<p>I’m going into my junior year now and out of the 31 units worth of classes (I’m counting taking English for a full year as 2 units and so on) I have received 4 Cs and 10 Bs… How would admission officers view this? </p>
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<li>by the way, I received 3 of those Cs and 7 of those Cs during my Sophomore year when I was dealing with being a passenger in a car accident (not fatal, but it took down a street lamp and went into a bank), my grandfather dying within a week of my mother’s ten years of passing, and loosing an ovary due to problems with my hormone levels, and finding out that im anemic, and On top of that ive been taking care of my grandmother who has severe dementia. I know that colleges are somewhat understanding if you explain why your grades plummeted one year, but I feel like all the reasons that held me back from doing my best seem small, even though there is a lot of not so good things that happened to me within the last year.</li>
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<p>I’ll be honest, you probably won’t get into an Ivy with those grades (I am not putting you down, my D had worse grades and didn’t have the mitigating circumstances that you do).</p>
<p>BUT–there is a big wide world of colleges out there that do not require 4.0+ GPAs. Check out the threads for 3.0-3.3 students and widen your net.</p>
<p>I’m not saying you DEFINITELY won’t get into the school of your choice, but I wouldn’t set my heart on Harvard…</p>
<p>I am sorry for your difficulties - your reasons for struggling are not small.</p>
<p>Hopefully you have been able to use this summer to re-energize yourself and get ready for your junior year.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, large public colleges (including UCs) are the least likely to consider your extreme circumstances when evaluating your GPA. All they see is a number.</p>