3.2 GPA by sophmore year. - Intense course-load.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>So, I currently attend the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology as a Junior. The school was ranked 1st in the state, and 3rd in the entire nation during my freshman year. Course load at the school is pretty crazy, with 7 courses throughout every year, and a mandatory 2 month internship Junior year. At the moment my GPA is a 3.2, I severely overestimated my abilites freshman year and only acheived a 2.8. Sophmore year I managed a 3.6. So far, halfway through first semester of Junior year, I have a 4.0 (all unweighted). I scored a 238 on the PSAT (2380~ on the SAT). My course-load freshman year was:
- Engineering Concepts
- Gifted Language Arts
- Accelerated Intergrated Geometry
- Gifted Physics
- Gifted Chemistry
- AP Human Geography
- Spanish I.</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
- Engineering Applications
- World Literature and Composition Gifted
- Accelerated Intergrated Precalculus
- AP Biology
- Robotics and Mechatronics
- AP World History
- Spanish II
- Scientific Research</p>

<p>and my current Junior year courses are:
- AP Calculus BC
- Advanced Genetics Gifted
- Spansih III Gifted
- AP Statistics
- AP U.S. History + AP U.S. Gov (taught together as a block course).
- American Literature and Composition Gifted
- Internship</p>

<p>I wanted to know how heavily this courseload would affect college admissions officers' views on my GPA. Can I still manage to get into a high level college (Ivy League?). I took AP Exams for the 3 classes I've taken, and recieved a 5 on AP Human and AP Bio, and a 4 on AP World. Other than Ivy League colleges, I'm currently considering Johns Hopkins, Emory, and Vanderbilt. Thanks to anyone who took the time to read this entire post and respond. </p>

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<p>Thats a pretty heavy courseload. Did you take Algerbra 2 yet? What courses do you plan on taking senior year? The ivy leagues will definitely take into consideration the AP classes to make up for the below 4.0 gpa.
I also would take every AP exam your school offered.</p>

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<p>Senior Course-load looks like it’s going to be something along the lines of:
AP Spanish
AP Physics E&M
AP Chemistry
AP English Composition
AP Microeconomics + AP Macroeconomics (1 each semester)
Calc 2
along with this, my 7th period would be a Senior Capstone Experiance in which I would get another assignment. Possibly an internship (year-long) or a research project. Even with this courseload, I can’t get to every AP Course offered by my school, missing out on AP Comp Sci. APES, AP Drawing Studio, and AP Psychology (I might self-study and take this exam w/o the class.)</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>Bump. Would really appreciate any feedback at all</p>