How badly am I screwed?

Applying to College
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<p>I did pretty well freshman year:</p>

<p>Algebra II 90
Adv. Composition Honors 95
AP Art History 94
Apps of science Honors 96
Engineering Honors 95
English I Honors 98
Geometry 97
Pre-calculus Honors 99
World History Honors 96</p>

<p>At this point I was told my school didn't rank, although I was apparently #1 or close.</p>

<p>Then sophomore year came around.... I signed up for way too much, 7/9 courses were online, I didn't have the background for many courses, and I had a lot of personal/family issues (Diagnosed as bipolar and some depression, I've had a hard time with medicine, my mother was committed to the mental hospital for a bit, my grandmother had several strokes and a heart attack)</p>

<p>Here are my projected sophomore grades:</p>

<p>AP Calculus BC 80-85
AP Physics B 65-77
Chemistry Honors 96-100
English II Honors 97 (Actual final grade)
Physics Honors 93-100
SPA 111: 96 (Actual final grade)
SPA 112: 88 (Actual final grade)
SPA 211: 88 (Actual final grade)
SPA 212: 88</p>

<p>Best case scenario: 4 A's, 4 B's, and 1 C for the year.
Worst case scenario: 4 A's, 3 B's, 1 C, 1 F</p>

<p>My rank is probably going to go down to 15-20/80 or worse.</p>

<p>I'm finally getting my life back together, but there isn't really anything I can do to change my grades and my instructors really aren't working with me. The classes I'm doing well in are, for the most part, in person and very easy.</p>

<p>I'm probably going to fail my AP tests, which means I'll probably need to retake Calculus II and possibly calculus I.</p>

<p>I'm trying to do damage control at this point, but I REALLY want to go to UNC (instate, legacy). I was thinking of trying to do questbridge, as our EFC=0, but with my GPA that doesn't seem likely.</p>

<p>This summer, I'm taking 3 classes I need to graduate (which I didn't take as I anticipated getting into a magnet school) and 12 (easier) classes next year, with fewer online classes.</p>

<p>I know I can work my way back up to top 10%, but I'm worried I won't get into UNC and that I need to start looking at tier 3 schools.</p>

<p>Any advice?</p>

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<p>Try QuestBridge–don’t give up because of a bad year. They really want to hear your story, as well as see your stats. Be aware, though, that UNC is not a QB school–go to the QuestBridge.org website to see the list of schools that are affiliated (and they are spectacular!). And good luck! It’s hard to pull out of a hole, and I admire you for working so hard. And, just out of curiosity, why all the online courses?</p>

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<p>My thing with questbridge is that I could really would only apply to the non-binding schools, because I want to go to UNC above any school except somewhere like MIT or Princeton–and I really don’t have the scores or the grades for those schools. I’d start out at UNC with over 60 hours of credit, it would practically be free, and I’d be able to take pretty much whatever I’d like to.</p>

<p>UNC is my state’s flagship and has this thing where if your AGI is <45k for a family of 4, you only need to pay like $2,000 a year–which they allow you to pay off through work-study or through outside scholarships.</p>

<p>As for online classes… while online college courses are available, my school offers no APs and APs seem to be the common currency of top schools. My school offers few courses in general. I’ve finally decided the most rigorous course load I can reasonably take (without spending all day in a computer lab) is community college courses. I made a thread about that not too long ago.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/702104-let-me-rephrase-will-my-lack-ap-courses-hurt-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/702104-let-me-rephrase-will-my-lack-ap-courses-hurt-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>do well junior year you’re not screwed.</p>