WORRIED ABOUT GPA? please help!

Applying to College
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<p>i have about a 3.75 gpa at a very competitive public high school at the end of my sophomore year... i am taking challenging courses and for extra curriculars so far i have:</p>

<p>-an internship this summer
-volunteer experience helping disabled children with therapeutic horseback riding since i ride myself
-played tennis freshman and soph year for school (JV)
-ran track soph year (JV again)
-started a club at school this year raising money for an organization that helps children with childhood cancer
-staff writer (and hopefully editor senior year) for the newspaper
-yearbook staff member</p>

<p>next year i am taking: honors precalc, honors english, ap psycology, honors american history, french 4, honors latin 1, and physics.</p>

<p>i am very worried that since my GPA is not exactly where i want it be now that it will seriously hinder my chances of getting into the schools i want-- places like Boston College, Wake Forest University, Bucknell, University of Notre Dame-- schools like that</p>

<p>i havent taken the SATS yet but based on the PSAT i am looking at getting around a 2100-2200 on those</p>

<p>do you think i should be worried?
i know that i have to work very very hard next year to pull it up, and i definitely will, but is it too late?</p>

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<p>I don’t see why it will be too late…you still have your junior year to raise it to a 3.89 or so.</p>

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<p>Pssht, your gpa is fine for Wake Forest.</p>

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<p>I think you’re perfectly fine for the school you are targeting…</p>

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<p>Well first off, a 3.75 gpa is good for most of those schools, but you also have junior year to work on it. You’re taking 7 courses next year, which is impressive, but I think it would help if you could switch some out for AP courses.
I know BC relies on the SAT a lot, so a lot of it would depend on if you can get that 2100</p>

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<p>thanks for the input… yeah i was unsure about taking APs next year, but i was told taking AP psych and AP US History would not be smart since they’re both difficult. senior year i will probably take: AP US Gov, AP English, AP Bio, AP Calc, and AP French Language so I’m hoping that will make up for it a little bit</p>

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<p>You should be okay for bc and wake forest.</p>

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