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<p>Well I'm a junior this year and I'm doing worse than expected. I got a horrible gpa this semester. Another bad thing is that I got a D in AP Calc...</p>

<p>GPA: 3.5 UW - 3.76W
PSAT: Predicted 1280 (I didn't study), but I'm hoping for a 1350.
RANK: Top 5-10% out of around 650 students</p>

<p>9th: All classes were Gate level, which is basically honors with no grade bump.</p>

<p>10th: All gate classes and 1 honors - HL Pre-Calc</p>

<p>11th: AP Calc, AP US, AP Eng, HL Chem, HL Span 3, and Journalism</p>

<p>12th: AP Psych, AP Eng, AP Stats, AP Gov/Econ, Journalism and Physics</p>

<p>EC's/Community Service/Awards: Tennis, CSF, Foreign Foods Club (VP), Journalism (Focus Editor), Early Academic Outreach Program, Relay 4 Life, Key Club (VP), Random Acts of Kindness Club, Conservation Club, Certificate of Scholastic Achievement, Circle B Athletic Award, Block B Academic Letter, and "Most Consistent Player" - Tennis.</p>

<p>Also 2 immediate family members had/have cancer during my high school years. My essay topic is about Relay 4 Life....I will have done it for 5 yrs, and the team I'm on with my high school friends should have raised over 50k dollars.</p>

<p>I'm applying the first day I can, I read Aug. 1st....</p>

<p>Thanks for any help.</p>

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<p>SoCal...looks good if you can keep up your gpa for the rest of this year.</p>

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<p>Take away your 1st paragraph and you'd be good to go. Those are both trouble. You have time to reverse it though, so do it. If you're predicting what you say on the SAT, there's no way you should get a D in anything.</p>

<p>Good luck to your family members struggling with the big C.</p>

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<p>Yah I shouldn't have a got a D in Calc....but I plan on getting atleast a B for sure and definately passing the AP Test.</p>

<p>Last semester I got a 3.0, but I'm planning on a 4.0+ this semester.</p>