GPA/SAT score difference

Applying to College
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<p>My last 3 years' score report is something like this-
2008 (class 10, finals) = 3.6 (national exam, top 10%)
2009 (class 11, finals) = 2.4 (school exam, school doesn't rank)
2009 (class 12, final year, midyear) = 2.6 (school exam, doesn't rank)
2009 (class 12, final year, unit tests [between midyear and finals]) = 3.2 (school, doesn't rank)
My school is very, very competitive, though that isn't much of an excuse. My next national exam is in March 2010, so I can't wait for that.</p>

<p>My SAT IIs are: Math II, Phy, Chem (800, 770, 790).
SAT I: (Math, CR, Writing = 760, 690, 730), will retake.</p>

<p>My ECs are good, and so are my essays.</p>

<p>If you were an admissions guy reading my score report, and saw the discrepancy between my 10th marks and 11th/12th marks, and my SAT II scores and overall GPA, what would you think? What sort of an explanation would I have to provide? (I haven't got any excuse. The curriculum was tough, and it was hard for me to cope up)</p>

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<p>bump, maybe?</p>

3

<p>My last bump for this topic.</p>

4

<p>The drop in junior and senior year is not good. The anwer to your question depends on the colleges you are applying to.</p>

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<p>Apologies for the late reply.</p>

<p>There’s a slight error in the first post. My midyear GPA is also 3.2 (which I estimate is 20th percentile, but my school doesn’t rank).</p>

<p>I’m applying to tier 1 and 2 colleges. (Including Stanford, Carnegie, North Cal Chapel Hill, UCLA, UCB, U SoCal, Purdue, Texas, etc.)</p>