<p>Sorry about the lack of creative title. I'm feeling a bit plain today. :)</p>
<p>So, through out the last year my gpa has been dropping drastically. I'm not sure what my gpa will end as this year, but I'm guessing a 3.1. I'm applying to repeat junior year. </p>
<p>The thing is, my gpa really does represent me as a student. The majority of all the teachers I've had can account for this. I'm a hard worker and I understand the material, I just haven't been having the best of luck (It's somewhat complicated to explain.) </p>
<p>If all goes right next year, my gpa should be much higher, but that was my thought this year also. </p>
<p>How big of an impact does this have on admissions? In the interview/essays when they ask if there is anything they should know about me other than what was covered, is it all right to bring this up? How do I prove this really doesn't reflect me? I have a teacher this and next year who knows my situtation really well, and will most likely write one of my recs, would it be alright to ask her to mention this?</p>
<p>GPA is one of those big things… I think that they look at GPA ahead of SSAT. I would bet that they do if they know the school isn’t really easy.</p>
<p>Ok. My school is fairly easy, but I’m highly perfectionist (I’m tempted to get tested for OCD.) and it takes me a lot more time to get assignments in. My school has a rule where if an assignment is late you can only get up to a C, and most of my teachers won’t work with me on dates/projects. This along with other things hurts me pretty badly. </p>
<p>Is it alright to eventually put that in my interview too?</p>
<p>Well I mean a 3.1 is pretty bad…but it can’t totally stop you. I got a 3.33 in frehsman yr, but got all A’s my first semester of this yr to show them that I COULD do the work…I just didn’t feel like in freshman yr.</p>
<p>So just do the best you can first semester of next yr is my advice. Show improvement, but I would waste the money applying to SPS with a 3.1 and also junior yr. They don’t accept more than 10 juniors almost every year. I don’t think a 3.1 would cut it, why not A/E…they alwyas have spots for juniors and probably looking for unique talents to round out the class. It’s worth a shot.</p>
<p>No SPS, but A/E, that sounds kind of…backwards. :D. </p>
<p>Honestly, I really am at a higher level than my gpa proves, but due to extenuating circumstances I’m pretty much screwed. It ****es me off so much. Everything comes down to paper, when paper-wise, I prove nothing.</p>
<p>If you have trouble getting your work in on time at your current school, you will drown at the more competitve bs’s. The deadline is part of the assignment, which is why your school has a heavy penalty for late work. If you want to change schools, I think it makes sense to focus on the art schools if that is where your passions and talents lie.</p>
<p>Depending on why you want to go to boarding school, you might want to consider some of the schools where GPA is not as important. The average student at these schools will not be as disciplined and driven as those at the schools you’ve mentioned but the top students will be strong, the classes will be challenging, and you’ll still get all the other benefits of boarding school. You will also have teachers with a strong interest in helping you with whatever is driving down your GPA.</p>
<p>If you did some research on the schools you will quickly find out that A/E are much bigger schools and accept a pretty good amount of juniors. If you did a little more you would know that SPS is damn near impossible to get into as a junior (especially without a hockey hook) and hasn’t accepted more than 10 applicants for junior year in recent years.</p>
<p>You may feel like you’re better than what your GPA says…but the numbers are the numbers. Good luck being one of those 10 or less people with a 3.1.</p>
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<p>If these extenuating circumstances were able to decrease your GPA by that much then you should write an essay about it and hope for the best. I wish you the best…</p>