3.4 Unweighted; 3.8 Weighted GPAs?

Applying to College
1

I have a 3.4 unwieghted gpa; 3.8 weighted as a sophmore and I’m really starting to worry because I have heard colleges look at both unweighted and weighted gpas. I have pretty hard rigor classes so far (only listing Honors and AP classes)
Freshman year:
AP Statistics - B+
Honors Pre-Calculus - B-
Honors Biology - B

Sophmore year:
World Civilization (AP Credit) - A
AP Psychology - A
AP Calc A/B - B+
Honors Chemistry - B

EC:
Junior Varsity Tennis (for school)
Tennis Coaching (volunteering)
Hospital Volunteering
Teaching kids at a foundation
Made my own organization in school that helps students find their path (I have created and joined with my principal to make it)

I am aiming for OSU, University of Cincinnati, Syracuse University, and Purdue.

Please tell me where I am compared to the standard for these colleges, and what I should do the rest of sophmore year and through my high school years to get accepted.

2

Keep working on your academics. Schools like to see upward trends in GPA and will consider that.

The big state flagships are getting more and more competitive, especially for certain majors. Purdue and OSU’s average GPA for incoming freshman is above a 3.7 and higher for some STEM majors. Your standardized test scores will also be taken into account. Cinci and Syracuse have slightly lower GPAs but not by a lot.

3

Are you in Ohio? I think in-state residents get preference at state schools.

4

Weighted is usually meaningless unless it is specifically on the college’s weighting method, or the college takes weighted GPA at face value.

5

Welll, ^^^, if weighted is meaningless, academic rigor (what classes you took) is not, so they will look at your 3.4 along with the classes that you chose.

You’ll have to improve for a shot at OSU, just keep working on your grades, and do test prep when the time comes!