Letter Grades vs. Overall GPA?

graceclassof2013
Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:55:51 +0000

I have a 3.72 GPA. But I got a D plus my junior year in Trig. And a C plus in Honors Chemistry. And a C plus in Honors Spanish 3. And a C plus in AP U.S. History. And the best part was I had B plus/ A semester grades in all of these class until my final exam came along and screwed it all up. Anyway I now have all A’s in my 4 AP, 3 Honor class courseload.

Like it caused my GPA to drop and then my all A’s this school will cause it to rise. But as long as my GPA is good, will I be in trouble because my junior year grades were awful? I mean like I said I had good semester grades and I took pretty hard classes. I also have all A’s and B’s in hard courses Freshmen and Sophomore years. I just, honestly, don’t know what happened my Junior Year…

So what are the colleges more concerned about? Letter grades or GPA?

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