College admissions with mediocre mid-year report

Applying to College
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<p>Hi, I just received my grades for first semester yesterday, and here is how they look</p>

<p>Government--A
AP Lit--A
AP Calc BC--B
AP Physics B--C
AP Spanish Language--B
Journalism--A
Photography--A</p>

<p>I had an A in calculus until the final exam dropped me to a 89, and my teacher does not round up. Spanish was the same situation. Prior to this, my stats were as follows:</p>

<p>Class ranking: 30/789
GPA: 4.333 weighted, 3.98 unweighted</p>

<p>Other stats include</p>

<p>SAT: 2250
CR: 680
W: 770
M: 800</p>

<p>SAT 2's
US history: 770
LIT: 720</p>

<p>AP Language, US History, European History--5
AP Calc AB, Bio--4</p>

<p>My course load for second semester of senior year be the same except AP Macroeconomics will replace Government. </p>

<p>Northwestern Medill is my first choice. I'm hoping that my participation in Cherubs and my editor-in-chief position on my school's newspaper staff will help balance my poor mid-year report. </p>

<p>If it helps I can post my extracurricular statistics.
How much will my poor mid-year report affect my chances to a top college?</p>

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<p>Do you know your new weighted/unweighted GPA? I honestly think the As and Bs are fine, but the C is what may hurt you the most. If you can, get your guidance counselor to maybe explain why (is there a reason) or the Bs (that they were really B+s, if your school doesn’t designate on a transcript). But at this point, last semester is over, and you’ve got to live with what you’ve got.</p>

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<p>Your mid year report won’t counter balance other grades you’ve gotten, but the C might affect things</p>