is it too late?

<p>i'm a sophomore in high school, and NYU has been my dream school for as long as i can remember. </p>

<p>last year my gpa was a 4.1 unweighted i think, until i failed the math class i was taking. that brought my gpa down to a ridiculously low point average of around 2.8 (i know i know i know). this year, i again failed this separate math class i was taking, and i didn't do so well on some of my other classes.
but my school allows you to re-take a course online for grade forgiveness, and the previous grade is dismissed and replaced with the new one. if i do that, and manage to pull my gpa back up to what it was before, should i be on track (assuming i do well on my ACT and SAT, as well as the AP exams i'm going to be taking) to even bother applying? or would you say it's too late?</p>

<p>even if it seems like it's too late, i'm still going to re-take all of those courses, because you never know.</p>

<p>i also have a lot of volunteer hours, extracurricular activities, and awards so i'm hoping that does get considered</p>