<p>Currently my cumulative GPA is 2.8 unweighted and about 3.1 weighted, I go to a relatively difficult private school, and have a conundrum on my hands. </p>
<p>In short, I decided to actually try this year, and so far it's paying off. My classes are AP Lang, Economics, AP Statistics, Worldviews, Music Theory, French II, Latin I (I would have taken it sooner, but my school just started the program this year), and Physics. I'm rockin' about a 3.8 unweighted and a 4.0 weighted and don't intend to stop working hard (my school started early, I should note). </p>
<p>Right now, I'm interested in St. Olaf, Earlham (already visited and the dean of admissions loved me), Oberlin, Marlboro, College of Wooster, and maybe some others like 'em, and I just wondered, if I can keep up these first semester grades, will they "outweigh" my relatively poor cumulative? </p>
<p>In short, 'What Are My Chances?' And, can I save myself this late? </p>
<p>Also, for what it's worth, I remember my guidance counselor saying that growth matters a lot to colleges, and you can't get much more growth than going from a 3.0 to a 4.0 GPA. </p>
<p>640 on Critical Reading, 510 on Math. I’ve played electric bass for going on three years (if that counts), and am the senior class secretary. I’ve also done community service work with my church and Habitat for Humanity.</p>
<p><em>EDIT</em> I forgot to mention that I helped out with a special needs camp last summer with my brother (who has autism), and intend to do the same next year. It was the first year for the camp. That little tidbit got me a lot of brownie points in the Earlham interview.</p>
<p>Though this post is most definitely a “bumper,” I suppose I could use it to further clarify that this is more a question of what my chances are at schools like the ones I listed, not those specifically. Really, when I think about, this post is better suited for the admissions board, and for that I apologize for my judgment. However, if someone could respond with some insight on this post, that would be lovely, if not, I understand.</p>
<p>Doing extremely well first semester certainly will help the admissions people that are on the “edge” about you. Your class rank will be an important number. </p>
<p>My kids also go to a very tough private school and they cannot take an honors course with out an “A-” in the previous years course. Did you do well in your core courses, but did poorly in your electives?</p>
<p>It’s more that I did poorly in a few core courses, namely science, but I did excellent in my English/language classes, mediocre in math, and great in all of my electives. If it helps, I plan on doing something along the lines of English literature.</p>