Joannie might still make the GPF if she steps it up & Yukari falters a bit. Yukari isn't really known consistency either.
I think that even if Caroline makes GPF, she will face extremely stiff competition, and may place dead last! Of course it's no shame at all even to place 6th in the GPF with such a strong field, but it can't be a confidence boost either after Mao & Yu-na both won the GPF in their first senior year.
Or she could look at it as, compared to so many veteran skaters, she made it to the final, and be very proud of that accomplishment... it all depends on the way of seeing the situation, the whole half-full / half-empty idea.
Kypma
PS actually I don't know how to see it, because, in the last 2 years, the reigning world JUNIOR champion won the SENIOR Grand Prix Final... I wonder if she has that in mind? If so, then yes it would be disappointing to come in last...