How much can you raise your GPA?

Applying to College
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<p>Hello all, I'm a going to be a sophomore in HS this coming school year and I'm sitting on a 3.7 gpa weighted right now. I was wondering how hard it would be to raise it in the next three years? I'm shooting for the 4.2ish weighted range and was wondering if that was possible. I took 1 AP class and 3 or 4 honors classes last year and plan on steadily increasing that throughout the next few years. </p>

<p>How much have you guys raised your GPA's throughout your HS career? I'm just curious to see how hard it would be, thanks!</p>

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<p>Mine went from 3.6 freshman year to a 4.2 by the end of my junior year!</p>

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<p>you’re in good shape, you can definitely increase it substantially in a couple years</p>

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<p>Haha it sounds like me :slight_smile: I had about a 3.7 weighted at the end of freshman year, and now at the end of junior year I have about a 4.2. It’s definitely possible if you take the highest classes possibles; I got 2 B’s both semesters in sophomore year and one B in first semester of junior year and none second semester. You should be able to do it. :)</p>

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<p>It’s very hard to raise GPA’s significantly if your school doesn’t weight things heavily. If your school has a decent weighting system in place it shouldn’t be a problem.
Mine has gone down about .03 because of elective courses lol</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies guys! I was in good shape at the end of the first semester with a 4.2/w buuuuuut due to insufficient amount of preparation for finals and lack of motivation in my 2nd semester I really finished poorly lol. how would you guys describe your class schedule level of difficulty in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade?</p>

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<p>10th - French 2, Journalism 2, Algebra 2 honors, English honors, chem hon, world history hon.</p>

<p>11th - french 3 hon, pre calc hon, AP english comp, AP psych, AP environmental science, AP u.s. history</p>

<p>12th - AP french, AP english lit, AP biology, AP gov/econ, AP calculus, and marine science honors.</p>

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<p>Sophomore- Spanish III Honors, Algebra II Honors, English literature honors, AP Euro, Chemistry Honors, Band (counted as honors credit hahaha)</p>

<p>Junior- Spanish IV Honors, Advanced Math Honors, AP Language & Composition, AP US History, AP Physics B, Band (again honors)</p>

<p>Senior- AP Calc BC, AP Statistics, AP Literature, AP Biology, band (honors yet again)</p>

<p>If you take the highest classes possible and try your best, you should be okay :)</p>