Chances for an acting major with a low highschool GPA

College Majors Theater/Drama Majors
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Hey! So basically long story short, my highschool GPA was not the best. I graduated last year with a 3.22, weighted 3.4. However, since then, I have been attending school and I am set to end with a 3.5-3.7 gpa for this semester, and my test score is a 1420 SAT. My question is, since I have graduated how much will my highschool GPA actually be looked at by colleges? I’m applying to 15 schools, but the schools I’m nervous about in terms of grades are:

Syracuse
Michigan
Penn State
Rutgers (maybe)
Minnesota
Cal Arts
UNCSA
Carnegie Mellon
Baldwin Wallace

Please let me know if I should take any of these off the list, or if I’m worrying too much about grades! Thank you!

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If Carnegie Mellon loves your audition, your GPA shouldn’t be an issue.

3

Same with UNCSA - their BFA program has minimal gen eds, so high school GPA doesn’t matter . They focus only on the audition.

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Same with CalArts. If they like you, it won’t be an issue!

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If you pass the pre screen for Michigan that means they feel you are academically eligible.

For Baldwin Wallace, your GPA is actually more than sufficient.