<p>Why the concern about middle school grades? Colleges don’t count them. Would your hs send them? My kids took hs math in middle school, but it didn’t show up on their transcript for college.</p>
<p>Where will you be applying? what are your reaches, matches, safeties, financial safety? Some don’t count 9th year grades, some do. Some schools will let you include all grades…including PE and electives - that might boost your GPA for some schools.</p>
<p>What is your GPA…weighted and unweighted. </p>
<p>I don’t think any college is going to overlook bad grades due to a death of an aunt, uncle, or cousin…unless these people were raising you. Everyone loses extended family members while in middle school and high school (grandparents, etc.).</p>