bad first semester of junior year

freshmen year i wasnt very serious and ended with an u/w gpa of about 3.2 sophmore year i did better i brought it up to around a 3.4 u/w (3.9) weighted this year i am taking 2 ap classes and the year started out fine but my uncle passed away in early october and i missed a lot of school because of this my grades got very bad, i will be able to pull them up to 4 a’s 3 b’s and a c at best. without the time off i would have gotten all a’s. i scored an 1160 on the psat but have yet to take the real one, assuming i get all a’s next semester could i still have a chance to be competitive at mid level colleges?

please help

absolutely. I got into a top college with a 3.2 GPA from high school. AP classes are great and if I were you I’d look into early admissions in college.

Don’t worry, if you show an upward trend in both performance and rigor, you definitely have a shot at a good college!