<p>I'm currently a Junior with a mediocre GPA (weighted) of around a 3.91. </p>
<p>Although there is an upward trend from a 3.6 (freshman) to a 4.0 (sophomore) to a 4.33 (junior), I am anxious that this is in no way enough to allow me to go to a decent college. </p>
<p>Stupidly, I made the incorrect decision of taking 6 AP classes as a Junior, and found myself overworked and stress, resulting in a 4.33. I suppose one of my main questions is whether colleges would rather emphasize a difficult courseload, or the actually grades received in the class (which would be 4 Bs and 2 As...)</p>
<p>I'm currently considering taking an additional AP course over the summer, to at least boost my overall GPA to above a 4.0 (in this case, a 4.02). Is there any hope for me at all? Any comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.</p>
<p>@ MattNC: I’m very sorry if I’m making too big of a deal about this. But as some of the seniors I know this year have been rejected from multiple UCs with 4.2 and 4.3 GPAs, I suppose I’m just extremely stressed. Sorry again.</p>
<p>Multiple rejections are unsettling but I bet they had multiple acceptances too. GPA is important, but several things are, at least for Cal and UCLA.</p>
<p>1st, your GPA is not mediocre, and it should be grounds for admission to basically ANY UC school. (No, that wasn’t a typo)</p>
<p>The reason why those seniors were probably denied was because of lack of solid weak essays/extracurriculars/etc.</p>
<p>Your grades are MORE than ok, but there’s no sure way of guaranteeing your admittance to top schools without those other variables mentioned, such as test scores and extracurriculars.</p>