Terrible GPA - Junior Year

Pre-College Issues High School Life
1

<p>Hey guys, I would really appreciate it if you could help me out, or give me ideas on what to do.</p>

<p>So basically I am a junior, and I go to a pretty good highschool, like top 10, and I figured myself pretty well off going to a good public university like U Berkley, UVA, W&M, UNC....</p>

<p>My sat scores are pretty ok, my extra curriculars are good, my volunteer hours are good too, but my GPA is absolutely dead.</p>

<p>So I did okay in freshmen and sophomore years (not amazing in soph year) but now I'm failing my classes, I'm doing so badly! I have no idea how to improve myself, and I feel so terribly depressed. I'm getting C's in 2 classes (which i hope to bring up to B/B- at the end of the year) and project getting A's in like 3 classes, and B's in the other two.</p>

<p>My course load is pretty rigourous, with AP Chem(failing), BC Calc(failing), AP Spanish(B- ish) and APUSH..the rest are honors (my school doesnt do unweighted gpa)</p>

<p>So hopefully I can push up my grades but I'm in an awful place right now, and I feel like I have to do well and prove myself compared to all those around me. I even used to think i had a shot at lower tier ivy leagues until this year........</p>

<p>Do you think I have a shot at public uni's?</p>

<p>tl;dr i have a sucky GPA, with like C's. no hope left?</p>

2

<p>So what is your GPA? And out of what? I think it’s possible. I know many people who have gotten into UNC with a C.</p>

3

<p>Right now I think my gpa is 3.3 ish (4.14 W) but at the end of te year I hope to raise it to 3.5 (4.28 W) just for my junior year. Hopefully I won’t actually end up with an actual c but rather like a b-/b. my avg for all years in high school would b 4.2 and under and I was told that around a 4.3+ was an almost guarantee for uva</p>