If my overall grade is a B first year of highschool, How much more can I raise it by the time college admissions role around. If my overall is a c? what if I took a lot of aps? how many would it take to get over a 4? (ap=5)
Is it too late for an ivy league? what else can I do?
what is the highest my grade can be if I ace most of my future classes?
Wait and see what happens over the next two years and then make an honest assessment of what colleges you are academically qualified for. And there are many many wonderful non-Ivy schools.
Just ace your junior year.
It’s simple algebra – to determine what your cumulative GPA would be if you get mostly As from here on out.
As for “Ivy League” perhaps you should put focus instead on improving your immediate academic deficiencies? Why did you get Bs? Was that the best you could do? If not, why not? How will that change next semester when you only take harder classes?
Your goal should not be to get into an ivy. Your goal should be to get into a college that meets your needs.
Why did you get B’s Freshman year?
Did you take courses that were too hard for you?
Did you not study?
Did you not do homework?
Did you get too involved in other activities?
DId you have phsyical/mental health issues?
Did you have family issues?
If you took regular courses and tried and still got B’s, then no, you are not going to an Ivy league school. But either are 99.6% of all US college students.
At this point I would try to figure out why you got B’s and go into Sophomore year with a plan to address that.
Go to class, read the book, do the homework.
Form a study group.
Go to teacher office hours.
Do practice problems with Khan Academy and the like.
Why do you think a “B” is a poor grade?
Why do you think an Ivy League U is a good fit for your interests?
What does the fact that you twice demanded answers, within 5 minutes of your initial posting, rather than performing a fairly simple bit of math which would have given you the answer, tell you about your actual interests and aptitudes?
I’d say Prof is pointing out something that should strike you. It’s not complex algebra to figure out what one needs to get X GPA if you currently have Y GPA after two semesters. Perhaps you should know that that “ivy league” aspirants are flying through their 9th and 10th grade years – and you should re-assess your trajectory to find good matches for you rather than simply prestigious reputations.
You really haven’t given us any information to answer your questions specifically. So I’m going to make some assumptions
GPA = (6 * 2 * 3 + 6 * 2 * 3 * 4) / (8 * 6)
Explanation:
623 = six classes for two semesters with a B in each class
6234 = six classes per semester, two semesters per year, for three years
86 = total number of credits, six classes for eight semesters
So to answer your original question:
1… Based on my estimates your max GPA is 3.75 / 4.00.
;2. That’s on the low end for top 20 schools - I’m expanding from your “iivy” criteria to USN top 20 because I really don’t like dealing with just the ivies. (Limiting to top USN top 20 is still superficial, but at least it includes a larger number of schools of thee same / similar caliber).
However, it’s simply unrealistic to assume that you’re going to rebound from a straight B semester to get all As for the rest of your high school career. And (kinda piling on at this point) I agree with bopper, ProfesssorD, and T26E4 you should probably reassess your goals based on your where you are now. Figure out where you went wrong this year and try to correct your mistakes and come up with a set of schools which actually interest you instead of just applying to prestigious schools for the sake of prestige - maybe that’s not what you’re doing, but from here that’s what it looks like.
^^ Ack! Or assuming colleges will only see freshman through junior years, (3+4+4)/3 = 11/3 = 3.67. Throwing in senior year would yield 3.75 (15/4 = 3.75) but those grades would not be available. If you want to include first semester senior year, well, the GPA would be somewhere in between.
Prof and others have a point. Right now, you’re not on track for the elite colleges. Forget about them - that would be my advice even if you had a 4.0 with AP courses. It’s okay. Do your best. Figure out how to study (this is a learned skill) effectively for you. Do the work. In two years, come back and see where you are. There are good schools for all students. Also many schools like to see an upward trend.e.
Ivy League (and many other tippy top colleges) don’t use weighted GPAs, so they aren’t going to calculate over 4.0.
3.75 UW, 4.5 W if I calculated correctly with straight A’s in the rest of your future courses.
OP, you expect others to do the math for you but won’t take the time to try and figure it out yourself? It isn’t rocket science.
@SlackerMomMD you’re right I forgot about that.
There is nothing wrong with getting B’s. There are plenty of great colleges that are appropriate for a B student.
@saif235 @mom2twogirls so you’re saying higher colleges only look at unweighted gpa??
thanks btw guys for the 3.75 estimate, I didn’t realize most schools have 6 courses though, in my county we take 7.
@PsychicPanda2 what do you mean UW, W?
aggh @PsychicPanda2 unweighted and weighted nvm gotcha. Thanks!
wait @PsychicPanda2 how are you calculating my 4.5 gpa?
Most schools recalculate GPA’s so that they are all comparable, since there are various standards in the USA. For example, how would a college compare a high school that grades on a 6.0 scale to one that uses the usual 4.0? Or a high school that awards a 5.0 for an A in an AP course while another only adds 0.5?
So most schools will figure out your GPA on an UW basis but then take into account how strong your schedule was just by looking at the number of AP, IB and honors courses taken.