Idk how my 12th is going so far it’s like I’m studying however in school exams I mess up like idk how I study well not like a day before exam it’s just either the exams in school come tough or I feel I’m not doing enough.. so genuinely asking do 12th result matter anywhere in college or like future..?
I’m in commerce with applied maths and I’m planning to either do BBA or eco hons. But still asking does 12th matter..?

can i get into berkeley with 2.7 gpa?

G12, F. i’m rlly grade conscious esp when it comes to quizzes and summatives and recently i reviewed for a long quiz rlly hard but i got 10 wrong answers (30/41) and our passing score was 30. im rlly worried that i might not get 95+ in this sub cuz ive been aiming to top this year. having low scores affect me sm to the point that i sometimes lose appetite or just stare into nothing, letting all negative thoughts consume me. plus the new curriculum makes me more anxious because it is zero-based grading. can someone help me break down how i can understand the grading system with some sample scores and grades and how i can maintain 95+ grades.

Academic Profile

GPA

• Weighted: 4.45
• Unweighted: 3.97

SAT

• 1520 (790 Math, 730 Evidence-Based Reading & Writing)

Advanced Placement (AP) Coursework

Completed

• AP Chemistry — 4
• AP Computer Science Principles — 4
• AP World History — 5
• AP U.S. Government — 5
• AP Precalculus — 5
• AP English Language — 4

Senior Year

• AP Calculus BC
• AP Biology
• AP Computer Science A
• AP English Literature

Extracurricular Activities & Leadership

Founder & President – Investment Club (2025–Present)

• Founded and lead a student investment club focused on fundamental analysis, portfolio management, and financial literacy.
• Organize meetings, investment discussions, educational workshops, and market analysis activities.

AI & Quantitative Finance Intern (2026)

• Collaborated with mentors to develop Python-based sentiment trading models.
• Explored artificial intelligence applications in financial markets and quantitative investing.

Summer Research Intern (2026)

• Conducted interdisciplinary research focused on environmental and community challenges.
• Developed programming solutions, collected and analyzed data, and integrated hardware components into research projects.

Robotics Team – Co-Lead Programmer & Co-Lead Engineering Notebooker (2024–Present)

• Developed competition robotics software using C++.
• Maintained engineering documentation and design notebooks.
• Interpreted technical drawings and collaborated on robot design and development.

Quantum Computing Club & Independent Study (2026)

• Served as a tutor for the Quantum Computing Club.
• Attended a regional quantum computing conference.
• Completed independent coursework in quantum computing concepts and applications.

Selective Business & Entrepreneurship Summer Program (2026)

• Participated in a competitive summer program focused on finance, entrepreneurship, and leadership development.
• Collaborated on business case studies and professional development activities.

Independent Financial Modeling & Trading Research (2026)

• Designed and implemented algorithmic trading systems using Python.
• Utilized Pandas, Matplotlib, YFinance, and related data analysis tools.
• Conducted backtesting, market analysis, and quantitative research.

Senior SAT Tutor (100+ Volunteer Hours) (2025–Present)

• Provided over 100 hours of SAT Math and Reading tutoring to students worldwide.
• Mentored new tutors and supported instructional quality and student success.

Finance Internship (2026)

• Assisted with financial and market data analysis.
• Supported investment research and asset management initiatives.

Band Member (2022–Present)

• Perform in multiple youth and school orchestras.
• Participate in concerts at universities and performance venues throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
• Developed discipline, teamwork, and long-term commitment through advanced ensemble performance.

Hello everyone! I have always been so curious about my own achievement and what I could do to up my chances of getting into good colleges. I see so many people posting their stats, and I decided that I should too since I am now at the halfway point in my high school career. I have not taken the SAT yet but plan to take it in August, plan to take the ACT at some point, and my school only let us take 1 AP in freshman year and 1 AP in sophomore year, but I also took an IB math class in sophomore year. I also come from a low income minority background, and I am not sure if that changes much. I have applied to so many summer programs as well since I wish to pursue a career in medicine, but I have basically gotten rejected from all of them :( anyways here are my stats:

GPA: 3.9 UW 4.2 W

Relevant Classes: AP World History (received a 5 on the exam), AP US Government (exam score comes out on 7/6), IB Mathematics Analysis and Approaches SL Part 1 (I take the exam next year, I received my FIRST EVER B in this class), Chamber Orchestra, and all the other classes I took were honors except for courses where honors dont exist such as PE and languages.

Classes for Junior Year: AP Calculus AB, Chamber Orchestra (yes, I have taken this every year since 6th grade and I have had the same teacher since then too so I think that would make a great letter of rec), IB Biology HL, IB English Literature HL, IB Psychology HL, AP Physics 1, and AP Stats.

I have taken a couple of summer courses as well but I am not sure if they are relevant, they were really for me to just get the credits over the summer and to have more space in my schedule during the school year: Economics and Personal Finance (taken rising 10th), Geometry (taken rising 9th), and US History (taking now/rising 11th).

