I plan to have to gpa of around 2.6 end of my junior year. I have really messed in highschool and I plan to change that my senior year or is it to late. I am on track 4th quarter to get all A’s this quarter. Starting senior year I’m am taking AP gov, AP bio, AP Comupter Science, AP statistics, English 12 HN, Spanish 3 and oceanography. I am going to work my tail off and try and get all A’s my first semester. Will that be enough to raise my gpa or show to a college that I’m good enough for them. Right now I am looking at Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, temple, UT at Austin, and UVA. Is there even a chance that I will get in or do first semester senior year grades not matter. I do lots of volunteering and have just about 1000 hours or junior counciling under my belt. I don’t do any sports or clubs.
An upward trend that only starts late in junior year will not get you into those schools, except maybe Temple. Your best bet would be community college and transfer later if you keep your GPA high.
So even if I apply for regular decision and get all A’s in those AP courses for the first semester it wouldn’t matter at all?
Many times, the admission application deadlines are before first semester grades are available to be released so even if you send them when available, the decision may already be made. I believe for A&M it was 12/1 this year.
Look at the individual school requirements. Some don’t take mid year grades into consideration. Others do. Basically you apply to most colleges on the strength of you GPA at the end of Junior year. End as strong as you can and do well on SAT or ACT which might help.
Thank you all very much for the encouragement and help. I know that my chances are slim but I will continue to work hard and go to college.
You will certainly go to college. You just need a list of colleges that is more realistic.
To be realistic, even if you get straight As, it won’t be enough track history to get you into any of these schools. It could be worse. I’m a high school dropout with a master’s degree. If you’re in Texas, UTEP is an open enrollment university. You have a 100% chance of getting admitted. That’s just because El Paso is a more isolated city. If you have a good SAT/ACT score, you have a decent shot at UTSA and Texas State.