<p>My grades have unfortunatly dropped due to some personal problems I've been dealing with outside of school. I'm pretty worried - I've dropped .3 unweighted and .2 weighted. --> The .3 UW brings me down to a whole different number. I've applied all regular decision. Is this drop big enough to demolish any chances of me getting into my schools? </p>
<p>& I've heard that if your grades drop significantly, (hopefully) schools will ask why before immediently tossing you out. Would it be better if I took the initiative & wrote a letter to send along with my midyear reports, or should I just wait and see?</p>
<p>& Unlike many of those on these boards, Im not talking about the highly selective impossible ivys. I'm just saying for generally decent selective schools for us normal B students kay?</p>
<p>Scenario: student deferred ED top-tier, not HYPS school</p>
<p>Midyear report will show a few minor awards, achievements, but a significant change in class rank--moving student into top 10% and all A's for first grade report.</p>
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I've heard that if your grades drop significantly, (hopefully) schools will ask why before immediently tossing you out. Would it be better if I took the initiative & wrote a letter to send along with my midyear reports, or should I just wait and see?
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<p>Don't wait for them to ask why. I can't see many colleges having the time to actually call an applicant because of a grade drop (and how would they know you weren't just slacking off?), so take the initiative; write a letter and explain.</p>
<p>I have the same problem because I had to start working overtime this year to help support my family. I wrote a letter directed to the Admission Committee at every RD college I applied to explaining my situation and why my grades are lower than normal. Just make sure to show the letter to someone else before sending it to make sure that you don't sound whiny or something as that would probably just irk them as competition is tough this year! Good luck.</p>