Freshman and Sophomore year are very consistent - I had a 92-93 overall unweighted average. This year is my junior year, and my first marking period overall average was an 87 the second marking period is almost over, I project to have about a 86-89 average, and then I will have third and fourth marking period and finals to try to make up for the 80’s. I also withdrew from AP Physics this year so there is a WP (withdraw passing) mark on my transcript. I’m now taking 2 AP classes (US History and English Lang) and with the weighting I’ll probably have 1-1.5 points added to my overall average this year. I’m also taking precalc accelerated which is my worst class (mid 70’s). I’ve always been a good student but this year the workload is so hard and my grandma (who lives with us and is my best friend) health is declining. (Alzheimer’s worsening, hospital visits, etc. She doesn’t speak English and I constantly need to take care of her. I love her so much, she is my #1 priority.) I’m very stressed and worried that colleges won’t accept me because of this year. I’m in language, athletic, and national honor society, key club, class council, and play volleyball, also played softball in 9th & 10th grade.
These are the schools I’m looking at, do I have a chance? SUNY Old Westbury, St. John’s University in Queens, LIU Brooklyn, Berkeley College NYC, Baruch College NYC, Molloy College, Adelphi, Hofstra.
You can always explain in an essay or tell the school that your mother is suffering from Alzheimer’s, hopefully they will sympathize and understand. You can get this point across in an interview as well. Try and keep your GPA at a 3.0, preferably a 3.5. You will always be accepted somewhere, just make sure you have leadership roles in your clubs and back up schools. St. John’s is pretty selective but I think you could get into Hofstra if you improve Make sure you study for standardized tests!
Actually, I wouldn’t do that. When I did Questbridge, it said an extenuating circumstance involved the death of a family member. I would just like to warn that if you did tell about you taking care of your grandmother, it may work backwards and sound like an excuse, which I’m sure admission officers get loads of. I advise you to write on one of the app’s essay about your taking care of grandmother and saying what you learned from it. Implicitly imply that this took up a lot of your time. At the end of the day, kudos to you for taking care of her. I hope if you look back many years from now, you’ll feel happy and cherish those memories.
Thanks everyone. I love caring for my grandma and I’m so thankful for the time we have. I’ll probably talk to my counselor as the time nears to see how I should go about explaining the drop.
the second marking period is almost over, I project to have about a 86-89 average, and then I will have third and fourth marking period and finals to try to make up for the 80’s. I also withdrew from AP Physics this year so there is a WP (withdraw passing) mark on my transcript. I’m now taking 2 AP classes (US History and English Lang) and with the weighting I’ll probably have 1-1.5 points added to my overall average this year. I’m also taking precalc accelerated which is my worst class (mid 70’s). I’ve always been a good student but this year the workload is so hard and my grandma (who lives with us and is my best friend) health is declining. (Alzheimer’s worsening, hospital visits, etc. She doesn’t speak English and I constantly need to take care of her. I love her so much, she is my #1 priority.) I’m very stressed and worried that colleges won’t accept me because of this year. I’m in language, athletic, and national honor society, key club, class council, and play volleyball, also played softball in 9th & 10th grade.
Make sure you study for standardized tests!