College failure can and does replicate itself, and very often the constant factors that caused the primary failure can cause a second or even third. There is an illusion that bright students can’t fail, or that students that did fail didn’t “have what it takes.” Students who did fail in college, this is simply not the case. I have had clients who graduated from top high schools, took many AP classes, had a high GPA and stellar SAT scores, and still failed in college. While the reasons are many, they either one amount to something happening during college, or a key action not happening prior to attending. If a failing student isn’t helped at the right time, in the right way, they may never see college success.
The main take away is that you must learn to live with your results and accept the results for no matter what they are. Keep on striving and fail forward.
