<p>Hey,
I just finished second quarter of Sophmore year and boy did i screw up. I got a 4.333 GPA and my freshman / first quarter soph GPA has been 5.0. I just started getting Bs and Cs from all A's when 1. I took Chemistry H (failed final). 2. Joined newspaper and speech team. I want to get into University of Chicagos premed/med program and I feel i just screwed up my chances. My parents are ****ed at me and that just adds more stress. not to mention the other kids at my level are getting High Honors and all I can get for this year is honor roll. Damn I feel so stupid I could kick myself. Please provide ur input!</p>
<p>GASP A 4.333??!?!??!?!? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!!? YOU TOTALLY SCREWED UP YOUR CHANCES FOR U.ofChicago GOOD LUCK AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE</p>
<p>A 4.3?! You might as well start working at McDonalds right now.</p>
<p>Um why are you guys laughing at this kid. He's getting B's and C's and I think a 5.0-->4.3 W is comparable to 4.0-->3.3 UW. Not so good......</p>
<p>@OP
Why did you grades drop so suddenly? Because of your EC's?</p>
<p>isnt uni of chicago where fun goes to die?</p>
<p>^No. See--><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/473110-chicago-faq.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/473110-chicago-faq.html</a></p>
<p>Ahh this is pretty much how soph year has going for me as well. Went from a 4.15 on 4.25 scale to a 3.75 on 4.3 scale.</p>
<p>Yeah my soph year is killing me. AP Calc BC is insane half the class has C's. I'm lucky to have a B...</p>
<p>^ you are joking, yes?</p>
<p>Sadly, no....we have a pop quiz every week and once we had 3 tests in 4 days....</p>
<p>i meant calc soph year...thats crazy talk, my dear!</p>
<p>Errr...we have 8 sophs in a class of 30. Plus on CC that shouldn't be unusual :)</p>
<p>i know 1 kid who took calc freshman year, most supermath kids i know take it junior or senior...i dont think you can take it soph year at my school, really. unless you take alg 2 8th grade (you can only do this at 1 middle school) and then double up on maths freshman year.</p>
<p>oh we have an A&E program since 4th grade so its like:</p>
<p>4th and 5th: special "gifted" math
6th: prealgebra
7th:algebra 1
8th:algebra 2
9th:geometry
summer:Precalc @ EPGY
10:AP Calc BC</p>
<p>lucky! our gifted programs before high school are super weird. one year i had remedial reading, the next year i was put in the super advanced class. i dont understand. we take algebra 1 in 7th and 8th grade, its such a joke.</p>
<p>^Woah, that's exactly what my school did. I didn't know that any other place did that.
We skipped up like 2 grades in 3rd or 4th so we took pre-alg in 6th, then alg I in 7th and 8th, it was about the most annoying thing of my life.</p>
<p>ˆme too. in 3rd they jumped us a year ahead and then jumped us two years ahead in 6th grade. did prealg in 6th, alg in 7th, honors alg II in 8th, honors geometry in 9th, and i did honors precalc in 10th. i agree it was very annoying, possibly because i have no clue why i got accelerated in the first place. haha.</p>
<p>yep is it ok if i do better from now on?</p>
<p>Same here. Got 3 B's out of 5 classes this semester!</p>
<p>My chances for a top notch school are officially ruined.</p>
<p>just get straight As for the rest of school, or chill out brah</p>