<p>This past year I've been extremely stressed out for college.
I'm currently a junior.
Basically:
I did pretty bad freshman year, Bs and Cs. All my classes were Honors, with one AP class (we were only allowed to take one freshman year).
Sophomore year was absolutely terrible. I gave up on school.
My final grades were: only one B, Cs, a D in PreCalc, and I failed Chemistry.
This year: I'm retaking Chemistry and PreCalc. So far, I've gotten straight As all year long with all Honors and AP classes. I can make sure the same grades happen for senior year, I really haven't given myself any other option. (Most of my classes next year will be AP classes).
I have a good amount of community service (100+) and have been apart of Student Government.
For my SATs, I've been able to get an 1800, and hope to rise that up to 2000 with the next test.
I know I'll have my unweighted GPA up to at least a 3.0 by the end of junior year and a 4.0 weighted.</p>
<p>In all, I pretty feel like the college dreams I had (the schools I've always had my eyes set on are Boston University, Northeastern, Roger Williams, and FSU). But with my grades, ughh.</p>
<p>What do you guys think, any hope for any of those, or suggestions?</p>
<p>A lot of us make the mistake of not doing well enough freshman or sophomore year. Really all you can do is go for all As now and try to do as well as you can on the SAT/ACT. Is there any family/medical reason for your past performance?</p>
<p>An sharp upward trend is much better than the opposite. Include in your applications when possible that you’ve since matured as a person, gotten your act together, gotten excellent grades in difficult classes, and you’re ready for college now.</p>
<p>Thanks! Sophomore year (and currently) was a struggle at home, but I don’t like the idea of trying to win over people with some emotional appeal, you know?</p>
<p>Yeah, and everyone has problems. I was talking about something major or documented (parent with cancer, you had a chronic illness, et cetera). You could phrase it as “Struggles at home certainly contributed to my initial poor grades, but especially since the situation did not improve, but my grades did, I realize that what I do is my responsibility, however difficult, and I am fully accepting of that.” It kind of mentions it, shows your maturity, and doesn’t shamelessly use a family issue as an excuse.</p>