<p>That was me during sophomore year wondering if I had any chance in hell at my dream school (Harvard) if I pulled my grades up and got that SAT score. That was the year I nearly failed two classes second semester, but instead I was given a D in one (AP Stats) and a D- in the other (Honors Physics). However, I moved to a new school and those grades were combined with my first semester grades, resulting in a C in AP Stats and a C- in Honors Physics. </p>
<p>The 4.4 w comes from the fact that my old school used a different grading system, where only the top 45 credits are used in calculating GPA. Because I had taken a lot more classes than required (with no lunch) I would be above the 45 credits and thus my two near-failing grades would have been disregarded. However, I moved to a new school that did not have the same policy but instead combined first and second semester grades into one grade, which ended up to my advantage because colleges wouldn’t have to see my Ds in those two classes.</p>
<p>*Ironically, I was very close to guessing my actual SAT score (I predicted a 2350 with a 1600/1600 m+cr yet I actually scored a 2360 with a 1600/1600 m+CR). This was probably due to my hopes of making up for my abysmal gpa and came from studying so hard for the test.</p>