<p>I'm a sophomore in high school right now. In the first semester of my freshman year, I got straight A's in all Honors classes and I got into Top 20, which is a program at my school in which one is ranked 20 or above in his/her class. However, by 2nd semester, I got 2 B's. As for my extracurricular activities, I took private piano classes and did XC. This year, for first semester, my grades went down even more. I earned 4 B's in my honors classes, including in my AP World History. I was not in Top 20 anymore. However, this year, I joined tennis instead and was team captain for the frosh-soph team, joined a Buddhist scout, and I volunteered teaching a foreign language to little kids, as well as kept up with my piano classes. I'm into the end of my 2nd semester of sophomore year right now, and I have improved, but I'm guessing that I will have 2 B's. Next year, will be a lot tougher for me, but I'm not going to take piano classes anymore. I'm planning to strive for straight A's again, start a club, cont to teach, volunteer at a nursing home, tutoring other kids, and make the JV tennis team. Will colleges think of me as a quitter as I'm not going to take piano anymore (because of financial probs) and me switching to a different place to teach or will they praise me for the awards I've earned through my musical & sports career and see through my hard work and dedication to strive for better and improve? Last but not least, do I have any chances in getting accepted into UCLA or UCI's nursing program?</p>
<p>Oh btw, as of now, I’m ranked 42 out of 652 students and my weighted total GPA is 4.3</p>