<p>Second semester of this year I had a 3.8 GPA, but I didn't do very well on the final exams (it was a really, really tough batch, I got mainly B's, one C+ and one A) and because of the way the numerical averages fall (and the fact that exams are 20% of the final grade, and 25% in math) means I may end up with a second semester GPA of only 3.5. And my first semester was 3.57...so I'm not looking at too hot of a sophomore year. At least it's an upward trend, though (I had a 3.3 last year)</p>
<p>And our transcripts are just class name and final grade. I feel like I worked so hard to get a 3.8 (which doesn't sound high but at my school that puts me in the top 15%) and now it's practically ruined. My actual averages aren't that much lower, my numerical average probably dropped from like a 92 to a 90, but because of the whole grade point system my GPA could have dropped as much as .3!</p>