First year of college

My life before graduating college has been a rollercoaster ride. My
first year of college did not go so well. I was almost kicked out of
the University of California at Berkeley because of my poor
performance. My poor performance was a combination of my high school's
lack of college preparation and my lack of motivation to succeed. My
mind was not focused on college, but more on my personal life. As I
entered college, my parents underwent separation/divorce. This was
such a distraction that I couldn't focus in school. To get my mind
out of this distraction, I basically focused on something that I
regret, but kept me from going insane: video games. As with any
problems I faced, I usually turn to video games to keep me relax.
Some people may turn to other things like alcohol but for me, video
games allowed to relax where people can't, but that changed later on.
Anyway after my first semester of college, I was on probation and on
my way to be kicked out of college if I don't make the 2.00 GPA at the
end of my first year. Although my personal life was still a major
distraction, I worked enough to meet the 2.00 GPA and saved myself
from being kicked out. It was a year where I lack motivation and had
a low self esteem, but my second year, that all changed and refocused.