Senior year grades

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Its the second month of senior year right now and I am taking a heavy course load at the moment. AP French, Pre-Calc, AP lit, AP gov, AP physics, and some other easy classes. Im currently having a lot of troubles in math and can feel my grade slipping in math. I am going to work my hardest to obtain a 4.0, but with an already bad GPA, how bad would it be to get B`s my first semester?
 
Its the second month of senior year right now and I am taking a heavy course load at the moment. AP French, Pre-Calc, AP lit, AP gov, AP physics, and some other easy classes. Im currently having a lot of troubles in math and can feel my grade slipping in math. I am going to work my hardest to obtain a 4.0, but with an already bad GPA, how bad would it be to get B`s my first semester?
The bigger concern is that you are having problems in pre-calc. Calculus and a mastery of math is a requirement at all the academies. Most applicants will have a year or two of calculus when they apply. Doing poorly in pre-calculus reflects poorly on your academic readiness for an academy. BUT - if you are solid in all other areas, maybe that makes you a solid prep candidate.

Then again, admissions does all kinds of strange things, so who knows.
 
The bigger concern is that you are having problems in pre-calc. Calculus and a mastery of math is a requirement at all the academies. Most applicants will have a year or two of calculus when they apply. Doing poorly in pre-calculus reflects poorly on your academic readiness for an academy. BUT - if you are solid in all other areas, maybe that makes you a solid prep candidate.

Then again, admissions does all kinds of strange things, so who knows.
when I was visiting Navy for the CVW, I went to the Calc 1 class and it seemed pretty easy to learn.
 
when I was visiting Navy for the CVW, I went to the Calc 1 class and it seemed pretty easy to learn.

You might be mathematically brilliant (and your grades just don’t reflect it). Or you might have caught them on an off-day. DD aced AP Calc as a 10th grader, took Multivariate Calc as an 11th grader, and validated Calc 1 at USNA. Said Calc 2 was very, very hard. I suppose YMMV.
 
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