Can I get into college with a 3.0?

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Hello!
So I have around a 3.2 GPA. I messed up freshman year so bad. I think science threw me off the most for sure. I have a disease/disorder which I’d rather not talk about. But becuase of those, my grades are terrible. If I work my butt off junior year, will colleges see that as an improvement and a hard worker?

Freshman year:

Earth Science: 66
Geometry: 72
Global History: 86
Research: 75
English Honors: 80
Photography: 94
Physical Education: 98
Spanish: 91
Writing: 100

Sophomore Year:

Spanish Honors: 89
Studio Art: 96
English Honors: 82
Physical Education: 100
Health: 100
Global History Honors: 85
Biology Honors: 76
Algebra 2 and Trigonometry: 71
Video & Audio Production - 100

As far as extracurriculars go:
World Honors Society Member
President of key club
President of students against destructive decision
JV Volleyball - 1 year
Varsity Volleyball - 1 year
Varsity Gymnastics - 3 years

These are the colleges that I’m thinking about:

Binghamton
University of Arizona
University of Connecticut
U of Delaware
Drexel Univ
Florida Atlantic Univ
U of Florida
U of Hartford
Hofstra Univ
U of IL Urbana-Champaign
Indiana U Bloomington
UMD College Park
U of Miami
Pennsylvania State Univ
SUNY Stony Brook
SUNY Geneseo
Syracuse Univ
The Ohio State University
West Virginia Univ
UMass
University of Colorado - Boulder
UPitt
University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Of course you can get into A college. However, be aware that for many of the colleges you listed, a 3.0 GPA puts you at a huge disadvantage. Try to add more match and safety schools.

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Okay, but you should really talk about it in your application. If you don’t, adcom will assume you aren’t working hard in school.

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Definitely! Adcom loves to see upward grade trends. Try really hard to get the best grades you possibly can.

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It’s hard for me to chance you without knowing your SAT/ACT scores. Once you find out your scores, you should then start searching for appropriate colleges and starting chance threads.

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You can tell your counselor to talk about your disorder/mention it so you don’t have to and he/she/they could explain that it affected your grades and if you have an upward trend they’ll see you as overcoming it!