<p>I'm a current junior at a prep school in SE PA. I didn't take school seriously until this year. I will address that in my college essay. Will colleges notice my upward trend, and will is sway them into a decision? Should I apply as early as possible if schools have rolling admissions?</p>
<p>My Cumulative GPA going into my senior year will be around 2.95-3.05 (Will continue getting good grades senior year)</p>
<p>Have not taken the SAT or ACT yet, my guidance counselor thinks i'll do better on the ACT though. Because of my science and math grades.</p>
<p>PSAT: 187</p>
<p>Awards: 9th Grade Academic Achievement award in Programming, 10th grade JV hockey all star, JV hockey coaches award</p>
<p>Leadership: Head of Programming robotics team, elected class officer for next year.
ECs: FIRST Robotics, academic competition, March for Life club, varsity ice hockey(11-12), Theatre Society, stock market club, intramural soccer and volleyball, Club ice hockey, eBay powerseller, jv lacrosse (9-10), and 250+ hours of community service.</p>
<p>Other Schools Im Considering:
Drexel
Temple
Pitt
PSU (Summer Session)
Fairfield
Hofstra
Purdue
Northeastern
RIT
Boston University</p>
<p>You might get into syracuse, although that GPA is at the lower end. If you can pull a 1900+ SAT with that GPA, I think you might have a change to get in. There is a “help” with an increasing GPA but to an extent. Did you face any extenuating circumstances in your freshman or sophomore years that brought down your GPA? You also have really good EC which will only help your chances. All the other school you are considering except for Northeaster, BU, and maybe Pitt are targets.</p>
<p>thanks otto, I visited Syracuse this weekend, and I believe I will be applying there. I also visited RIT, although I didnt get a tour like I did at Cuse, I did not get the same vibe that I did when I visited Syracuse. With regard to the three schools you named reaches, If I do just as strong or better senior year at possibly pull my gpa up to around a 3.2 it would only increase my chances, correct? I do also in fact have extenuating circumstances that my counselor is aware of and will mention it on his rec.</p>
<p>Laxdude: which school at Syracuse? And if you don’t need FA, I highly recommend ED with your GPA, especially if you are thinking of arts and sci…</p>
<p>It was not a pretty year RD, even for arts and sci…</p>
<p>I visited l.c smith, however with the advice of my guidence counselor he suggested to apply undecided all schools and then internall transfer into the major I want to after the 2st or 2nd semester.</p>