Please help! BAD GRADES

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a rising senior. I've done allright in 9th and 10th grade, but my junior year grades are pretty bad. I am so nervous about getting into colleges.</p>

<p>My stats</p>

<p>Location : Northern Virginia
School : competitive public high school
Race : Asian
Sex : Male
GPA : 3.56
CLASS RANK : NOT SURE BUT TOP 20-23%</p>

<p>SAT :
VERBAL : 600
MATH : 700
WRITING : 650</p>

<p>SAT2: NOT PLANNING TO TAKE THEM</p>

<p>Activities and honors
Varsity track and field (3 years)
FBLA
KEY CLUB
National Honor Society
Who's who among american high school students
National Honor Roll
Most outstanding history student (9th grade)
History Fair - 2nd place (10th grade)
Student of the month (9th grade)
Pep award (it's a school award that exemplifies a good student; 10th)
Coaches award (track and field 10th grade)
Elementary school tutoring (through national honor society)
Over 300 hrs of volunteering at major hospital center(300 in pharmacy department and some in other areas)</p>

<p>Part that makes me different from everyone- I came to the U.S. when I was a 8th grader and had to take ESL courses in middle school. In high school, I took all easy classes since it was my first year taking all regular courses.</p>

<p>My grades</p>

<p>9th grade</p>

<p>WORLD HISTORY : A
ENGLISH : B+
GEOMETRY : B+
EARTH SCIENCE : B+
SPANISH 1 : A
PE : A
BAND : A+</p>

<p>SUMMER ALGEBRA 2 : A</p>

<p>10TH GRADE</p>

<p>AP WORLD HISTORY : A
ENGLISH : A+
PRECALCULUS : C+
BIOLOGY : B
SPANISH 2: B+
PE : A
BAND : A+</p>

<p>11TH GRADE</p>

<p>AP US HISTORY : B
ENGLISH HONORS : B
AP CALCULUS AB : C
CHEMISTRY : C
SPANISH 3 : B
ADV. P.E. : A+
BAND : A</p>

<p>I KNOW MY GRADES DROPPED A LOT IN MY JUNIOR YEAR DUE TO HARD CLASSES THAN BEFORE.</p>

<p>HERE ARE SCHOOLS I'M CONSIDERING</p>

<p>COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY
VIRGINIA TECH
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
GEORGE MASON
GEORGETOWN
CORNELL
U. MICHIGAN
U. PITTSBURGH (I want to apply pre pharmacy for this one, but my chemistry grade is bad)
U. MARYLAND
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY</p>

<p>THANKS FOR READING. I HOPE I GET INTO SOME OF MY CHOICES.</p>

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<p>Don't stress too much over it. Mason + VCU u would have a good chance I'd say. Your average junior year is not good for Michigan, since they only take the core classes of sophomore and junior years unweighted. Gradewise junior year, weighted is alrigh but unweighted is not. I'm not exactly sure how the VA schools look @ GPA, but UVA looks at it seriously. The SAT is good for W&M and V&T I dunno about UVA though you would probably want it higher along with grades, same with NYU + Cornell. I'm assuming UMD is College Park? Where do you volunteer, btw?</p>

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<p>why aren't you taking your SATII? They might pull you in for some of those reach/match schools, especially NYU.</p>

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<p>your personal statement is key!!! you need to have a tough senior schedule!! and try taking the test again. the admissions committees do not want to see a drop in grades. i have a friend who was 7th in our class had a 1450, 4.1 and clubs and all kinds of ec's and was rejected by cal, ucla, and usc because his grades droped. he went from averaging a 3.8 every semester to a 2.8 his junior year. you didnt fall that low. so dont stress. you have a shot at virginia tech, maybe uni. of north carolina-chappel hill. schools like that.</p>

<p>im an entering freshman at ucla. i researched all this crap so i know what im talking about. i also got into usc, georgetown, cornell, and all the uc's.</p>