Horrible Sophomore GPA

I’m a sophomore at the top private highschool in my state, but my GPA is killing me. Last year, I had a GPA of 3.7. This year, as the first semester is approaching, my GPA is rounding to about 3.5-3.6 because of the two AP classes I’m taking this year… Is there any chance to get my GPA back up to 3.8-3.9 before the beginning of senior year?? I know that colleges like seeing grades go in an upward direction throughout the four years, but mine went down this year so idk how detrimental that’ll be for admissions…

Thanks