Is this a declining trend?

Applying to College
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<p>Ill be applying to schools like Stanford, MIT, and Caltech next year and i just wanted to know how much I should worry about my grades.</p>

<p>9th grade:
semester electives:
String ensemble A
Acting A-
Intro to comp programming A
full year courses:
Biology A
French II A
Geometry A+
Ancient history A
English A</p>

<p>10th grade
semester electives
comp database programming: A+
forensic science: A+
full year courses
honors physics A
honors chemistry A
british literature A+
AP European history A
honors algebra II/trig A
french III A+</p>

<p>11th grade
no electives
AP Physics A
AP Chemistry A
Precalculus A+
AP US history A-
AP English A-
honors french IV A</p>

<p>Are those two A-s gonna hurt me or will the fact that theyre AP courses offset that?</p>

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<p>KABOOM</p>

<p>Thats a bazooka im firing at you... for the love of god TWO A- wont matter... declining means A+ to B+ type thing with a complimented change in GPA</p>

<p>If u get B's in ur serior year and send the midyear report, then it may seem so. But stop being paranoid... next ur gonna say, my 10th mark was 93% now it is 92.9%....</p>

<p>Peace, and u have a kickass transcript. Congrats :)</p>

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<p>Hmm, two A minuses.</p>

<p>Community College = Match</p>

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<p>Yeah, looks like your best option is to go to Community College.</p>

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<p>Community college=match? You crazy?</p>

<p>There's no way you'll get into a community college with A minuses, you'll have to settle for a part time job.</p>

<p>;)</p>

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<p>LMFAO @ the replies (especially sfgiants and Murasaki).</p>

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<p>hahha Mursaki had me there for a second.</p>

<p>You're fine ..</p>

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<p>Ha, I love being sarcastic. :)</p>

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<p>DECLINING TREND: A---> F, consecutively.</p>

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<p>These are not declining grades. But to reach your goal, you have to look past your raw academics. What are your EC's? S (now a junior, EE major at Rice) sent a similar transcript along with near perfect SATs and an 800 on the physics SAT II. It was the most demoralizing day of his life when his rejection letters came from Stanford, MIT, and Cal Tech came all on the same day. Thank God Rice was his first choice.</p>

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<p>A- is killer man. I mean, maybe you can still get into those schools, but after those grades you should ask yourself, "Do I really WANT to go to a school that's too academically rigorous for me?".</p>

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<p>i think you're better off committing suicide than trying to get into a good college.</p>

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<p>Hehe at the replies.</p>

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<p>Two A-s = auto reject at every school in the country. </p>

<p>You might be able to get into a CC.</p>

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<p>I love people's response, I'm hoping you get the hint...</p>

<p>two A-? Oh my gosh, it's the end of the world isn't it?</p>

<p>No, you're fine. As long as your grades don't consistently slip, you're FINE</p>

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<p>Don't worry, I'm sure WUSTL will take you.</p>

<p>Probably Wake Forest too.</p>

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<p>^Actually, I have a friend who got an A- in the 9th grade. At the beginning of senior year, he got letters from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Columbia, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, UCLA, USC, UMich, Case Western, GATech, University of Arkansas, the Community Colleges, and McDonalds that read: "Don't even think about applying." He spent the rest of his life fending off the GPA Gestapo and died in a trash can.</p>

<p>Okay, I'll stop there, you have an amazing transcript, congrats on doing so well in school. :)</p>