I have something stressing my mind about getting into the Top en ofmy school?

Question

I am a tenth grader and I am pretty sure my goal is shot, but maybe there is some encouragement out there. My freshman year I had an all together weighted average of 3.56. This year, my first nine weeks I started off with a 3.375 weighted. Ths next nine weeks I will have a 4.175-4.375. And the next two nine weeks I am confident I will have around a 4.5. The reason I am putting this here is I want to know if there is still a chance for me to be put in the top ten people w/ the highest GPAs or are my chances pretty much shot. This has been stressing me out and I would like for you guys to be honest. I appreciate all the people who will read and answer this question. Thanks.

Also, do you get quality points for being in Dual Enrolled classes

Answer 1

There is no way to know without knowing the grades of the other people. Starting off with a 3.375 doesn't sound good, to be realistic. I'm sure the others are taking APs as well. But, do NOT stress about this or you will affect your grades negatively! Just do the best you can, and I'm sure you will get into a good college and receive scholarships based on your grades. Good luck to you.

Answer 2

Wow, you're really smart. I think you would have a pretty good chance of getting into the Top Ten of your school. No idea, about getting quality points for being in Dual Enrolled classes, though!

Answer 3

You should know the big picture here.

First off, figure out why you want to be in the top 10. For your ego? For college? To impress your parents or your peers?

Colleges do care about grades more than anything. So grades definitely matter.
However, colleges do want well-rounded students on their campuses. Not just high grades, but students who have made a difference in someone else's life. Can you get all A's and still do the volunteering and be class president,or even just math club president? Because colleges are looking for more than an GPA, you know.

Another thing you should know is that my brilliant ex-husband, who had a genius IQ and had maybe a 3.7 in high school, told me that he never met a valedictorian who amounted to much after high school. There are few valedictorians in medical school. They burn out after high school, quite often, because they had to work like slaves to make those grades, and they could only keep going at that rate through high school. Then they get to college and they lose steam, typically. Also, college is quite a bit more difficult than high school, and to make mostly A's in college, you have to be dedicated. If you have pushed yourself really really hard in high school, you just naturally have trouble pushing yourself in college to that same level of intensity. And you don't get into medical school on a 3.1 GPA. So if you want to push, do it in college. Just be in the top 40 in high school and join clubs and get involved, because if you are going for medical school, it's the college grades that count. You burn out young and there goes that blazing future.

Are you reading fiction every night for at least 1 hour? my niece loved fiction, and read a ton of fiction, and scored 780 in critical reading on the SAT test. She never read non-fiction, and still scored like that. Sure she is smart, but she is also an extremely good reader. And if you want to go to, say, medical school, your reading comprehension has to be very very high. She has a 3.4 in high school, but her standardized test scores will help her get into good colleges, and she has drive to burn in college, not having worked so hard in high school that she is sick of studying.

Get high but realistic grades in high school and figure out your career now. Then set your sights on college and grad school. If you must burn yourself out studying, do it in college. The payback is so much greater.