My school also does an exam where you earn credits for any languages you speak fluently, and I took the exam in Mongolian and got 4/4 credits, and we also do a similar exam in our world language classes (Spanish), and I got the biliteracy/fluency seal for that.

Clubs: Planet Impact Society (founder and president - we plan to make recycling drives, clean ups, raise funds to plant trees or plant around our community, and much more), Model United Nations (Club Member), Math Club (Club Member). I should probably be more active in clubs....

Volunteering: Summer Camp Counselor (2 years; 240+ hours), Creative Arts Camp Volunteer (for my town; 80+ hours), Mongolian School Classroom Assistant (2 years; 96+ hours), Art Museum Classroom Assistant (48+ hours). I have applied to volunteer at my local clinic, and hopefully I get accepted since I feel like that aligns most with my future goals.

Projects: Make Mongolia Smile charity project (founder and organizer; supported a Mongolian orphanage in the winter, raised $500+), I am writing and illustrating a children's storybook (I hope to have it published this summer), and I am working with a group of other Mongolian teens across the US on a research paper (will be published this summer..hopefully??).

Internships/Jobs: I work as a mathematics tutor part time (2+ years), HSIP Medical Impact Internship (this was not really like an internship and was lowkey sad about that because I was really hoping for experience but we sort of just learned to read research papers and the pathways towards obtaining a job in the medical field - but I got into the program for free because of financial aid so...), and I was a teen intern for my town and got to oversee daily operations that occur within my county's government (i know it doesnt really align with my interests, but I took the opportunity). FYI I APPLIED TO SO MANY MEDICAL INTERNSHIPS BUT I LITERALLY KEEP GETTING REJECTED!!!

Awards (the ones I have received are sort of useless I feel): John Locke Essay Competition (Award of Recognition + $500 Scholarship for one of their summer programs), Golden Key Music Festival (Awarded Super Bronze), my county has these film festivals that intrigued me a bit, so I competed a couple years back (Awarded Top Film and Top Filmmaker), PTA Reflections (I won 2 Outstanding Interpretation awards at the regional level and 1 award of excellence in my state division), and Honor Roll (literally everyone gets this).

Please let me know how I can improve, I feel like I am literally trying my hardest to involve myself into things outside of just academics, but I just keep getting rejected, and that just breaks me :((

Hi! I'm starting my sophomore year in September but I'm currently at 3.8 GPA BECAUSE I GOT A B- IN ONE OF MY CLASSES. So are my hopes of a good GPA furthermore ruined since I'm a physics major and it obviously is gonna get harder now I'm just very stressed right now sorry. Can I get back to a 4 somehow?

Academics

GPA: 4.45 Weighted | 3.97 Unweighted
SAT: 1520 (790 Math, 730 Evidence-Based Reading & Writing)

AP Coursework

• AP Chemistry — 4
• AP Computer Science Principles — 4
• AP World History — 5
• AP U.S. Government — 5
• AP Precalculus — 5
• AP English Language — 4
• AP Calculus BC (Next Year)
• AP Biology (Next Year)
• AP Computer Science A (Next Year)
• AP Literature (Next Year)

Extracurricular Activities

Founder & President, High School Investment Club (2025–Present)

Founded and led an investment club focused on fundamental analysis and financial literacy. Organized meetings, investment discussions, and educational workshops.

Summer Research Intern, College Research Program (2026)

Designed projects addressing environmental and community challenges through programming, data collection, and hardware integration with professors.

High School Robotics Team – Co-Lead Programmer & Co-Lead Notebooker (Oct. 2024–Present)

Develop software in C++ for competition robotics. Managed engineering documentation, maintained design notebooks, and interpreted technical drawings.

Quantum Computing Club & Independent Study (2026)

Tutor for the Quantum Computing Club. Attended a quantum computing conference and completed additional independent coursework.

Prestigious Business & Entrepreneurship Summer Program (2026)

Participated in a selective business and entrepreneurship program focused on finance, leadership, and professional development.

Financial Modeling & Trading Research Project (2026)

Independently developed algorithmic trading systems using Python, Pandas, Matplotlib, YFinance, and Spyder.

Senior SAT Tutor, For non profit. 100+ Volunteer Hours) (June 2025–Present)

Provided over 100 hours of volunteer SAT Math and Reading tutoring to domestic and international students while mentoring newer tutors.

Finance Internship (Summer 2026)

Assisted with financial and market data analysis to support investment research and asset management.

Trumpeter – High School Band & Youth Ensembles (2022–Present)

Performed in school and community ensembles while developing musicianship, discipline, teamwork, and long-term commitment through rehearsals and public performances.

Guys i took 5 classes for fall in which 3 are in person and 2 are online.2 of em are major classes and 3 of em are calgetc requirements, fyii completed my highschool india but i was born here so i came back for my college i am doing an associaye degree so its like i want to complete my 60 units in 2 yrs no matter wt! Any tipss plz

AP US History

AP Human Geography

AP Business Principles with Personal Finance (Self Study)

Honors English

Algebra 2

Spanish (regular)

Chemistry

Theology (I go to a Catholic school, this is a religion class)

Flex (This is a study block)

Hey guys. I am aiming for a specific t10 school but i know that my stats are no where near what students applying for these institutions are. If anyone could give me some tips/suggestions for improvement, I would really appreciate it :) (i am a rising junior).

