<p>I'm a current student attending one of the top boarding (prep) schools in New England area. We have about 40 kids end up at ivys, and nearly half of the senior class go to Georgetown, Northwestern,or Wash U at St. Louis.</p>
<p>So this is my problem:
I had an average of GPA 3.5 both freshman and sophomore year, except for freshman fall and sophomore spring (middle of sophomore year I had 3.4 but that was because I took an elective AP). Freshman fall, I guess I was adjusting, but sophomore spring, my grades really went down. I had a new chem teacher because my old teacher had to leave, and boy he was terrible! I really did not do well in his class, let alone he did not like me as a person. He gave me a C+, which really affected my performance in other classes as well. (around 2.95 GPA sophomore spring)</p>
<p>Starting junior year, I've been working a lot harder. My current GPA is around 3.85, and I think I will be able to maintain it in the future. Hopefully I'll hit 3.9 at some point. </p>
<p>Just for the info, most of the kids in school have an average GPA of 3.45-3.55. These kids go to Georgetown, NYU, and etc. It's considered good to have over 3.75 GPA here.</p>
<p>So my question is:
1. Do colleges send grades for all three years? If so, will my sophomore spring GPA affect me a lot?
2. I'm taking 2APs (AB calc and Music Theory) and Honors language right now. Is that rigorous enough for junior year?
3. Will I have a chance at applying/getting in to an ivy if I maintain this grade?(Besides school, I have one strong extracurricular interest I've been doing for the past 10 years)
4. I know that colleges look for improvement, but this is more like a jump. Is that okay?</p>
<p>Please pleas answer me!! Thank you!</p>