<p>My GPA is expected to be about a 2.9 weighted (on my current trend) and a 2.65 unweighted. I could probably get it up to about a 3.0 weighted. I failed a few classes, but I made most of them up.
Here's my problem: I went to an extremely hard public high school in CA up until mid-junior year. Now, I'll be going to a high school in Washington State that's more average. My extra curriculars got messed up a bit - I used to tutor middle schoolers and I participated in a club at my school (nothing stellar). I also used to run a fairly popular blog on Facebook that took a fair bit of time, hence why I don't have more ECs.
So despite my rather mediocre stats I got about 2200 on the SAT (yet to take the ACT, but I do plan on taking it).
I also got a D in AP world second semester sophomore year from never doing the homework and somehow managed a 3 on the test.
UC GPA is about a 3.4
So, will going from a great HS to an OK one hurt me? what about moving middle of my junior year?
Here are some colleges that I'd like to go to:
University of Washington, UCSD, Wash U Saint Louis, UChcago, Boston U, Vanderbilt
Here are my realistic colleges:
Any Washington state School, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities), Community College</p>
<p>Any input about colleges I should apply to, what I should do to start preparing for college apps (what area), and what chances I have at those Colleges would be greatly appreciated :)</p>
<p>There are some schools like Ohio State and Alabama where you’d probably qualify for a great deal of merit with that SAT score - though class rank does come into play a bit on those scholarships. Look for opportunities like that, where test scores rein supreme. And try and figure out why despite your apparent brilliance, you keep failing. Maybe some counseling is in order - just talking things out with a neutral observer might help you gain some self discipline.</p>
Obviously not the best timing but it depends on what you make of it.</p>
<p>You should google the Common Data Set for each school and look at section C. It shows how much weight each element gets in admission and what the stats are for entering students. Also among things you need to check is affordability and residency. You will be OOS for the UCs. Can your family afford that?</p>
<p>From out-of-state, your UC GPA has to be at least 3.4 If “around” means 3.39, it isn’t good enough for any UC campus. As it is, your 3.4 is insufficient for UCLA, Berkeley, and probably UCSD, despite an excellent performance on the SAT. They are very GPA-focused, and you need something “around” a 4.0 to be competitive.</p>
<p>@Erin’s Dad - Yes Im fairly sure we could afford the out of state tuition for a UC. However, I’ve given up on the UC system, since I would probably have to go to a “lesser campus” and pay a much higher rate. </p>
<p>I really posted this because the past 2.5 years have been all about getting into a UC, and if not then state school or a private college. So now I’m trying to find out about other schools, and hopefully ones that have a really generous holistic admission system. </p>
<p>@mrMom62 I had depression my first two years ; that’s why my GPA is so extremely low. My freshman year I had almost all C’s, and sophomore year just built on that except i failed a few. Junior year I’m earning (mostly) As and Bs, as well as making up the classes I failed. </p>