<p>This isn't a chance thread per se but it is a credential evaluation. I am only concerned with my grades. I have experienced the dreaded "downward trend", beginning at the start of the second semester last year. I am not going to detail the causes, but I was dealing with a major injury and some home issues to "kick it off" so to speak, and I have felt generally depressed for a while (or at least think I have, I could be compensating for my poor performance). I know all I can do is keep doing the best I possibly can this quarter, and I don't think my college list will change all that much based on it (I would apply to Columbia if I was left back a grade hahaha), but could you give me an idea of how much I should worry about this downward trend, and if you think it's necessary for me to explain it (I'd rather not, I hate making excuses). </p>
<p>This is my college list, I've already been accepted to Pittsburgh, which was my safety.
Yale
Columbia
Cornell
URoch
JHU
Macalester
U Chicago </p>
<p>This is a summary of my transcript and school:</p>
<p>Small Rural Public, sends 1-3 grads to top schools every year.</p>
<p>Course Schedule is "Most Demanding"
School Offers six AP classes, no honors
Class Rank: 5/76
This bit is important:
95-100 A
85-95 B</p>
<p>Freshman:
Biology 99
Algebra II 100
French II 98
Chemistry 98
English Nine 98
Civics 98</p>
<p>Sophomore:
French III 98
Am. Cultures 100
Physics 100
AP Chem 99
English 10 98
Pre-Calc 99 </p>
<p>Junior:
AP Calc AB 92
Contemporary USH 92
AP Bio 95
French IV 97
Prin. of Dem/Econ 96
English 11 93
AP Psych 93</p>
<p>Senior (midyear report estimates, neither conservative or optimistic):
French V 97
AP Lit 86
Anatomy and Pys 91
Technology II 98
APUSH 86
Statistics 96</p>
<p>Again, I'm not asking for my chances at those schools based on my grades alone, I'm asking for how much this would affect me. Thanks for taking the time for me.</p>