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disregarding drag/resistance, if the same vertical force is applied would an object travel at the same velocity on each?

im a junior in the uae with barely any ecs aiming for t30s-40s in america + canada, i know im cooked but what are some potent things i can cram this summer for best possible apps 🙏🙏

for context im not living in america but i have the citizenship. im considering studying there but theres no way i could pay full tuition, would it be realistic to try getting my fees covered? how hard are scholarships to get from top universities? im only farmiliar with the canadian system so i have no idea if this is a reasonable option to entertain. i dont want to go into debt

so this is gonna be lengthy but i really desperately need some advice on my situation.

im taking the british curriculum living in an arabian gulf country, and ive basically been failing everything since high school started. i took 6 igcses and got a single a*, as well as recently failing my january session for AS levels. i never learned to study growing up since i was naturally a very smart kid, until studying became necessary to do well. im desperate to get into a top ranked university, and i basically only have a year (or three board exam sessions) left to do that before graduation. my goal university is ranked 27th worldwide, but im delusional enough that i think i might be able to aim for higher (in canada or the states).

ive worked on myself a lot since january results came back, and am currently doing well in the may/june exam session. expecting straight As hopefully. the plan is to redo everything i failed, plus at least 2 more igcses, and do 4 full AS and A2 levels, as well as extracurriculars (of which i already have a few). im planning on transferring somewhere else for senior year since my schools teachers aren't great and it isnt very highly ranked.

since learning to study and the discipline required for it, i know i can hopefully lock in and get straight A's in everything, but im scared i may have screwed myself over too bad already. my report card GPAs have never been good, and i cant fix those marks without retaking whole years of school. ive heard that there are extreme cases where top ranked universities allow low GPAs, like debilitating medical issues. ive always basically known it was ADHD making me unable to study, but my parents never let me get a diagnosis because it's extremely expensive to get one where i am. however if they knew it would help out in this way im sure theyd pay for it, so im curious if that would fix this problem at all? and if its apparent on my app that i achieved mostly everything within one year, would that impress or reflect negatively on me?

i know it was dumb to never prioritise education until basically the last year of high school, my home life is really bad and it was too exhausting to think about anything academic during that time. now im genuinely just ready to suffer and work myself to the bone for the next year to compensate for it. i dont care about having fun senior year nor having a social life since im going abroad anyway. i need someone to give me a reality check, but also work with me. is there any hope at all of me getting into a top 30 school if i commit to working a violent amount of my waking hours until next summer and using my time efficiently? what should i prioritise right now, especially in terms of extracurriculars? what can i do to make sure i look credible on applications? not sure if my situation is too specific/cooked for anyone to know how to help, but i will take any advice i can get. thank you so much 🙏