Junior Year GPA Drop

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi Everyone!</p>

<p>I'm currently a third trimester junior and am really concerned about the drop in my GPA. Freshman and sophomore year, I've maintained pretty good unweighted GPAs with 3.91 and 3.93, respectively. However, junior year really hit me like a ton of bricks, right now I foresee a 3.65 GPA if I am really lucky. I am taking much harder classes (IB History HL, IB Spanish HL, IB Literature and Language HL, AP Chemistry, and AP Calculus AB), so that may be to blame. But, I've also had a some medical issues this past year that caused me to be out of school quite often (about 15 absences) and a family death that hit me pretty hard. I know this sounds like excuse after excuse, but I honestly don't know what to do anymore. Am I doomed for top college admissions? But, I have maintained a lot of my extra curriculars (over 400 community service hours, leadership positions in 3 clubs, debate, etc.) and just got a pretty decent SAT score of 2320. Nevertheless, I feel like my GPA will detract from any top college that would want me. Am I doomed?</p>

<p>Oh, and I should probably mention that I am a member of a race that is notoriously pooped on in college admissions, meaning that only the top of the top seem to get into great colleges. So I'm double doomed, right?</p>

<p>For anyone who responds to this desperate post, thank you loads from the bottom of my heart. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>I always love to comment on the posts of a fellow IB student. since you did so well on you SAT (pretty decent was a severe understatement) and are alright but not special as far as ECs, you need to channel your problems to help you. i had severe personal problems my freshman year which almost led to a meltdown but I came out a stronger person and have triumphed over every obstacle since, as will you. and if your implying that your asian that might actually help you becasue many asian students are more priviledged and admissions officers like to see something different, so if it doesn’t help you, at least they will spend more time on your application</p>

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<p>You are far from doomed. You’ve got a brutal schedule - perhaps overloaded. Cut yourself some slack </p>

<p>With a near perfect SAT and GPA around 3.8 (particularly if that’s not weighted) the world is open to you. There are literally thousands of colleges that will be happy to have you. </p>