I don’t know how someone is supposed to survive in college and beyond if they struggled in high school

People love to say high school is a joke and easy compare to what comes after, but it hurts when you struggled immensely in high school. Even with a lot of time studying, I struggled to get good grades. I can’t pass tryouts for sports or auditions for band. It is so frustrating that high school is considered easy, but it feels super hard for so many