<p>I am a senior. Today marks the end of my first semester. Sadly, I know I failed one course: AP Calculus AB with a 69.02% ,D+ . I still do not know my results, but I may be on the verge of failing another course; AP Biology. Since my freshman year, I have been an A and B student occasionally earning a 4.0 GPA and higher. I am in many extra curriculars, have held leadership roles, and have been in 4 internships: one in San Diego, another in Georgetown University, another in the California Democratic Campaign, and another where I tutor and care for children. Besides an array of many things that occured this semester including the announcement of my big brother's (my biggest role model) wedding and more importantly the intensifying grief of my dad's sudden death.
I applied to many schools, but I am more interested in UC Santa Barbara, Pepperdine University, and my number one pick George Washington University. I currently have a 3.78 GPA and rank 12. I have already applied. Considering my condition what should I do? I do not want to give up. Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you.</p>
<p>You should also meet with your HS counselor soon to see what can be done. There may be a way to take additional classes this summer to mitigate the grades, and the counselor definitely should tell the schools about the death of your father in a letter if this information hasn’t been sent already. This is an important factor for the adcoms to consider. </p>
<p>And just to throw this out there, I don’t know if its even possible, but could you graduate HS next year instead of this year? It sounds like recent events have had a big impact on you, perhaps taking some time off to recover and then resuming could be helpful. In the big picture of things, when you’re 25 nobody is going to care whether you finished college 2 years earlier or 3 years earlier. </p>
<p>Best of luck to you, and I’m sorry about your loss.</p>