<p>Will a college view two people's gpas the same if they're both like a 3.6, but one of them had 2 great years with one bad year (like a few Cs and Ds), and the other had like As and Bs consistently? So I guess what I'm asking is how much will a few bad grades play into admissions if my gpa is still pretty solid?</p>
<p>A few bad grades will make a dent on you if you got these bad grades in your junior year. Otherwise, if your GPA has been rising over the years, you shouldn’t worry too much. Schools like to see rising GPAs.</p>
<p>Well it was my sophomore year (CCD in honors bio, honors chem, and honors precalc respectively), but I ended up with Bs in AP Calc and AP Bio this year + I think it is very possibly I got a 5 on the ap exam for calc.</p>
<p>Yeah I think it depends on the time period of the Cs and Ds. If it’s part of your junior year, I think it could turn out for the worst. If this is sophmore year, probably would make them alarm.</p>
<p>What has been mentioned above and one other thing. Was there a reason for the slip? If you have a good, event related reason, than that will make a difference. Sickness, death in family, something that made a big change in your life that required an adjustment on your part…</p>
<p>Well, the reason why things went haywire initially probably wouldn’t go over well with colleges. At the beginning of that year, I was enrolled in AP European History instead of Honors Chemistry, but I had signed up for honors chem in 9th grade during course selection. A few months later, my counselor told me that we couldn’t take chem for some reason, so I swapped it with AP European History. Then I found out at the beginning of 10th grade that I could actually take honors chem, and that my counselor made a mistake, so I went back and got Euro swapped for chem in the fall. The problem is, this completely changed my schedule for my hardest classes, and 4 of my teachers changed a month into school. To put it into perspective, we barely started doing work in my first honors bio class, and we were already testing on a chapter in my new class. So basically, I fell behind like crazy, panicked because I was fighting for the starting varsity DT football spot (dint get home till 7ish everyday and 11 or so on fridays), and had no time for my tough schedule. Then I got really panicky and quit football tryin to free up some time, but I was already in a huge hole and began to feel overwhelmed and I crashed basically. Then I felt depressed that I had quit football. It wasn’t like I had a family problem (thankfully, which would have made things even harder) or anything that I can justify to a college. In summary, it was a bunch of rash decisions and naivity on my part.</p>
<p>OK so what you have learned is that you don’t do your best work when your overwhelmed… Welcome to the club… </p>
<p>“It was a bunch of rash decisions and naivity on my part.” - Wow almost like a real high school student. </p>
<p>Maybe instead of trying to figure out how all colleges would feel about your slip, you should be trying to figure out what college would fit you best and allow you to get closer to what you want from your life.</p>
<p>I suspect that when you get closer to the right school for you, your going to find a school that cares more about helping students succeed than how highly selective they can possibly be.</p>
<p>Yes this is your future - but you can’t have a plan for a happy future by accepting being depressed and overwhelmed today, so lighten up, laugh a little, be young and make mistakes (and learn from them)… You will be fine…</p>