<p>I piled way more than I could handle onto my plate :/ Too many extracurriculars on top of a packed schedule - AP US History, AP English, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics B, Mandarin 4, and ASB. I've never been good at calculus, so it wasn't that surprising when I found out I wasn't so great at physics (not to mention the teacher is hated by everyone for multiple reasons I won't mention). And of course I would get the two hardest APUSH and APENG teachers (they're great though and I love them). I had a really rough time transitioning into junior year, and fell behind on my classwork when I went to a 5-day conference for education reform. I've barely been getting any sleep... and it was just a HUGE destructive cycle of being tired and being behind in my classes. Grades have not come out yet, but my worst case scenario is:</p>
<p>AP English - A
Mandarin 4 - A
ASB - A
AP Physics B - B
AP US History - B
AP Calc BC - C</p>
<p>and my best case scenario would be: A A A A B B respectively.</p>
<p>However, based on the difficulty of my finals, the worst case scenario is much more likely to occur... </p>
<p>Before this, I've gotten straight A's/A+'s both freshman and sophomore year except a B+ in Calculus A honors (as I said, Calculus has not been my thing...) If it helps, I also got two A+s in AP Biology my sophomore year. No matter what scenario transpires for this semester, I am determined to get a 4.0 next semester at all costs. </p>
<p>I have a pretty great stack of diverse but not too spread-thin extracurriculars, great test scores (2370 on the SAT), and I'm pretty sure my recs next year will be kick-butt (and hopefully my essays too!) I was wondering how much this one poor semester would negatively affect my application to top schools (Ivies, Stanford, MIT/Caltech, UC Berkeley) amidst everything else. I know it'll hurt some since junior year is so important, and I basically screwed up half of it. If I do indeed get a 4.0 next semester and all 5's on the AP exams (just being optimistic), will admissions officers understand that I simply had a rough semester, but I brushed myself off and got back up stronger than before? Like if I do as well as I say/hope I will, colleges will know it's not that I'm stupid or lazy right?</p>
<p>I know I have a lot of questions, but I'm just really worried now and almost can't believe I let this happen to me... I would be so happy for a B in Calc BC whereas a year ago I was freaking out about getting an A- in dance...</p>
<p>Thanks for your input, and no trolls please :)</p>
