Are my grades good enough? or they do not stand a chance agaisnt straight A students?

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<p>I am just very curious as to whether my GPA over the last 3 years will be good enough for Stanford/ UC Berk/ UC Davis, etc. </p>

<p>Ok here goes..</p>

<p>Frosh year: I had a 4.0 first semester (took 2 advanced courses, not honors or AP, just more advanced than the regular class). 2nd semester, I went deaf and my GPA went down to a 3.5. I guess I was sorta depressed about this and let my grades fall but o well.</p>

<p>Soph year. Remember I'm still dealing with this incident. 1st semester: 3.7; 2nd semester: 3.8 (I took 2 AP, and 1 honors course)</p>

<p>Juniro Year: 1st semester: 4.1 GPA (3 APs (all my school has to offer)); 2nd semester just started like 2 weeks ago so yea.</p>

<p>One question about junior year tho, I dropped my AP calc BC class due to enormous stress and not being able to cope. Will this affect me for admissions? I know I'm ahead of a lot of people, but I'm not sure whether this will look good- btw I TA for the class, so I'm still learning somewhat I guess.</p>

<p>Senior Year: TBD</p>

<p>Anyway my question is, will my "bad to ok" GPA be looked down upon? My parents say that while my GPA is ok, it might not be good enough agaisnt the others who have like 4.5,4.6, etc. I'm just a little worried about this lol</p>

<p>Thanks in advance. No negative comments please =)</p>

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<p>First off, I commend you for maintaining a good GPA despite your deafness. That's pretty amazing, IMO. Second, most people don't have 4.5/4.6 weighted (assuming you're talking about a 4.0 UW scale), and besides there are many people who get accepted with a 3.5~3.8 GPA (I'm mainly talking about Stanf/Berk here). As for your CalcBC dropout, ask your counselor if that appears on your record. I know that at our school, if we drop a class within the 1st quarter, they erase our entire record for taking that class. Anyways, I wish you luck in your admissions</p>

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<p>Thank you for cheering me up =) Yea, it's not going to go on my record..just that I TA'ed for the class.</p>

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<p>bumpp</p>

<p>anyone else have advice? lol</p>