Using Last semester’s GPA

I’m a sophomore right now and I kind of fucked up this semester and my gpa is going to go from a 3.7 to a 3.6 at a semi target. If it matters, I am a double stem major. Would there be any problems if I send in my application with the 3.7 and later justified it by just saying it was the prior semester’s? I know this is pretty retarded, but from what I can tell a 3.6 is somewhat brutal.

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I think you will be fine, someone can feel free to correct me but background checks won't even happen until, at earliest, when offers start rolling out, which is after the current semester at the earliest... so you could get just get your GPA up back to 3.7 anyways before background checks start

 

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