moving around, the CofC grades, and then the bad quarter at Cincy, law schools are really going to want to see a top score in order to give them confidence. Back to this later.

Next, your academic history is an issue. You did well in high school, but law schools don't care about that and they don't want to see that info. They care about the LSAT and your college GPA. You can still affect your GPA, so if I were in your shoes I would do everything possible to get a 4.0 in all remaining quarters. If you can do that, then you can use an addendum in your admissions application to explain what happened with the moving around and the bad quarter.

As far as majors, there is no one major that law schools want. Instead, they want a diverse pool of students from all academic backgrounds. This gives each law class a robust set of experiences to draw from, and it contributes to the diversity of views expressed in class. That said, many law applicants come from the humanities disciplines, and so anything different from that can set you apart (after reviewing 1000 applicants who are polisci majors, a physics major suddenly looks interesting!). Your major isn't as different as that, but the math aspect helps a little (the sports part doesn't because you see plenty of guys with sports admin degrees who want to become agents. Sorry).

Back to the LSAT. If you are capable of 175, you need to set that as your goal (and really, even higher if you are capable). To do that, I'd recommend taking an LSAT prep course down the line. They are expensive, but they can really have a profound impact on your score (I teach LSAT for PowerScore, and am obviously partial them). If you want a marker right now so you know where you are starting, maybe download the free June 2007 LSAT from the http://www.lsat.com site and take it this summer. Then you will know how far away you are from 175. Regardless, you need to maximize your LSAT to have any shot at the schools you mention. Next year start thinking about grabbing some of the popular books out there (LSAT Bibles, Kaplan 180) and getting an early start in preparing.

Last but not least, whether you have a shot at any of those schools is in your hands. There are a lot of "what ifs" floating around with your GPA and LSAT, so you should really focus on those two things, make sure you have an active extracurricular life outside of academics, and then see where things are in a year and a half. At that point you will be in a much better position to tell whether you have a shot at a top 25 school.

Good luck!

Gregory Said:

Are you planning to Sign up for the 09.12.09 Protest at the Capitol!?

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Good video. I can't be there but will pray for America.