Stressed about GPA!

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>So, I'm a junior at the moment and am a little stressed about my final cumulative GPA. I had a bad freshmen year... GPA around a 3.195, and in my sophomore year I semi-cared, and had a 3.792 , averaging at 3.494 cumulative, after this first term of grades coming in, I got all A's(caring this year), and it rose my GPA about .6 of a point. </p>

<p>Calculating my GPA including weights at the end of this junior year.. assuming I got all A's in 5 AP classes I'd have about a 3.739 weighted. Alot of my class are slackers (about 600 of us) and don't really care about school, and take basket weaving and PE to keep their GPA up, while I work my *** off from a ****tty freshmen and decent sophomore year to bring mine to only be competing with them. </p>

<p>Do you think colleges will realize this if I hypothetically never drop below an A (no A+'s at my school) for my Junior and first term Senior year, after getting a couple B's and 1 C freshmen year, and one B and a couple A-'s sophomore year? Assuming all went well, at the end of first term senior year (October 14th), i'd have a GPA that would be sent to all colleges: 3.772 weighted. </p>

<p>I don't know if this is enough to get me under the top 10% of my class, as of right now I have a 3.55 and am about 150/570(26%), I know alot of my class are slacking off, and I was just wondering if it is too late for me to dream? (Stanford :)), who i know will take out my GPA for freshmen year, but.. I'm still worried about my class rank </p>

<p>Assuming everything else is good (applying to TASP, taking AMC12[qualified to AIME last year], good recs and essays, good test scores [2200 SAT as of now], good AP test results) do I still have a chance at some of the best schools in the nation? Thanks, CC</p>

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<p>I think colleges will like it. It shows that you cared and challenged yourself. I don't know if you could get into the BEST colleges in the nation, but I think you will look interesting in the eyes of colleges.</p>

<p>Besides you won't look like another boring 4.0 UW applicant.</p>

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<p>I'm not interested in HYP, only Columbia UPenn(ignore freshmen year?) Stanford(ignore freshmen year?) Duke Emory and Georgetown</p>

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<p>I'm not really good at chancing, but you have a good SAT score, so I don't think any of those schools are far out of reach.</p>

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<p>lol, I'm not looking for chances, I am just wondering if that GPA and maybe a 2300+ SAT(taking in dec.) and everything else will make those schools not necessarily a dream. :)</p>

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<p>Wow! I had the same problem. I'm a junior as well.
Freshman year I had 3.00 and 3.193 gpa's. It's not that I didn't care it's just the stupidity of a teenager who never thought about the countless numbers of kids with gpa's higher than that. I then got very mad at myself sophmore year and had 3.66, 3.76, 3.96 and 3.96 gpa's. I raised my cum. gpa to 3.43. I am doing anything possible to make up for my freshman year. Good luck to you PT1429 and may you get in to your dream college.</p>