<p>So, this is my Junior year. I'm taking five AP courses - and the according AP test in each of them - along with two pre-AP courses, and the only regular course that I'm taking is Debate. Last semester I made all A's except for one B (Physics), and it looks like it'll be the same this time around. I just got a letter that I was in the top 50,000 of the PSAT takers, and I expect to do around 2200 on the SAT this coming June, aside from mostly 4's and 5's on the five AP tests in May. I'm going to take six AP courses next year, and seven or eight AP tests (one or two being after independent study), as well as continuing Debate.</p>
<p>Here's the thing. Skipping my life story and any justification I may have for it (judge me as you like), I had absolutely no ambition of so much as even attending college in my first two years of high school. As such, I barely came to school (I missed approximately 1/3 of the entire school year, both my freshman and sophomore years), and took only normal classes - and my grades reflected exactly this. Needless to say, my GPA is currently very low (3.x where x is probably much less than five).</p>
<p>Do you think colleges will have any sympathy for me if they examine my grade patterns, or I explain this somehow (possibly in my admissions essay)? Or am I just...out of luck? I really want to go somewhere in New England and get the hell out of the Southwest (I really, really hate Texas). Currently I'm looking at both Boston University and Northeastern University. Do you think either of these colleges will care about by plight in the slightest?</p>