Very worried about college

aquapt
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 08:10:32 +0000

That’s good - colleges will usually do their own weighting calculation anyway. It’s just that sometimes students on CC will report, for example, a 3.5 GPA when that’s their weighted GPA and they really have a 3.2 unweighted; and that would make a significant difference vs. your situation.

However… from the G-town admissions website: “Language or Foreign Service Program. Students interested in the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics or the Walsh School of Foreign Service are recommended to have a background in a modern foreign language or Latin.” They don’t drill down on how much background exactly, but it doesn’t appear that you should be skimping on foreign language if this is your goal.

Is there an improving trend in your grades? One thing you could consider is doing a post-grad year abroad, thorough AFS or another similar program. This would have the dual benefit of adding your senior grades (and AP grade-bumps) into your GPA calculation, if they’re stronger than your earlier grades, AND strengthening your foreign language and cross-cultural experience and credentials. Just running the idea up the flagpole, since high school classroom language study doesn’t seem to be your favorite thing, and I sympathize with that.

Another option would be a summer language class for college credit. You could even do this at Georgetown: https://summer.georgetown.edu/programs/SHS04/college-credit-courses/coursefilterlist