<p>Well my Freshmen and Sophomore year messed up big time. I can't remember my gpa for freshmen year but I'm guessing around 2.5 weighted 2ish unweighted. Sophomore year it is 2.3 weighted 1.75 unweighted. For my sophomore year I was taking a couple honors and 1 ap class and did pretty well in the ap class but poorly in the others. Next year I'm taking 2 regular, 2 AP, and 1 Honor class and I think it's time to buckle down and stuff done for once. I am planning on getting around a 4. for next year and senior year so will colleges specifically track and field scouts look at me for my improvement or turn away because of my past?
I really want to do track in college it's basically everything that matters to me in this moment.
Minimum Gpa for scholarships is 2.2 unweighted (core)</p>
<p>What kind of schools are you hoping to go to? Division 1 programs or anything? Are your times fast enough to be recruited? An upward trend helps a lot. If your Junior year grades are dramatically better, then you’ll have some hope if your times are good. Another alternative might be to go to a community college for two years and then transfer to a university to get your bachelors. </p>
<p>Defiantly a D1 or D2 school my times are pretty good for the age I’m at too and I’m planning on working hard athletically in the offseason and academically during school next year so I can get better times and grades</p>
<p>You can “plan” on getting a 4.0 but going from 2.0 to 4.0 is gonna be a HUGE jump. You probably won’t, no offense. MAYBE 3.0. Also, some schools have academic requirements for their recruits, so be mindful of that. You probably wouldn’t get away with your GPA in a D3 school, but you might be able to it if you do D1. What schools do you want to be recruited by?</p>
<p>You need to be academically eligible for the NCAA. It is 2.0 with at least a 16 ACT for D2, and there is a adjusting scale for D1 where the GPA can be lower if the SAT/ACT are higher, but there is a lower limit of 2.0. If you can’t clear the NCAA, you can’t have a scholarship for an NCAA program (or even participate). Go to your guidance counselor or the athletic adviser. They’ll know exactly what you need to be recruited. You can still get your grades high enough.</p>
<p>Track and field is not a headcount sport, so the scholarships are divided however the coach wants to do it. Many many many freshman get very little. The best thing is to get a merit award supplemented by the athletic award. My daughter received both, and we couldn’t have afforded the school without both parts, merit and athletic. Work with your GC to pick the courses you will do best in. That will help you get your grades to the qualifying level.</p>
<p>In 2016, the rules/sliding scale changes. For D1 you need 2.3 gpa core</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.clearinghousecalculator.org/downloads/NCAA_Class_of_2016_Standards_CoreCourseGPA.pdf”>http://www.clearinghousecalculator.org/downloads/NCAA_Class_of_2016_Standards_CoreCourseGPA.pdf</a></p>