<p>I lived in France from age 7-16, so my 9th and 10th year grades don't have Honors or APs since those don't exist in France. Therefore my GPA isn't high when it is cumulative (2.9) but if you look at my Junior year of HS it is 4.1. And my senior grades are looking the same so far.</p>
<p>I took 2 AP exams last year: Psychology and French, and got 5 on both.
I am taking AP European History this year and ALL Honors classes. (And i'll be taking the AP European History AP Test)</p>
<p>My counselor statement explains my lower GPA and grade situation for 9th and 10th grade.</p>
<p>Subject test:
Literature: 640
French Language: 800</p>
<p>I'm the photographer and web designer of my school newspaper, I babysit and do french tutoring, I do community work for the Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity, but have only done so since about a month. I play the piano and do portrait photography. I've been in clubs such as FBLA and the French Club and have also been a lead actress in drama class.</p>
<p>My essay has info about my living in France (diversity), the culture and traveling experiences I had (I traveled throughout Europe a lot).</p>
<p>Assuming they read the counselor’s letter and don’t just go by numbers, I think you should have a good chance, but I have no inside information. Good luck!</p>
<p>I am in the same situation as you concerning GPA. It won’t effect your overall chance of getting in if you explain to them what happened. They’ll look at your Junior/Senior Year and the grades you got along with the course you took. I think you have a good chance.</p>
<p>Thank you very much! I really hope they will see how much I improved, a 4.1 GPA for my junior year is really good, and my senior grades have been pretty much the same so…and hopefully my counselor statement helps as well…i’m just wondering if I should maybe type something up in the “additional info” area of the common app? or if that would be too repetitive.</p>
<p>Education interruption? I haven’t seen that in the commonapp, not sure it applies to my situation either, my education was never interrupted, I just went through tough times grade-wise?</p>
<p>Well the thing is I took the SAT 4 or 5 times already, and I took math tutoring lessons, and all sorts of classes to try and improve that math score, but it just didn’t get any higher, and I don’t think it will if I take it again.</p>
<p>Hopefully they won’t focus too much on my freshman and sophomore years which were in France yes…</p>