<p>Hi so this is my first post on here so I apologize to everyone if I do anything wrong.
I'm a senior in a Fairfax County Public High School (In Northern Virginia)
I'm applying to some pretty competitive schools and I'm really worried I won't get into any of them :(
Here are my stats
Female, Asian
Weighted GPA: 4.035 (Unweighted: Not sure, somewhere around a 3.64-3.67 something) (Freshman-3.771, Soph-4.114, Junior-4.3 2 HS classes from 8th grade average GPA: 3.75)
SAT score: 1 sitting (highest) 2210, superscore: 2290
Subject SATS: 760 Math 2, 630 (yeah REALLY low I know) World History
EC's: Captain and cofounder of my school's policy debate team, Robotics team for three years, hospital volunteer, Mock Court/Trials, NHS, English Honor Society
APs- World (4), US History (5), Macro (4), Micro (4), Chem (3- Really bad I know), Lang (4)
Senior Year APS: Calc AB, Lit, Gov, Bio
Here's the thing: My cum GPA would be a lot higher (somewhere around a 4.2) if not for my freshman year - basically my grades from Freshman year are weighing me down and I'm afraid this going to prevent me from getting into the colleges I want to go to. This year so far I'm doing pretty well, and I predict by the time second quarter ends my GPA for this semester will be around a 4.3-4.4. If I average this in with the rest of my GPA, I'll have a 4.1 something, but I still don't know if this will cut it.
Anyway here are the schools I'm applying to:
College of William and Mary
UVA
Washington U in St.Louis
Cornell
Virginia Tech
George Mason
NYU
UMich
VCU</p>
<p>WashU, UMich, UVA, NYU, Cornell, and even William and Mary are reaches, so I'm very worried. Can a good essay help save my low GPA?
Gosh this post is long, and very indicative of how stressed I am about this. Please help! </p>