<p>I am currently a sophomore, and yes, I know I have "plenty of time" to pull up my grades, however, I have a pretty good idea as to what my grades will be this year and probably the next two. I have my courses planned out and going to a school with a very grade deflating math program (However, it is a fairly strong math program, and math is my weakest point), I only predict my GPA to be a 3.8(UW), 4.4(w) this year (one B) and probably the same the next two years, but with a 4.5(w) next and senior year. Is this low GPA much below the average of applicants to top schools such as Amherst, Williams, Dartmouth, Columbia, Uchicago, Stanford, etc..? I am taking the hardest schedule possible to fulfill graduation requirements, however, it doesn't seem as competitive as many here on College Confidential. To see any other statistics that may prove useful, you can see my other threads. I will have had 10 AP classes by graduation.. thank you!</p>
<p>wow, five pages back, 76 views, and NO reply!!</p>
<p>You're perfectly fine! Why are you worrying?</p>
<p>It depends how competitive your high school is. Are 4.0s rare or common?</p>
<p>dude...a 3.8. Are you friggin kidding me?</p>
<p>a 4.5?? that's an excellent GPA
unless you do it different then BLA [my highschool] in which a 4.0 is an A
and i believe that most colleges also use this standard....=/</p>
<p>OP you're a moron</p>
<p>3.8? 4.4? You cant even get into Community college. Ivy leaguers need to have a minimum of a 20.0 Unweighted.</p>
<p>to all- I actually come from an uncompetitive urban high school (however-ranked in the top 300-400 in the newsweek thing).. there are many 4.0 (uw) at my school, but as i said i am worried that i may get a C (hopefully a B though) in my math class. Would a C eliminate chances? It would probably be only for a semester.. Thanks all!</p>
<p>A 3.8 is absolutely fine.</p>
<p>Since math seems to be your only weak spot, would it be possible for you to get a math tutor or something? Math is one of those things that constantly builds upon what you already know, so if you're lost you may very well find yourself in the same situation next year.</p>
<p>To improve upon math, just do tons of practice problems. The idea is the same behind every problem, so the more you do, the better you get. And once you know how to solve a certain type of problem, its easy to solve another just like it. Go buy a book on whatever math you're taking and do all the practice problems on the sections you're weak on.</p>
<p>I have had a tutor- im not sure if i will stick with the one i am currently using as there seems to be a language barrier (she is from central america)..I have been practicing though. I used to not but recently i have been doing straight practice problems for at least an hour a night. The thing is my teacher has easy hw assignments then comes up with the insanely hard tests.. nobody in the class even does well..</p>