Am I Overreacting?

primapup8
Tue, 02 Jun 2015 05:14:29 +0000

My junior year just ended, and for the most part, final grades are in. Our school grading system had a mishap, and our grades were all inflated and messed up. I thought I had a decent GPA, 3 A’s, 3 B’s with 2 AP’s and an honors. Until today. I checked the grades and saw a C+ in math. Math is my worst subject by far, and at my old school, they didn’t teach it and I got A’s without doing anything at all. I have never gotten a C in high school but I think there is little chance of it changing, unless my teacher curves our final. I worked my butt off in that class, turning in every single assignment and studying hours every night, but I just couldn’t get it. When I saw that grade I immediately started messy crying (sorry, but it’s true). This year has been terrible in many ways, and this was just the icing on the cake.

How bad is one C? Will colleges see that and immediately shake their heads? I have pretty stellar EC’s, but I don’t know if it’s enough. I can certainly kiss Emory goodbye, maybe I have a shot at Oxford College still, my cumulative GPA still is within the average of their freshman class.

Am I freaking out too much about this, especially since my grades aren’t set in stone yet? I feel like, if it turns out to be a C, it’s over. My freshman GPA was 3.67 UW, sophomore was 3.72 UW, 3.83 W, and this year… YIKES. 3.3 UW (if math is a C) and 3.67 W. My top colleges are UWashington, Emory (Emory College & Oxford College), UC Irvine & San Diego, and UNC Chapel Hill (it would be a HUGE reach under different circumstance, but I have certain circumstances that give my chance of acceptance a tremendous boost)