<p>It's junior year, and my grades have declined in most of my classes a few points. I know colleges like to see improvement in grades, but what about a few points de-provement overall?</p>
<p>For example, if someone got 99's and 98's Sophomore year, but 94's and 92's Junior year, would a college actually let something like that influence their decision to let a student in?</p>
<p>Why or why not?</p>
<p>u do know that you should be getting 100+ in all of your classes, right?</p>
<p>Are you taking harder classes this year?</p>
<p>I highly doubt it makes a difference.</p>
<p>Ehh... I am not taking harder classes this year, fizix. I am taking the same amount of honors, same amount of Ap classes (our school offers just one.) However, this year, there are two teachers who tend to grade very hard, so my grades are drooping in those two subjects.</p>
<p>And I really hope this does not turn into a flame thread like my last one. =( </p>
<p>I'm not a troll, I promise. I'm just asking for advice, because I've got no college experience. I can't ask my parents because they never went to college, and I feel pretentious asking a guidance counselor or a teacher. So, I resort to online forums, where it's anonymous.</p>
<p>you won't be considered pretentious for asking your guidance counselor. it's a vaild concern. ...though i wouldn't be too concerned if you're still scoring in the 90s...</p>
<p>for me i went from A's and B's to getting B's and C's...</p>
<p>It probably is smart not to ask around school, especially if you're in the 90s -- many guidance counselors will just think you're a grade-grubber and (a) chase you out of their office (b) give you the "you're going to harvard and have absolutely nothing to worry about" speech.</p>
<p>But this thread probably will turn into a flamewar.</p>
<p>Poor overachievers -- no one to ask for advice.</p>
<p>Colleges generally like to see an upward trend, not a downward one. Try working harder next semester to bring your grades back up and you will be fine :)</p>
<p>I know what you're talking about. No one understands the overachievers :(</p>
<p>but yeah, my grades have a general decrease as well</p>
<p>really? Mine actually rose, if not stayed the same. nothing below a 93, which is surprising. Most around 96,98,99. All AP or IB classes except Chemistry and TOK.</p>
<p>But, I don't think colleges take to much consideration on exactly what score you got. I just maintained my high scores so that I would always have a nice buffer for midterms and finals! :). It always reassures me because the midterms are like 15% of the grade. </p>
<p>However, one word of advice is to not raise your grade above 100, no matter how easy the class is because that only signifies grade inflation, not necessarily hard work.</p>
<p>Haha...</p>
<p>I had a 4.0 freshman year, 3.3 sophomore . 2.876 junior and 3.8 (so far) senior.</p>
<p>I had...4 honors freshman year; 2 AP, 2 honor sophomore year; 1 honor, 4 AP junior year; 5 AP senior year. We have a 5 class per trimester schedule, so I can't really take 8 AP classes in one year. I am hoping that I can get 4.0's these last two trimesters in high school. Terrible downward trend...</p>
<p>I worry about this too, but...just try to understand how the teacher tests. In freshman year, I had about a 93 with a teacher (I know, I know!) and I was like how can I bring this up? I went through all my tests, googled the questions, and found out she was using this OTHER textbook's review question. 100 for everything else, *****esss haha</p>
<p>i think colleges don't really care EXACTLY what grade, they just want to make sure you're not going from As in easy classes to B's/C's. And if you get 4/5's and 700+ they'll know that the ACTUAL grade doesn't matter (ie, a 94 in bio with a 670 is better than a 100 with a 450)</p>
<p>PorkFriedRice, if you didn't want this thread to become a flame-tastic nightmare, then why don't you refer to many of your other uber-informative threads where you fret about the difference between a 94.56743 and a 94.56744?</p>
<p>I didn't want to participate in the random flaming, but it seems as if you really are inviting nasty comments consciously.</p>
<p>I have kind of the same problem. I got great grades freshman and sophmore year like A's and 3 B's basically. Junior year I'm doing good, but like I'm slipping in a few classes. Like in AP US no on gets an A. The smart kids get B+'s. In AP Chem same thing. Is that like really bad or like will it be frowned upon by colleges? and Please no nasty comments. This is a serious question.</p>
<p>Overachievers can get all the advice they need just by re-phrasing their questions in more general terms:</p>
<p>"If someone got x Sophomore year, but x-8 Junior year, would a college actually let something like that influence their decision to let a student in?"</p>
<p>Personally I feel it would only matter much if it looked like a trend; for example, if you were slipping in all subjects, or if it continued over many grading periods. I guess it can't hurt to have some sort of explanation ready (joined a sport, read Shakespeare, did supercool research for a multinational organization).</p>