<p>I am a HS senior currently studying in Latin America for a semester which I'm roughly half way done with. I'm taking Chemistry, Geography, Grammar, Physics, Math, Spanish, and Civics here and all my classes are in Spanish. In the states I'm an excellent student. Good GPA, etc. but here I've been held back by the language barrier and the fact that the teachers don't really take me seriously- they don't make copies of quizzes or tests for me and I've had to really fight to get any textbooks. The school honestly isn't very difficult subject material wise, it's just hard to get good grades when half the time I'm not sure what's going on.</p>
<p>The short version of my question is this: There is a good chance that I won't leave this school with stellar grades. Given that I came down here for the experience of living in another country and not for the school and given that the classes I take here aren't accepted by my school at home (as in I don't get credit for them and they're not factored into my GPA. this is a completely independent experience) how badly would it hurt my college chances if I sent in my semester grades from this school and they were, let's just say, all C's (completely arbitrary- just an example). Would colleges look at my grades here as being an extension of my grades at home (mostly A's) and be shocked by how much they sank or would they understand that my grades here are more a reflection of the language barrier? Any help would be great. This is my first post here and I just want to gain a little perspective about how scared I should be. It's been an amazing experience studying abroad and I feel that I've learned a ton, but as far as school goes it's been a little rough. Thanks in advance.</p>