Do I have a chance?

<p>I really messed up my high school years!!! I have a 3.0 gpa and I have about a semester of junior year left, the thing is growing up i faced many challenges. The one that hurt my real badly was the death of my dear cousin who came to America with me. After getting here i promised him to make something of myself in America and a few years after he died. Even thought i really messed up and i would do anything to go back in time to fix it!!! do i stand a chance if i can get a Act of 36 and straight A’s from now on? And loads of EC</p>

<p>Probably. If you get near perfect on both ACTs, SATs, have amazing ECs, volunteer work, and summer programs, and a GPA of 4.0 then you should be okay. You just need to make sure they know you suffered a loss but your resilient.</p>