Small private catholic school
low income & first generation
GPA: 3.79 uw 4.29 w
AP world history, AP bio, AP Lang, APUSH, (maybe AP Precalc) - no scores yet, all APs except world i will be taking junior year
6 honors classes
School Scholar (1 of 12 selected from class)
Vice president of Student Council (sophomore & junior year); plans + executes frequent fundraisers, creates seasonal bulletin boards, helped raise $1,200 for class funds
BSU club 4 years; coordinates cultural dances every year, junior year historian
Activism club 4 years; junior year secretary
Hospital volunteering (1 hour every Friday)
JV track and field (soph and junior year)
Frosh Volleyball (freshman year)
City Youth cohort (outside of school); sophomore year LOT (leadership organizing team)
Starting a organization to raise school supplies for children in Ethiopia; books with handwritten notes in them
NHS & CSF
194 service hours
960 PSAT
Student ambassador (sophomore & junior year)
CPR certified (sophomore & junior year)
In the process of starting a passion project; providing children with education of dental and skin basic hygiene in order for them to develop habits early.

this is more of a reflection post, but sophomore year was the best thing (academically) that’s ever happened to me. i go to a school that has a lot of the “gifted” and super smart kids, so literally 90% of the students in freshman year were in all places into honors and advanced classes(since we can’t choose classes freshman yr). on the other hand, i was not the same way. i always felt overlooked by so many people and teachers because i was never a gifted kid. freshman yr, i was placed in all general classes and a singular honors class (biology), which didn’t even count really because my counselor told me it was more of a “intermediate honors course” or a bridge to honors courses for kids who were “there, but not quite there yet.” (*lowkey destroyed my confidence..imagine being told u weren’t good enough for honors but not bad enough for regular classes??*🤨*, really added to my feelings of being overlooked…*). Anyways, like most students,(hopefully) i really care about balancing things like academics, extracurriculars, sports, etc., but u can imagine how these general classes limited my GPA because i didn’t have that weighted honors advantage as much as other students.

What im trying to get at is that despite being so limited, i tried my hardest in the classes that i had and excelled beautifully. I ended up finishing nearly every class with an A+, class rank of 24/263, and a GPA of 4.16. The 4.16 may not seem impressive, but in my school we run on a 4.2 scale for general classes, so i nearly maxed out the scale i was limited to.

During my freshman year, i became friends with all the kids that were in all honors classes, and they may have been good as friends, but these kids are brutally competitive + petty when it comes to academics. the amount of times i’ve been told by my own (fake) friends that i’d never make it to the top 10, make it into honors classes, or raise my gpa higher than a 4.1 is probably a billion.

now comes scheduling and nearing the end of freshman year, i was able to select ALL honors and even up to 3 AP classes (tho i only chose 2), again, despite being limited by my general classes. i told NOBODY my plans because i really wanted sophomore year to be my comeback (*and avoid the “sophomore slump”)* to prove everybody wrong. seeing my report cards, these courses gave me such boosts in my gpa, especially since i still maintained the grades i had last year. now that sophomore year is over, i ended up finishing every class with A/A+, ranked 9/263, and a GPA of 4.344.

I ended up higher than EVERY. SINGLE. PERSON that doubted me, talked shit abt me, and overlooked me during freshman year.

im cutting the story short, but this entire rant/reflection is about how i persevered and built myself up from a place where i was limited, disadvantaged, and overlooked. i’m sharing this story because i want people to realize that it truly is possible to turn yourself into a better person/the person you desire to be, even if it takes you an unusual route to get there. it may not be impressive to others because im sure there’s people that have like 4.7 GPAs here and whatnot, but IM proud of myself, and i hope there’s people that can relate + have gone through the same thing as me and are proud of themselves.

FRESHMAN YEAR:

Algebra 2 Honors
English 1 Honors
AP Human Geography
Geometry Honors
Biology Honors
Band
Spanish 2 Honors

UW GPA: 3.3, W GPA: 3.41

SOPHOMORE YEAR:

AP Physics 1
AP Biology
AP World History
Precalculus Honors
English 2 Honors
Chemistry Honors
Band

UW GPA: 4.0, W: 4.42

JUNIOR YEAR:

AP Statistics
AP Language and Composition
AP Environmental Science
AP Psychology
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics 2
Computer Science 1 Honors

UW GPA: 4.0, W: 4.76

cGPA: 4.197 (not top 10%)

Senior course rigor: 6 APs, 1 Honor

21 APs in total

SAT: 1550

Self studied AP Exams (doesn’t count for GPA):

AP CSP
AP Comparative Government and Politics
AP Precalculus
AP Seminar
AP Research