<p>slacked off in highschool..did a lot of sports and didnt really care about homework...i think ended up with a 3.0 gpa (ib system) and 1770 on sats....now im in a top 50 LAC on east coast..my gpa is something like 3.7 at the moment but im still in my first seemster... hoping to get into USC college of letters and arts...its the only goal i had when i step foot on this campus..i heard its gonna hard to transfer this year though</p>
<p>i really hope my highschool grades wont come back and bite me in the ass ><</p>
<p>I am so ecstatic right now! I just received my acceptance to the University of Miami. I am currently in my second year of NJ Community College, I am graduating with a 3.6 gpa. I really believed I had no chance at all. My high school stats were embarrassing. I had a 2.5 gpa and basically no EC's except for varsity hockey captain. During my senior year I was diagnosed with a brain tumor, from that point on I set out to change my life and get on the right track. From there I volunteered assisting children that were deaf, I myself am partially, I improved my grades, retook my SAT's 1000 to 1300, worked a pt job, started the ice hockey club, invited to PTK, and a bunch of other EC's. I'm sorry to ramble on but I am so grateful my reach school accepted me on the person I am now. Also, a big thank you to everyone on CC which had a similar story like mine for the motivation. -John</p>
<p>In high school my freshman year I was a smart kid got a 4.0, then my sophmore year I discovered a nice green plant and booze. Needless to say my gpa junior year was a 1.1 and my senior year I had a 1.9. I went to a community college and took hard schedules and got good grades and managed to get an acceptance at the University of Miami. I plan to continue my major (biochemistry) and end up in dental school in the next year or two. Good luck to everyone applying, remember the only time you are really finished is when you quit. Nothing can stop you from achieving anything and everything that you want!</p>
<p>wow, great job burgler! did you do well on the SAT? Can you PM me your stats? I too did awful in high school. Granted I never went below 2.0 but 2.5, which is what I had, is still very low.</p>
<p>i had a 2.0is in h.s. I've always been a nerd but I worked full-time my junior and senior year to help support my family. What made it worse was that I was a hardcore slacker. My poor marks continued into college. I eventually got kicked out. It was a combination again of work/family issues coupled with a lack of motivation. Anyways I took some time to seriously reevaluate where I wanted to go. I went back to a new school in the fall, changed my major to biology and thus far have a 4.0 over 20credits. I'm taking 16 more right now. Because I got kicked out of school once I'm not holding my breath until I get into a top 10 school. I'll be quite content to get my bachelors from Umass Boston and go on to an excellent grad school :)</p>
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