College Admissions Essay: My Senior Year In High School

I was senior in high school when it hit me how far off course I was. Basketball was my first priority, instead of school, since it was my last year in high school. My grades had always been good before my senior year. I was a straight A student and always doing the best I can in school. When the senior year came around, I realized that I could play basketball in college because many people had told me that I have the potential to play college and my coaches believe that too. So every day, I dedicated myself and put all my focus in basketball, so I can play college ball. My grades were slipping down pretty fast, but it didn’t matter to me, because I didn’t think high school grades were that important and could affect me at any point. Until one