Will 5B's destroy chances to top colleges?

alpha178
Thu, 23 Jan 2020 23:28:27 +0000

Fall semester Junior Year took a turn for the worst. I believe it was just lack of time management and dedication (no special/extenuating circumstances), but I ended up with ALL B’s (3 AP courses, 2 Honors courses). My GPA dropped from a 4.5 to 4.41. I also took 3 Bs sophomore year, but all A’s freshman year (also all Honors courses, with one AP each in 9th/10th grade)

Im even taking AP Econ to recover the mess from last semester and set me back on 4.5. Im working extremely hard to get all A’s this semester. If get all As fall senior year (5 APs- calc, chem, bio, lit, stats) too, what are college admissions officers going to think of fall semester’s pitfall (especially Northwestern, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Case Western, Washington University)?

I have decent EC’s (debate (state finalist last year), extensive volunteering, research at university, club leadership position). Im hoping to get 1550+ on SAT and 800s on Math2/Chem subject tests.