My first year at college a lot of emotional stuff happened and it lead to my GPA being a 1.84 by the end of the year. But now my GPA is a 2.39 after getting a 3.68 last semester. I switched my major to Political Science from cybersecurity. I expect my grades to be like that almost every semester since I actually care about what I am learning and I am a lot better mentally and emotionally. But I am afraid this still has wrecked my chances. Even if I got 4.0 every semester, I feel my overall GPA will never represent who I am.
I also participate in multiple clubs, I am the founder and president of College Democrats at my university and I have a relatively strong resume with a few clubs, a study abroad experience for this summer and I plan to do a second internship and maybe even a third if I can fit it in the summer after my study abroad, I also plan to help on a political campaign when I can for 2020.
But I still feel my overall GPA is going to impact my chances of getting into schools like Columbia. Columbia is my reach school and I am only a sophomore so I am not thinking about Grad School too much right now. But I wonder what kind of GPA is needed to get into the Columbia International Service school since I want to get a masters in International Affairs.