Bad senior year first semester grades so far

Applying to College
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<p>So my cumulative GPA is 3.93. But we just started school a month ago and I already have a 3.3 GPA in my first semester of senior year.</p>

<p>Here are my grades right now as they stand
UW Japanese 113 (college course in high school) - A
AP Composition - B+
AP environmental science - B
Video Production - A (I'm taking this class because I need my art credits to graduate)
AP psychology - A-
UW precalculus (college course in high school) - C-</p>

<p>I'm trying really hard to bump those two B's to A- but will having a C- or a D in Precalculus hurt my chances into going into the colleges that I want to go to? (I'm thinking UW, SPU, Seattle U or Hawaii U)?</p>

<p>I just really hope my grades go up :\ pre calc is my hardest class right now because it's all word problems and its a college course....I'm trying for a 3.5 GPA....is that ok even though my cumulative GPA is 3.93?</p>

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<p>That should be fine for that list of colleges. Using SPU as an example, even if you went “down” to a 3.5 your cum GPA would still be in the top half of the entering class based on last year’s Common Data Set. [Common</a> Data Set 2009-2010 - Information and Data Management - Seattle Pacific University](<a href=“http://www.spu.edu/depts/idm/common-data-sets.asp]Common”>http://www.spu.edu/depts/idm/common-data-sets.asp) Do your best and push through this last year in HS.</p>