Meeting the impossible (odds)

A South African genius who inherited the intellectual gene from her late-reballious father is slapped by reality when her mother dies of cancer. She is faced with insecurities of caring for anyone besides her younger brother, regarding the fact that her male best friend died four years prior. She deals with her inner grief by shutting everyone out and transforming into a perfectionist. When she goes to a fancy university, in a different state , that everyone dreams of, she meets a guy who shapes her distraught perspective towards life. Could he possibly be able to transform her from a pessimist to an optimist?