So I had a bad freshman year: 3.26 uw gpa but in my sophomore year I really improved and got a 4.0 UW gpa all honors classes both year. In my junior year I’m taking ap Chem and history and all other classes honors. If I get a really high gpa this year as well will the freshman year be neglected. Will I have a chance at a school like UCLA or that tier schools
EC’s:
Sophomore year:
Global leadership
Amnesty international (went to dc as part of a conference with select people from my school.
Environmental action.
Junior year:
Amnesty international
Global leadership
Environmental action
School newspaper (one of the top ranked ones in New England)
Also last summer I did an internship program in India and gave a 2 day seminar in a rural poor school about the environment and sustainably and also about what America is like
My state: Massachusetts
UCs actually don’t consider freshman year grades at all. This is not the case for all schools.
However, another thing the UCs don’t do anymore is give financial aid to out-of-state applicants. Consider whether you and your parents can afford ~$55k/year.
Yes. As long as you recognize that for undergrad, any school in the USNews top 50 or 100 is capable of teaching you all you can handle and more. You probably aren’t going to go to an Ivy or Chicago or Stanford but most people won’t. . BUT, the good news is that the schools that will be glad to have you have world-class faculties and facilities:
Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, Florida, Tulane, Boston College, Wake Forest, william & Mary , Holy Cross, NYU, Fordham, U Washington, Miami-Ohio, Pittsburgh, Villanova, Lehigh, Bucknell,