<p>I want to go to Boston University, or even UT Austin. But now I'm just worried. I'm scared that I won't get to go to either of these colleges. I feel like I have really screwed myself over, and there's nothing for me to do anymore.</p>
<p>For now, let's just look at my GPA, my SAT and ACT are fairly good. </p>
<p>GPA: 3.4 (yeah, very low)</p>
<p>When I recieved my transcript last week, I just wanted to drop dead. It's really pathetic for someone like me. </p>
<p>Let me tell you a little bit about myself first:</p>
<p>Throughout my entire high school years, all my core classes were either advanced, pre-ap, or AP. I had 7 AP classes in all. I'm not lazy or dumb or anything, I just get screwed over a lot. </p>
<p>I'm a high school senior in Denver, CO right now. But I moved here at the beginning of my junior year. I spent my freshman and sophomore years of high school in Dallas, TX. In my previous school, I had a better GPA and a higher class rank. I was in around 25-30 percentile, but here I'm flat out 50 percentile. </p>
<p>Moving to Colorado brought me down a little. </p>
<p>First of all, these schools have a different system of calculating GPA. Overthere, 90-92 in a weighted class gave you a 3.4 and etc.
But here, an A in any non-weighted class gives you a 4, and in a weighted class gives you a 5! So it's a lot easier to have a high GPA over here. </p>
<p>When I moved to my new high school as a junior, they unweighted most of my pre-ap classes that I took in before, and counted them as regular classes. So my hard work and extra hours of HW for those classes just went down the drain. </p>
<p>I can't only blame my luck though, a part of the reason my GPA is so low is because of me. Yes, I wasn't a straight A student in high school, my classes were too hard for that, heh. Mainly B's I had a few C's during my first two years in high school as well. </p>
<p>But anyway, aside all the excuses, the fact of the matter is that I have a 3.4 for my GPA, which is not very good. I don't know if I can get into the colleges I've always wanted to go to. I'm tremendously worried about myself. I sometimes can't sleep at night thinking of colleges. I just don't know... do you think I'm really screwed?</p>
<p>Sorry for the long read.</p>