Overachiever Stories

Growing up with chronic illness is an emotional journey. This story will describe the feeling of having your soul leave your body. In addition to the experience of being unseen for all the challenges and chapters that come with being chronically ill.

For the eldest daughters, overachievers, procrastinators, and anyone who's ever been confused about who they really are or where they want to be. This one's for you.

...The grade that started it all... Aliyah and Greyson have been in the same classes since freshman year. From required classes to extra curricular, they had it all. Their competitive personalities didn't help too much. Always fighting to be number one, in every single class. After graduating college, and getting into medical school. The same medical school their academic rivalry doesn't stop there. They strive to achieve the most and be the most. throughout schooling, internship and residency. Does it ever stop?

*IN PROGRESS* This past December, Dakota graduated the top of her class at the University of Georgia. She gave a speech at winter graduation and her outfit was adorned with an abundance of cords, stoles, and a medal signifying her full-ride scholarship. She graduated a semester early for a few reasons: her 15 college courses in high school allowed her, she wanted to escape the jam-packed schedule she'd maintained the last 3.5 years, and most importantly, to spend time with her family as they navigated extensive health challenges. She is home for seven months in Savannah for a "gap semester" of sorts, with goals of adventure, caretaking, and perhaps finally processing the events of her last 23 years. In July, she'd move to Atlanta to start her dream career in Investment Banking... but it was not her dream city. Someday she'd find a way to make it to New York, but in the meantime close to family is where she's supposed to be. Follow along as she journals the adventures of her college experience. In the "Diary of an Overachiever," Dakota tells of her romantic interests, leadership scares, friendship challenges, high-profile encounters, first sip of alcohol, and the behind the scenes of a girl who seemingly has it all together.

"You think charm makes you a leader?" Bethany Carter's voice was sharp enough to cut. "No," Adrian Bennet smirked. "But it makes me unforgettable. Can you say the same?" Sparks. Clashes. Tension so thick the whole campus feels it. Adrian is the golden boy-confident, charming, untouchable. Bethany is the perfectionist-brilliant, relentless, and tired of standing in someone else's shadow. When they land top spots in the Student Council, neither is prepared for the firestorm that follows. Heated debates turn personal, rivalry turns magnetic, and every sharp word only blurs the line between hate and something dangerously close to desire. "Careful, Carter," Adrian murmured. "You're playing in my arena now." "Good," she shot back. "I came to win." But beneath their battles lies something neither expected: the cracks in their perfection. And once they start to see each other's truths, their greatest fight won't be for power-it'll be for trust. Because sometimes, love doesn't arrive gently. Sometimes...it collides.

Liz is a normal teenager, maybe a bit weird. She's a little too... quiet, too caught up in books and movies to even acknowledge what's going on in the outside world, or even make friends.

We are all tomboys in some way or another. Even a girly girl has her tomboy moments. This is about four high school senior girls, who had been tomboys since the age of five. Best friends since 'forever' (middle school). And their love life that seam to appear during their senior year. Not all of the them believe in love, in high school. The overachiever (Sofia aka Sofie ), the girly one of all of them (Maddison aka Maddi), the shameless total tomboy (Rebecca), the maths wizz (Jessica aka Jess).

Ravenscourt Academy isn't just any school. It's where royals and the ridiculously rich send their kids - and where perfection is the rule. Hazel has dreamed of going there her whole life. She's not a royal. She's not wealthy. But she's worked harder than anyone - studying non-stop, mastering the cello and flute, training in two sports - all to earn a place in a school that rarely lets "normal" people in. Now she's finally in. Hazel knows the rules: stay focused, stay out of trouble, don't mess up. Her spot at Ravenscourt is fragile, and the school is watching her every move. So when her friends drag her to a club to celebrate, she knows she shouldn't go. She tries to say no - but gives in. Big mistake. One text message changes everything. Her long-time boyfriend has cheated on her... with one of her best friends. Angry, hurt, and a little drunk, Hazel loses control. And then she bumps into him. The Crown Prince. He's rude. Arrogant. Acts like he owns the place - because he kind of does. Hazel snaps. She yells at him, right there in the middle of the club. Loud enough for people to notice. The next day, everyone's talking.

