How BAD can my grades be?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm taking 6 class plus work and sports right now. 3 classes are difficult college courses and the other two are AP gov and AP eng, the other is orchestra...</p>

<p>Right now, I got senioritis running in my blood, and I CAN"T WORK... I JUST CAN"T. All I want to do is run track and play tennis.... and sleep.</p>

<p>I'm aiming for a B in AP gov right now and an A- in AP English.</p>

<p>The college courses I'm taking are Linear Algebra, Diff Eq, and Com S (Java stuff).</p>

<p>Diff Eq is going to PWN me like none other, but the other two shouldn't be too bad...</p>

<p>But give me a good illustration. What set of grades, along with my serious commitments in sports and my job, will borderline NOT screw me or get my acceptance revoked - if I get accepted to a top university.</p>

<p>My list ranges from U of M to MIT</p>

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<p>hmom, if you’re out there… this is your chance to grill me lol</p>

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<p>don’t let your gpa drop below 1 point from the gpa on the application and try not to have anything below a C . btw I’m play tennis around 5 hrs a day, I haven’t done any hw since like last year. At one point , my gpa dropped to 0.5 lol, but I’m trying to bring it up to atleast 3.0 now .</p>

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<p>^^ that’s wat I’m talkin about baby</p>

<p>Well I’m sure glad I’m not the only one rotting in my own Sh*</p>

<p>I can’t drop any of my college courses anymore
how significant would it be if I drop english?</p>

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<p>haha I’m probably luckier than you since my senior yr is pretty easy with only 1 ap and 1 honor , it’s easy to bring up my grade in the last moment . My gpa when from 2.3 to 3.6 in 2 weeks last semester. Do you play any USTA junior tournament ?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/567740-selective-colleges-admitting-students-below-3-75-gpa.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/567740-selective-colleges-admitting-students-below-3-75-gpa.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>It would be great to see specific, updated links to college information in that thread.</p>

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<p>more feedback please?</p>

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<p>I’m wondering the same thing as I’ve seriously been slacking off.</p>

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<p>yeah im a junior and my grades are like high B’s some a’s
and c’s in my college courses.
is there hope for me?
because I’m beyond worried that Ill end up in community college,</p>

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<p>I think it’s a lot more difficult to get your admissions rescinded than people think.</p>

<p>Generally colleges don’t want to go back and undo the work they did to decide on who’s coming, especially after they’ve received enrollment deposits, are making plans for classroom space, housing, other resources, etc…</p>

<p>Some schools don’t even ask for final transcripts. For the ones that do, I think you would have to screw up pretty badly to get rescinded.</p>

<p>Just don’t get anything lower than a C, and keep your GPA hovering around where it is now, and you should be okay.</p>

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<p>^^^
How about this:
I get a B or B- in AP gov
take english pass/fail and pass it… miraculously
a C+ or B- in Diff Eq
and anything ranging from A- to B+ in Linear Algebra and Com S?</p>

<p>I know this sounds like I’m a complete Dumb@, but it’s a decent illustration of how senioritis has been eating my brain</p>

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<p>bump</p>

<p>I need to know if it’d be smart to take english pass/fail so I have the capacity to mend up my other classes.</p>