Can I get a 3.5? Really bad junior year

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I had a terrible junior year. I got 6 C grades between the two semesters (all in the same classes - APUSH, Precalculus, and Chemistry). First semster, APUSH and Precalc were C+ grades, with 79% in both classes because I failed both of the finals. My grades are mostly low because I don't test well or sometimes I lose points on homework. I posted before just about how I've had a terrible year academically, and for a long time I didn't do my work because I was planning to kill myself by the end of the year, especially if I did badly. I moved and changed schools, and they changed my GPA a bit. I had a 3.7UW after sophomore year, but at my new school it changed to a 3.5UW. They changed all of my grades for all semesters. On my current school transcript it says the following. We don't do weighted GPA.</p>

<p>Fr: 3.72
So: 3.56
Jr: 3.41</p>

<p>I am really upset because I don't see myself as a 3.4 student. I know I could do better, I just had such a hard time with school and life. I can't even explain all of my problems because one of my biggest problems would involve CPS and the separation of my family, and I don't want to go through that. I've already had to lie to Child Protective Services before so they don't split up my family. That's a completely different story. </p>

<p>BOTTOM LINE. I need a 3.5 to get honor cords for graduation. I don't want anyone to know how much I struggled this year. Everyone knows that I'm supposed to be smart because I was really smart when they knew me in middle school. (I moved and moved back). Also my extended family knows I am supposed to be really smart. I really don't want to walk if everyone has to know I got a 3.4. I've been doing calculations to see if I can fix m GPA, but I think I have the wrong calculations. My freshman and sophomore years I took 6 classes a semester. My junior year I took 8 classes a semester. Next year I am taking 7 classes. Even if I got a 4.0 (I'd need lots of help). Could I get a 3.5? Do you think that if I talked to the administration, maybe they'd give me cords if they know that it's important to me and why? My GPA isn't really comparable to theirs because at the school I go to now, everyone took 8 classes per semester all the time. And if they didn't change my UW GPA when I switched schools, I'd be okay. I just hate myself so much for everything that I have done, I don't know how to handle this. How can I possibly get in to college with all of those C grades? (I got As in everything else).</p>

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<p>Er…given your freshman year, isn’t your average GPA already well over 3.5? If not, it should be.</p>

<p>So much worrying, oi.</p>

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<p>No, those are cumulative GPAs. My GPA has been dropping.</p>

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<p>If you do really well senior year, your GPA will definitely go up!:):):):):):):):slight_smile: Good luck! :):):):):):)</p>

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<p>I have a 3.4 now and my counselor can see me reaching a 3.6 possibly if I get at least a 3.8. You’ll have to work hard but it’s definitely possible. I’m sorry to hear about everything that happened to you. Just so you know, colleges will be forgiving about that. Life’s tough and you never know what it’s going to throw at you sometimes. C:</p>

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<p>Yes you can get a 3.5 by the end of senior year. If you get all As next year you’ll be able to graduate with a 3.7. If you get one B and all As a 3.6. Two Bs and all As a 3.55. So it’s possible, broski.</p>