<p>Hi CC, I'm here asking for your suggestions.</p>
<p>Here are the the basics.</p>
<p>Sex: Female
Race: White
House-hold income: 42k, was attending private school on grants, the schools funds dried up and I was forced to switch my junior year.
Home state: Oklahoma
Grade: Just began senior year</p>
<p>UW GPA: 2.6- 2.8 (I switched schools my junior year and credits from my previous school are still being added to my GPA--slow counselors at my school), so this is approximate. Probably won't break 3.0. This is really, really, really bad, I know. More detail added later.
W GPA: Not idea yet, my schedule has been almost exclusively AP and honors courses, though so probably a bit higher than my UW GPA.</p>
<p>ACT Scores: Composite- 28, English- 34, Math- 21, Reading- 34, Science- 24
AP Scores: AP US Governement- 4, AP Human Geography- 4, AP US History- 4, AP English/Lang- 5. I'm currently taking AP Lit and AP Statistics</p>
<p>ECs- Freshman year- student council, debate, spanish club
Sophmore year- student council, debate, spanish club, also began working a job
Junior year- (switched schools, no debate at new school :(, vice president of french club, astronomy club, junior board, still working 5 days a week
Senior year- french club, senior board, working 5 days a week</p>
<p>I'm not trying to get into an Ivy or even a super selective school. I understand I may have to do Community for a couple of years to make up for my bad GPA, however, if I was hospitalized after a traumatic experience for about 15 days my sophomore year would colleges take this into account? Should I even mention it? I know the general rule is to explain if there are extenuating circumstances, but I just feel like it sounds like excuses. Anyway, I know my best bet is probably state schools or smaller liberal arts schools that focus more on essays and what not, but my question is what specific schools do you think I have a chance at attending that would be worth the money/ have a somewhat decent rep?</p>
<p>I live in Oklahoma so I already know I'd like to apply to OSU because they have unconditional acceptance with a 24 on the ACT, so I feel like it's a pretty good bet? I've also been looking at:
Kansas University
Kansas State University
Goucher College
Loyola University- New Orleans (reach, but I just really like the school and they've waived my application fee, so why not?)
Michigan State University
Fort Lewis College (legacy status, here)</p>
<p>Basically my questions for you all are:
Any of these schools seem way out of my league?
Any other schools you feel I would fit and should look into?
How to handle GPA issue?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for any help!</p>