Junior year could have been a little better.

Applying to College
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First semester junior year my grades were
Honors Advanced Band III - A
Calc. AB - C
Honors English III - B
Honors Amer. History- C

Next semester my grades were
Honors Amer. History II - B
Honors Chem. - B
Calc BC - B
Spanish II - B

I’m taking English IV, AP Environment, AP Computer Science, AP Stats, roundtable (English elective), and Honors Advanced Band IV my senior year.

Two things happened during my junior year that may have caused a decrease. I lost nearly 80 pounds and I came out of the closet (I live in a very rural area). Will colleges understand my situation? I’m not applying to anywhere very competitive.

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What schools are you referring to exactly? We can give a better response for particular schools. Those that do holistic reviews will take your situation into account - especially if you have strong test scores, good recs and strong grades in 9th and 10th. And congrats, by the way on getting healthier in every way! That’s a huge achievement.

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App state, NC State, and UNC Charlotte. They’re all public schools in NC. I have pretty good ECs for UNCC and App but not much for NC State. I think App and UNCC are more hollistic then State. And thank you! I plan to lose almost 140 pounds in total.