weeeeird grade trend

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<p>Hey all,</p>

<p>Confused about my trend and if it'll affect admissions.</p>

<p>Here's the lowdown,</p>

<p>I applied as a music major (vocal performance)</p>

<p>Here are my grades excluding junior year:</p>

<p>FROSH GPA: 3.876W/3.64UW rank unknown !
English B+
Honors Spanish 2 A
Honors Civics B
Honors Earth Sci A-
Algebra I A
Gym B+
Art 2d + 3d B+
Chorus A</p>

<p>SOPH GPA: 3.999W/3.793 UW rank 15%
English A
Hon Spanish 3 A
Int'l Studies A
Honors Bio A
Geometry A-
Chorus A
Wellness A-</p>

<p>JUNIOR GPA: 4.059W/3.81 UW rank 11%
Hon English A-
Hon Spanish 4 A
American Hist A-
Hon Chem A-
AP Environmental A-
Hon. Algebra B+
Contract PE A
Chorus A</p>

<p>AND... (so far in senior year that's showing on midterm report for college
Senior Year (weird trend) gpa: 4.089W/3.77UW rank top 15%</p>

<p>Hon Speech/Comp (AP level) B+
Hon Spanish 5 (AP level) A
AP Gov B (absolutely impossible)
Hon Physics (AP level) B+ or A- (will be determined tomorrow ugh!)
Hon Trig (AP level) B+
Chorus A
Microsoft Office A</p>

<p>So...that's the deal...I've been busting my butt off this yera, but it doesn't seem to do me any good b/c the teachers play favorites...and if yo uaren't them, they give you worse grades (i've complained to the school board about it..they dont give lol.) Is this giong to impact my admissions much from what will be on my report halfway through the year? Just curious b/c idk if they are as tough on vocal majors (since you audition and that counts a lot too) as they are for let's say engineers. Thanks!!!</p>

<p>~~ Jeremy</p>

<p>p.s. By saying the classes are AP level, that means they are either AP weighted and are as hard as AP classes or they ARE actually college classes in hih school, making them pretty much like AP...so in essence, it's as if i am taking all AP for the most part lol.</p>

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<p>anybody? god! so many views and no responses! Lol</p>

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<p>Highly selective college = crap shoot.</p>

<p>Good luck</p>

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<p>crap shoot lol what's that supposed to mean</p>

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<p>Noun. crapshoot - a risky and uncertain venture; "getting admitted to the college of your choice has become a crapshoot"</p>

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<p>Are you talking about Pomona specifically or college admissions in general? Pomona doesn't require students to declare majors until second semester sophomore year, so whatever major you've lived on the application isn't binding. My advice is to just continue working hard and enjoy your senior year. As the song goes, "Que sera, sera," and that applies to college admissions as well.</p>