Second Quarter Grade Decline

Applying to College
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<p>Hey guys
I know this might not seem like a big deal to a lot of you, but I'm sort of concerned.</p>

<p>Ok first quarter I did amazingly I got a 3.96 UW gpa with my only A- in AP Calc.</p>

<p>Second quarter not so much. I don't know my GPA yet because report cards haven't come out but I know most of my grades.</p>

<p>English A --> A-
AP Calc A- --> B+
AP Spanish A --> B+ (Our midterm was 50% of our grade and I got a B)
Business Law A --> ? (Our final is worth like 50% and it was really hard so I'm thinking I went down...)</p>

<p>I maintained an A in AP Physics though which is good...</p>

<p>I know that colleges aren't going to like that decline and will think that I was slacking off, but I really wasn't. I think I tried even harder than first quarter, it just seems that I either got really unlucky with tests and quizzes and made really stupid errors that I should have picked up or something like that. The problem is that I think colleges will just think that slacked off second quarter.</p>

<p>I know my semester grades will average out to be probably all A's and A-'s, but for my school the colleges see 1st, 2nd, and semester grades. </p>

<p>Should I send a letter to the college explaining that I wasn't slacking off or am I worrying too much over it?</p>

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<p>Don't send a letter. If you weren't slacking off, then was the material too hard for you? - you definitely don't want adcoms asking that question. They won't think you were slacking off.</p>

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<p>Ok got report cards today</p>

<p>English (Honors): First Qtr: A Second Qtr: A-
PE: First Qtr: A Second Qtr: A
AP Spanish: First Qtr: A Second Qtr: B+
AP Calc AB: First Qtr: A- Second Qtr: B+
Chorus: First Qtr: A Second Qtr: A
AP Physics C: First Qtr: A Second Qtr: A
Business Law: First Qtr: A Second Qtr: A-</p>

<p>First Quarter UW GPA: 3.96
Second Quarter UW GPA: 3.72</p>

<p>1st Semester Average UW: 3.92
My cumulative is 3.72 UW, so senior year was a big upward trend...</p>

<p>Will this look really bad?? Ahh I don't know what to do</p>

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<p>Colleges only really care if there is a significant decrease (as in, going from A+ to a C or D).</p>

<p>A to A- kinda thing is not really much of a problem.</p>

<p>Chill.</p>

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<p>what about..</p>

<p>euro AP: 1st-A 2nd-B
anatomy HL: 1st-A 2nd-B
stock & econ HL: 1st-A 2nd-A
spanish AP: 1st-A 2nd-B
calc AP: 1st-B 2nd-B
english HL: 1st-A 2nd-A</p>

<p>i went from all A's and 1 B to FOUR B's :( i hate midterms..</p>

<p>does this look REALLY bad, ive gotten straight A's and 2 B+ throughout frosh, soph, & junior yr...</p>