<p>Ok. I screwed up my Freshman year and 1st semester of sophmore year; very bad. I got several D's and even a 40F. It was not from lack of content knowledge; it was my apathy towards it all which translated into extreme laziness. But after this past semester I've made a 180. I have straight A's and my next year's schedule is very rigorous and I am going to just as well as I am now. But my question is, is it too late? I have my eye's set on University of Washington, which is a very, very good school. Can I still make it or did I screw myself?</p>
<p>My current GPA is a 3.1 (but it only reflects my Freshman year).</p>
<p>^ Agreed. I got accepted to Purdue with a 3.4 average gpa. I have a very similar story to you. My average gpa over junior and senior year is a 3.9. It’s not as good as a 3.9 overall, but the fact that I was capable of a 3.9 when I had a 3.4 made a difference</p>
<p>Not to mention that even if you don’t get in, you still have the choice of going through a CC and then transferring. And with such a big portion of high school students messing up their freshman years, there are many colleges such as the UCs and Stanford that completely gloss over the freshman GPA.</p>
<p>colleges do love upward trends. I personally had one too. Freshman year I got several C’s for overall grades (however, I had a 66 in science and french one quarter and a 68 in english one quarter). Since then I’ve received mostly A’s and a few B’s.</p>
<p>It’s a good thing you’ve turned around now (something I wish I had done earlier…) It is a fair gpa and if you continue working hard, it will only get higher :)</p>
<p>Are you in state? The UW has gotten to be very selective, to the point that even a 3.8 doesn’t necessarily guarantee you a spot. If you are OOS, a slightly lower gpa might get you admitted, just because they want your money.</p>
<p>98% of freshman students were in the top 25% of their HS class. Only 2.9% had a gpa between 3.0 and 3.24. </p>
<p>Harsh, but get to work and bring those grades up. These days, you can’t even be guaranteed admission to UW Seattle transferring from a CC. It’s a far cry from my student days.</p>