^^ Yes, this is what I meant by “if you meet the stated requirements.” My impression was that perhaps, with freshman grades not counting, your UC/CSU GPA (as per the rogerhub calculator) might make the 3.0 cut for a non-impacted campus like SFSU. But if you’re serious about CA public U’s, run the calculator and see what GPA you would need to get this year in order to make the cut. For OOS students, honors classes don’t count for weighting, only AP’s.
As to the “should I take physics?” question… wouldn’t it be better to retake chemistry? That way you could replace the failing grade rather than just moving on and trying to balance it out.
I agree with @aquapt about retaking the Chemistry course (needs to be the exact same course) which will replace the D grade, although you do have to report both the original and repeat grade on your UC application but only the repeat grade on the CSU application.
Also remember that the CSU’s have a minimum 2 year science requirement to apply along with a year of a visual/performing arts requirement which many OOS applicants fail to take.
I know you’re only in 11’th grade but you colleges are a little over the place to provide any kind of advice. Do you want to attend college in CA, then the CSU or c/c to UC transfer are probably better bets as others have mentioned. Most of these will be tough to get into because of grades, you should retake some the D’s and your essays and recs need to be really strong.
It’s not possible that you can have a weighted GPA of 3.1 out of 5, and when you calculate an unweighted GPA on a 4 point that is also a 3.1. Are you including core courses only in the unweighted GPA (so no gym or electives)?
Yes, classics tends to be a small dept in search of males. But yes, the kids they accept will be highly proficient in the relevant courses. Think about it: why wouldn’t they want kids who are fully prepped and clearly able, a s shown on their actual records?
As I said, that includes English (and history,) some of the skills and knowledge needed overlap. So WHAT is your record? Have you gotten top grades in all the right classes? Have you taken AP Latin and AP World or Euro? Gotten A grades and done (or will do) well on these AP exams? Your ACT subscores are strong? (Strong enough, not just better than the math score.) You’ll get a fine LoR from the Latin teacher?
There will always be a few who think they can use a stated possible classics major to game their way into a desirable U. Adcoms know this, so passing their muster is important. Not saying you’re gaming- we really don’t know what you’re thinking.
If you haven’t done the gpa recalc, you need to. It’s one of the expected responsibilities when speaking of competitive colleges. Then compare it with the college info about acceptable ranges. And more. You can pick where to apply, but they pick the class. You have to match- you need to understand what that means, in toto.
Simple high school math allows you to convert a 5pt scale to a 4 pt scale.
And, you’re overworking the wrong bullets here, asking and re-asking if you’re doomed.
Consider getting off CC for a while while you learn more about the process, what options are truly feasible for you.
This is all hypothetical. You are asking for projections based on perfect or near-perfect junior year grades.
You have been given lots of good information about multiple tiers of options, depending on where you stand stats-wise at the end of this year. At this point, any additional energy you devote to “chancing” is energy you’re not putting into actually getting those hypothetically-perfect grades, and taking the other constructive steps that have been described for you.
Come back for more advice once you have your post-junior-year GPA and strong teacher and counselor recommendations nailed down. Best wishes for making this the strong year you want it to be!
You really should admit the 3.1 is out of 5 pts and that you may be a humanities major.
You’ll also need to tell which A or B grades in which courses, to give others an idea. For all we know, you did B work in courses related to your classics interest. That and the C and D grades would be a flag to adcoms.
Sports &Entertainment mgt may be a college course, but adcoms may question why not a core.
I encourage you to stop thinking about college and focus on getting good grades this year. Your GPA will be the most important factor in admissions. No test score will make up for Cs and a D, nor will it make up for a lack of rigor.
We still don’t know your unweighted GPA in core courses only, nor do we know what core courses you have had. For example, how much FL have you taken/will you take before graduation? What math are you in this year? What math will you take next year?
I am not sure in your case that a DE non-core course makes sense, at all. Is there some other core course (AP or honors) you can replace that with?
No, you’re asking about colleges which value consistency. One good element is not enough. Even 36 across the board, theyll see the lack of attention to ongoing courses. Big flag.
Why aren’t you looking at the info provided by the colleges? Why aren’t you putting energy into this? It comes across as detached.
Look, we want you to focus on what does help you get into a feasible college. All this talk-around doesn’t explain much. You’re avoiding our questions about actual performance and asking versions of the same questions over and again. On multiple threads. Time to decide if you’re going to keep leaning back- or get moving. In the right ways.
No, you can’t get into a competitive college with a less than competitive profile.
What other DE Options were available besides Sports Management? Take a core DE course over Sports Management instead.
You have started several more discussions about the same subject and the answers are not going to change.
List all the classes you have taken from 9th and 10th grades.
Besides the 2 AP classes and the 1 DE class, what other classes are you taking this year?
Intended major
College Budget
Upward trend with increased rigor? Is good but since you will not list your previous classes, no one can evaluate if your schedule is indeed more rigorous.
Plug in different grade scenarios in your GPA calculator and see if the 3.5 GPA is achievable
As noted in your other threads, it’s going to be a reach. Purdue looks closely at course rigor. The low grades in core courses are going to be a problem.
Focus on finding schools that will be a match for you.
I agree with Gumbymom that you are starting many threads with the same questions and getting the same answers from experienced posters.
If you aren’t going to answer requests for information (unweighted GPA, budget, cores taken/planned), change your courses, or accept the feedback, it may not make much sense to consider posting the same questions.