applying after a year

Applying to College
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<p>-note: NOT talking about accepting admission and deferring matriculation-</p>

<p>i'm trying to figure out what my options are. i'm considering taking a year off to work and join the navy (just 5 months, honestly), but idk if i can apply again next year? and what about my senior grades (I'm really slacking)?</p>

<p>I applied to: Penn, Cornell, Columbia, Case, Pitt, UF (in state), U Utah</p>

<p>3.79 GPA
Rather weak courseload, but most rigourous AVAILABLE
Crazy circumstances (home schooled, community college, left school due to a hurricane, etc)
No Calculus :(
1420 (2140) SAT
690, 680 SAT II's</p>

<p>Now, my senior grades are this (best guess):
Lit: 84 (i can buoy it. but its sinking right now)
Pre-Calc: 69 (My best math score is a 690, my last was a 630, my math I was a 640, and i haven't taken Calc yet. I've done no hw in this class, so with effort i could pull at least a C, prolly a B. but i'm worried it looks really bad)
USH: 99
Span: 95
Phys: 92
Bio: 94</p>

<p>SO, the Q is....will those lousy grades (not o/a, i'm talking about the actual lousy grades) kill me if i apply next year to similar colleges? Or will they just accept it as senioritis?</p>

<p>ALSO (just out of curiosity), if I take 2 or 3 classes at a community college in the spring, will that put me over the line where i'd have to apply as a transfer?</p>

<p>I'm thinking if i had to apply again, I'd hit (and bear in mind i'd have more cash than sense, so i know it's a lot):</p>

<p>Yale, Penn, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, Northwestern, Vandy, Georgetown, Duke, Notre Dame, Naval Academy, Virgina.
U of R, Case, U Utah, Pitt. </p>

<p>Of course i dont want chances at those, and i wouldn't actually apply to ALL those, but many, b/c i want to do it right next time (if i take the year off). </p>

<p>Does this make any sense? Is it possible?</p>

<p>-ps- say I pull the pre-calc up to a C or B, improve my SAT scores over the gap, and pull an A in calc at a comm. college (though they won't see that until it's too late, prolly), will i have a chance at those top schools?</p>

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<p>You got a 92 in Physics but a 69 in PreCalc?</p>

<p>There has to be something wring there. HS Physics is basically applied PreCalc here... Maybe other schools are just really different.</p>

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<p>nothing wrong. idk, physics is suspiciously (sp?) easy, but pre-calc goes so fast that every time i figure out what we're doing we skip ahead. i gotta stop skipping school :( or at least i should go in early to get help</p>

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<p>bump, maybe?</p>

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<p>i dont think you can join the navy for just 5 months</p>

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<p>trust me. nps (b), 5 months, then the reserves for a few years, but reserves don't interfere with college</p>