GPA....not too good

Applying to College
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<p>Hi, i'm a HS junior from a public rural high school in Oklahoma.<br>
I moved here from Taiwan as a freshmen. so here's the deal.... i've made straight As through my fresh and soph year, taking all honor classes except for English. Now this year i'm taking
AP Calc BC
AP Engslih (hard for me)
AP PHysics B (tough teacher)
AP US history (tough class, but managed to survive)
Spanish 3
Orchestra </p>

<p>Last semester i made 2 Bs (physics, spanish), i was extremely mad because it wasn't suppose to happen. i'm very serious about the violin, i spend aoubt 3 hrs each day practicing. And i think thats the reason why i got 2 Bs.<br>
I know 2 Bs isn't a big deal, but since i'm from rural public school (430 students) , will that hurt me? should i retake spanish??? My aunt made it sound like everyone who goes to good schools have 4.0 GPA.<br>
I really don't like spanish that much, because i've to focus on SAT and Englsih this year. i tend to forget spanish vocabs alot faster tahn other people. I speak and write Chinese flurently, does that count as a foreign language?</p>

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<p>Stop listening to your aunt. She knows nothing about college admissions. No one is perfect and even if they have perfect grades or SAT scores - it doesn't make much of a difference. Just relax and do your best. Those violin lessons will pay off someday.</p>

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<p>I agree. You should count your successes (which it sounds like you have a lot of), not your faults. And 2 Bs are not big faults.
Life is not about trying to be perfect. Too many people stress about the little things, and it sounds like you are too. Don't worry!!! Chill!!! You have an excellent courseload, sound very talented, and will be fine when it comes to college admissions.</p>

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<p>You'll be fine, no matter where you want to go. Especially if you've had to overcome language, issues, that's impressive to colleges.</p>

<p>I know a girl who was ESL, having immigrated to the US from China as a 7th grader, and by 12th grade, she was taking AP english. That impressed colleges, and she got into Duke ED.</p>