How do deal with grade drop in junior year?

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Guessing you posted in the parents forum for some perspective. Is it you who is worried or your parents? If you have 5 APs this year then you’re doing exceedingly well. At many colleges with that GPA and rigor, you’d get top merit scholarships.

1 advice: Stop comparing yourself to other students. It's not healthy. #2 Who said prioritizing ECs isn't a good thing? Again, if you have a cumulative 96 (which I take to be a 3.84) with all those APs, then you're doing amazingly well overall. And many a student has actually differentiated themselves with their ECs. Good advice from posters above.