<p>So I did HORRIBLY sophomore year, and completed the year with a 2.7 unweighted GPA. This year (junior year) I have a 3.7 so far. I'm bad at myself for doing so badly last year, but I can't do anything about it now. If I keep my grades up I'll have a <em>total</em> four year unweighted GPA of 3.3, at least.
Yes. That is bad. But will colleges notice that I did try my junior and senior year? I'm also going to probably get a 1900 on my SAT, and I'm also a member of three clubs, one of which I'm co-president.
I really need to get into at least a decent school with some aid from the place. How am I now, and what more can I do (and for complicated reasons I can't volunteer so please don't suggest that)? I'm desperate.</p>
<p>Schools don’t really see your senior grades when you apply. They get a grade report of how you are currently doing, but that is it which means the GPA they see is from 9th, 10th and 11th grade. Schools look at both the GPA from each year and your cumulative GPA from all three years. The 2.7 will hinder you, did you have a valid reason for the low grades (death in the family, long term illness and so on)? Also what was your freshman year GPA? Finally what colleges are you looking at (the word decent is vague/its’ meaning varies from person to person)?</p>
<p>My freshmen GPA was about a 3.6 or 3.7 unweighted, which means junior, soph, and freshmen year would be an average of at least 3.3 (and hopefully higher- I calculated wrong before 
With senior year tacked on it would be higher)
Last year I was never diagnosed for anything, but I was very depressed (to the point of never-being-happy-ever and self harm). Is that a regular teenage thing? I don’t know
And I really wanted to get into University of North Carolina at Ashville, but anything like the University of Wisconson at Eau Claire is good in my book.</p>
<p>Also, last year I moved up a level in all my classes which was very difficult for me, and that contributed to my epic fail grades.</p>
<p>If your depression was diagnosed/recognized by a doctor that would be a valid reason for a grade drop (not the greatest reason in the world, but a fairly good one). Assuming you pull the 3.7 again I thing you should be fine, though honestly I don’t know enough about UNC to speak to their admissions.</p>