It goes both ways, They say. It was my fault, For never opening up. But it was yours too, For making me feel small. I would've done anything To open up. But arguments would always Come, no matter the effort I gave.

Jennifer Nicole Roberts is like any overachiever. Smart, confident, and well, perfect. Nobody ever sees the real her. They just see the bratty Know-It-All.  Till one day a tragedy happens that changes her life forever. Who knows?  It may have not been a tragedy but a miracle. You know what they say, “Everything happens for a reason.”

A story about a girl who doubts her talents and abilities.

Naie is the textbook definition of an overachiever. She's the class president, a part of various organizations, valedictorian hopeful, and most importantly, dedicated to achieving her list of ten-year life goals. To attain these life objectives, she believes that entering a good university will make it easier for her. That's why when their school's tech team launched this "compatibility app", Naie, who sees dating as a distraction, signed herself up solely to boost her resume and extracurriculars. She's sure her "perfect match" will be someone equally driven as her. But seems like fate has another plan for her senior year when her app-selected match is the school's introverted artist, Santi.

A girl who has been told she's smart her whole life and never fails to be perfect, starts to feel tired of pressure. She feels lost and alone, without her mother's help.

Lyra Everhart believes in precision, planning, and perfect GPA curves - not luck, and definitely not Orion Rag. He's arrogant, rich, and the golden boy of the city's most powerful family. She's grounded, overworked, and fiercely determined to earn her spot at Harvard the honest way. The only thing they have in common? A burning need to outdo each other - and a shared goal that could change everything. When their strict principal ropes them into the country's biggest science fair - a college-level competition with real R&D companies - they're forced to work together or risk their futures. Sparks fly, tempers flare, and somewhere between late-night lab sessions, mint chip ice cream, and accidental phone calls, rivalry starts to look a lot like... something else. But just when their uneasy alliance starts to shift, a ghost from Lyra's past shows up at her doorstep - threatening to unravel everything. Enemies-to-lovers meets academic ambition in this swoon-worthy, slow-burn romance filled with chemistry, competition, and the quiet kind of love that creeps in like daylight.

I drop to my knees as soon as I see the ball is released from Jessica's hand. It hits the top of the base and somehow the batter's shoe, bouncing off to a place I hadn't seen. Slowly, I get up and search for the bright sphere when I suddenly hear people yelling at me to find it quicker. 'It hit her shoe, it's supposed to be a dead ball,' I thought in confusion. I looked for the ball frantically as the screaming gets louder. 'I can't see a dang thing with the catchers mask on, but there's not enough time to throw it off.' Everyone is screeched for me to find it, and my heart starts beating faster and faster every millisecond that goes by. 'God, I can't find it! I can't find it!' ink about before the final month Sorry... Book is being removed

Amelia Hart walks the hallways chasing everything she's ever wanted-honors, friendship, even the fragile spark of first love. To everyone else, her life seems untouchable, almost perfect. But petals scatter easily, and love is just as fleeting as dreams. When everything she's reached for begins to slip away, will anyone be there to catch her or will she fall in the bottomless expectations that she put on herself?

"You're useless." "Such a burden... " "No one 𝘞𝘐𝘓𝘓 love you." "I wish you would die..." The voices, the voices are stuck in her head...however, there is still hope, atleast that's what I want to think for her. She wakes up, get ready, not eat, go to school, study, eat some at lunch time, go home, get comfortable, not eat, play games on her cellphone, sleep... rinse and repeat. That's her life. But what will she do when one night, she falls asleep before being in a 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥'𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬... ⁅𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺.⁆ 𝐧𝐨𝐰. -𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘙𝘐

As Lucy Haskell sulks into her junior year of high school, she slowly begins to feel more and more dehumanized by the violent overachieve-or-die culture of the American education system. In a desperate last attempt to retain some semblance of autonomy, she will face a host of new enemies, including her own mind.

A story in which an overachieving girl with impeccable vocabulary and an incompetent boy get locked in the principal's office together.