My GPA went down? Advice for my grades?

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<p>I had a 89.6 grade average in 10th grade which is like a 3.68 or 3.69 for my school but a 91.3 grade average in 9th grade which was a 3.71. Will this affect the colleges I'm going to apply to? I'm going to try to get a 3.8 in 11th grade and get at least a 1900 SAT score. </p>

<p>Seniors at my school had 3.9 GPA and 1900 SAT yet they got into UPenn, so I think I have a chance at NYU.</p>

<p>I have the SAT Blue Book so I'm planning to work on it during the school year, but would that be sufficient? I'm planning to not have much relaxation time during that year..lol.</p>

<p>Any advice for me? </p>

<p>I am Asian American :/</p>

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<p>You’re really going to have to work, like everybody to get into NYU. Its definitely possible though.</p>

<p>Get your grades up. Get a high SAT score.</p>

<p>Clubs, essays, and LORs should be great too!</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>I see. So my school is a small school that has both middle schoolers and high scoolers, and the school is split in half, so only 250 high school kids…</p>

<p>There are barely any AP classes and the 2 that exists interferes with my schedule for legit reasons. </p>

<p>My counselor said my unweighted and weighted are the same thing so that’s good.</p>

<p>But are colleges going to pick other people over me because of my slight decrease in grade from 9th to 10th grade? I’ll try to get at least a 3.7 in 11th.</p>

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<p>11th grade matters the most.
If there’s a change in GPA, colleges prefer upward…but since its a minimal change I wouldn’t think it would matter that much.</p>

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<p>Well there’s still a sizable decrease since now my average over 2 year has decrease by 1.7 percent which is still a lot, but not enough to be big since 10th grade was a lot harder than 9th grade. I didn’t have gym class in 9th but I did in 10th and I hate it…
There’s gonna be 2 gym classes a week instead of 1 from 10th grade despite us getting a new gym teacher after the old one retired…I guess I’ll have to live through it.</p>

<p>Also even though I am Asian American which I heard gives me a slight disadvantage in applying for college, my family is extremely poor, would that benefit me in any way?</p>

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<p>Bump, can anyone answer the question about SATs? I I went from a 140 to 162 from my 1st time to 2nd time taking PSATs, respectively. I’m aiming for a 180 in the 11th grade PSAT and 2000 in my SATs. And I’m planning to study with the blue book during the school year, is that the best idea?</p>

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<p>I would suggest getting a tutor. I got one after I took my SAT the first time and my score jumped from a 1900 to a 2100</p>

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<p>You mean a tutor to bring home or to go to? And you mean like a personal tutor right?</p>

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<p>^If you can afford it, I would highly recommend a private tutor over classes. </p>

<p>I think if you bump up your SAT to the level you predicated you might obtain, then you’ll be a strong candidate for NYU. :)</p>

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<p>I can afford it maybe…but I’m not comfortable with that. Is self-tutoring efficient with the blue booK?</p>

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<p>Bumppppp help</p>