<p>I live in texas, Im currently a confused junior my grades freshmen/ sophemore were horrible.
Freshmen-
1.Algebra 1-B
2.English 1-B
3.Band-A
4.Spanish 2- C
5.Tennis-A
6.World Geography-B
7.Biology-B
8 grade i took spanish 1-C
I was in Red Cross that year and the tennis team and i had zero volunteer hours.
Sophemore-
1.Speech-B
2.Geometry-D
3.Chemistry-D
4.English 2 Pre-AP-D
5.Tennis-A
6.Principles of Health Science-C
7.World History AP- i failed it.
i took summer school for World History and got a A. And that summer i also took physics 1 pre-ap and got an A. Zero volunteer hours. I was in Hosa, tennis team.
Junior Year-
1.AP United States History-A
2.English 3 AP-A
3. Algebra 2 Pre-ap-A
4.Bio 2 AP-2
5. Spanish 3 Honors-A
6. Academic Decathlon-A
7.AP pyschology-A
8. AP human geography-A
All the AP classes listed above i took in my junior year on AP test i got straight 5's on all of them.
In the summer i took Pre-cal honors and got an A. Junior Year i was in Tennis team, Link Leader, HOSA, english honor society, spanish honor society, DECA, Asian culture club, and i got 100 plus volunteer hours.
SAT-2400
ACT-33
my gpa as of right now as a junior is
4.461538 out of 6.0 GPA. By the end of Senior year i will have a 4.8235 out of 6.0 GPA. I want to know what colleges i could get accepted into?</p>
<p>What schools are you interested in? What major? There is no reason not to apply to wherever interests you. Schools are going to see the definite improvement in your performance after sophomore year. They aren’t in the business of rejecting students because they were late bloomers.</p>
<p>^ Highly competitive schools do reject students who have not been interested in their education for the last four years. </p>
<p>OP, what can your family afford? Will you be looking for some kind of merit or financial aid?</p>
<p>Clearly you’ve got a lot of talent and in your junior year you turned things around academically and began to apply that talent, and it shows in your grades. Some highly selective colleges will discount or even completely ignore your freshman grades. Very few, if any, will ignore your freshman and sophomore grades. So that puts you in a bind, because it seems pretty clear that if you had applied yourself consistently in HS, you could have been a contender just about anywhere. But they won’t overlook your sophomore record, and to be honest, I wouldn’t if I were in their shoes, either; so far you’ve got 1 year reflecting lackluster effort, followed by a second year that was much, much worse, followed by 1 year in which you turned it around in a positive way. Based on that it’s premature to say which is the “real you.”</p>
<p>So what are your options? Your SAT scores and ECs would make you a contender anywhere, but your grades probably put most top private schools out of reach. Based on your grades it seems doubtful that you’ll get into UT-Austin, but it’s worth a shot. Texas A&M? Here are a couple of thoughts. First, don’t apply anywhere ED or EA; you’ll be in a stronger position after you can show strong first-semester senior year grades. Second, consider taking a gap year, finding some good use to make of it; that way, you’ll be able to show two full years of consistently high academic achievement in your junior and senior years (normally colleges don’t see your final senior year grades until after admissions decisions are made). Third, consider enrolling at a community college for a year, then transferring in to a better college or university. That way you’ll be able to show back-to-back strong years in HS, followed by a strong first semester in community college; by then it’s perfectly clear that superior academic performance is not a fluke, it’s a trend, and the trend is your friend.</p>
<p>Finally, don’t despair. I have a hunch there’s a pretty good college out there that will be willing to take a flyer on you, and give you a chance based on your potential and your recent academic turn-around. It’s got to be one that does “holistic” admissions review, not just by-the numbers, and you’re going to need positive and sincere letters from your GC and teachers indicating that they’re convinced you’ve really turned it around for good. You’re going to need terrific essays–perhaps even one on how you screwed up, and what you’ve learned from it. And a good personal interview could go a long way toward convincing the admissions committee that you’re a changed person from that immature kid who pulled off, by my way of scoring, a 1.333 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) in academic subjects in your sophomore year. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, I don’t have a magic suggestion as to how to find that school. Maybe your GC will have some ideas, based on prior experience. My guess is it’s more likely a LAC, but not one of the tippy-top ones (they can find students with similar test scores who did apply themselves straight through HS), but it could be a small- to medium-sized university. Check out schools ranked in roughly the #25 to #100 range. These are all pretty good colleges, and every one of them would covet your SAT scores; they just need to be convinced to overlook your GPA, and I’m pretty confident some will. You just need to find them, and make contact, and start lining up those personal interviews; you may get a feel from those which schools are going to give you the cold shoulder, and which may be more open to considering you. Good luck!</p>
<p>sylvan8798
Im really want to go to NYU for stern school of business or Ut Austin for Mccombs.
And Erin’s Dad Im hoping for a scholarship some how or some grants.
And bclintonk thanks that really helped.</p>
<p>You won’t get any $ from NYU ((>$55K/year). To get into UT you’ll have to compete in the open pool since you won’t be in the top 8% of your class. Maybe A&M (Mays)?</p>