<p>I'm a junior currently, and I'm in a bit of a bad situation when it comes to colleges. I have the SATs and, generally, the EC's to get into my first choice schools, but because of a health issue I've had, I don't have the GPA. It's low. UW, probably about an 87, and weighted, about a 90. I'd like to get it up to a 94ish, weighted, before apps go out in the fall. I'm taking 4 AP's currently, and the weighting doesn't go through until the end of the year, so I should probably be somewhere around a 92 by then, but that's not really high enough to increase my chances of acceptance. </p>
<p>My school district offers a voluntary summer school program from mid-July through mid-August. I wouldn't be able to take any core classes (nor would I really need to) or AP's through this, but I could take some light electives which are weighted at the equivalent of non-AP cores. My plan is to get 100's in about four or five light classes, and bump my GPA up to somewhere around a 93. </p>
<p>Would this be worth it? I'd have to forego doing a major summer program this year if I chose to take on the extra schoolwork (I was thinking of doing Brown) but I figured that a summer program really wouldn't help me in the longrun if I didn't have that GPA. Should I just chill out with my 92 and hope my SATs will carry me the rest of the way? (The schools I'm talking about obviously aren't HYP, so I may have some wiggle room.)</p>