Brothers and Sisters, I'm in a Tough Spot and Need Your Duas

As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I'm a student taking a gap year to prep for engineering entrance exams, and honestly, I'm going through the hardest time of my life. I just need to share this and really ask for your duas. **School Stuff:** I was a decent student before, Alhamdulillah, scoring above 90% in my board exams last year because I was consistent. That’s why I decided to take this year to try for a better college. But then I messed up big time by putting things off. In the first session of the main national exam, I got around the 91st percentile. Instead of improving for the next one, I wasted time, barely studied, and my rank dropped to about 143,000 out of 1.5 million students. I recently took a couple other university exams-one went really badly, like the worst ever, but another went okay, so I might have a chance at an Electrical branch in a respected private college here. That’s pretty much my only backup right now. **Family Issues:** Because of how I’ve been doing, my dad has lost trust in me. It’s worse because my grandmother and aunt have been saying things to him, claiming I’m letting the family down and making him look bad. It hurts that he agreed with them. He told my mom and older brother that I’ve lied about studying since the results came out. The vibe at home is super tense now. **Spiritual Struggle:** The guilt and pressure really got to me. Instead of turning to Allah, I kind of just ran away. Before this year, I prayed regularly, only sometimes missing Fajr. But once the stress hit, I stopped praying altogether. I fell into a bad habit of just hiding in my room from afternoon until night, wasting time on stuff just to avoid thinking about failing. **A Change of Heart:** Recently, seeing other students who were also struggling start to improve their mock test scores through hard work really woke me up. It lit a fire in me-if they can do it, I can too. I’ve been studying properly for the past three days, and I want to succeed. I want to prove my relatives wrong, and more than anything, I want to earn back my dad’s trust. **What’s Coming Up:** In a few days, I have a crazy schedule with about five different major state and private entrance exams one after another all through May. I’m especially scared of the first exam in three days. It’s a private university test known for giving really random, unfair ranks-even top students get unpredictable results. Since their admission process starts almost right away, if I get a bad rank, my dad might lose whatever little hope he has left before I even take the other exams later in the month. I’m really worried about his reaction. Please, I’m begging you to keep me in your duas. Ask Allah to protect me from unfair systems, grant me a seat in a good college, help me deal with the negativity from my relatives, and soften my dad’s heart toward me. Pray that Allah gives me the sabr and discipline to study hard for the next 25 days and guides me back to my prayers for good. JazakAllah Khair for reading this.