will senior year mess me up?

Applying to College
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<p>Ok, I've had a very solid High School Career.</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
English I Honors: A-
Global History Honors: B+
Algebra I Honors: A
Spanish II: A-
Webpage Design/Desktop Publications: A-
Cooking: A-
Gym: A+
Biology Honors: A</p>

<p>Sophmore Year:
Chemistry Honors: A
Geometry Honors: A
Algebra II Honors: B+
AP US History: A [5 on the AP Exam]
English II Honors: B+
Child Development [Elective]: A
Spanish III: B+
Gym: A+</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Pre-Calculus Honors: B+
AP Chemistry: A [4 on the AP Exam]
Physics Honors: A-
AP Government and Politics: A [5 on the AP Exam]
English III Honors: B+
Spanish IV Honors: B+
Gym: A+
Computer Science: A</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP English: B+ on the first quarter
Psycology: A- on the first quarter
Organic Chemistry Honors: B on the first quarter
AP Calculus BC: D on the first quarter<< ouch.
AP Computer Science: C+ on the first quarter<< double ouch.
AP Biology: A- on the first quarter
Gym: A+</p>

<p>Extracurrics:
Model UN
Debate Team [president this year]
Trained EMT Basic, will be an intermediate in March.
A job at Starbucks
Co-Captain of the Cheerleading squad
Co-captain for the Track/XC teams
Student Council tresurer
Swim Team
Volunteer at a library
I was an intern at a law firm over the summer.</p>

<p>SATs/ACTs.
SAT Reasoning Tests:
Math: 800
CR: 750
Writing: 610 << bad!</p>

<p>Subject Tests:
Math I: 800
Math II: 780
US History: 750
Chemistry: 800</p>

<p>ACTs: 34
Math: 36
Writing: 30
Reading: 35
Science: 34</p>

<p>I'm applying to every one of the ivies except Harvard and Princeton. Also, I'm applying to Wesleyan, Georgetown, and UC-Berkeley.</p>

<p>So, my question is: Will senior year totally screw me over, even after I got great grades throughout high school?</p>

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<p>Honestly, yes. The ivies are not reasonable at this point.</p>

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<p>to be honest, junior year might also cause them slight concern… and yes, those senior year grades are definitely going to have a very negative impact.</p>

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<p>Yeah, they’ll assume that you got senioritis, a disease that ****es off all colleges. No ivy league for you.</p>

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<p>unless there were extenuating circumstances?</p>

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<p>well, I was out for 2 and a half weeks because I got Mono, so I had a lot of stuff to catch up on, but couldn’t. Does that count for anything?</p>

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<p>it counts for something, definitely… but it still doesn’t look good. :[</p>

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<p>Besides the ivies, can I get into some top-tier colleges?</p>

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<p>Berkeley is a big no no for u, especially cuz ur out of state</p>

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<p>great! so, im pretty much screwed, right?</p>

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<p>ur not screwed, but maybe colleges that have less than 30% admission are not as possible. I’d say you have a good shot at anything that has a 40%-60% admission if you can explain the grades</p>

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<p>So, I live in NJ. Can I still get into Rutgers? And does it help that I’m ranked #2 in my graduating class of 731 kids? And, what about places like NYU and Penn State?</p>

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<p>Hold the phone. Even with the junior year grades your rank is 2? Your high school must be one of the most competitive in the Country. Given that and your great scores, you should get into some very good colleges in spite of this year. You need to work closely with your counselor and pull up the grades dramatically next semester. I still highly doubt a top 20, but a top 50 should be doable if indeed you’re at a top school.</p>

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<p>What’s mono? It might help increase your chance of admission if you had it. Some kind of disease?</p>

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<p>lol yes - mono is some kind of disease</p>

<p>so what school do you go to? im from NJ too.</p>

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<p>I’m sure you can explain your bad grades and why you got them in an addendum somewhere or something. But like someone else said, your junior year is what killed you for Ivy’s, especially considering the competitiveness these days.</p>

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<p>I don’t really understand you people who say junior year’s gonna kill this kid. Are B+ really bad or is it the downhill pattern of grade that you are saying is bad?</p>