high school senior fearing she'll never get into college

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Freshman Year
-JV Tennis
-Mildly advanced courses:
-Honors Biology
-Basic Level Chorus
-IA World History
-Spanish 2
-Honors Algebra 2 w/ Trig
-IA Eng 9
My GPA first semester was a 3.8 (B+ in Honors Alg 2 w/ Trig), and
my GPA second semester was a 3.167 (C in Honors Bio and D+ in Honors Alg 2 w/ Trig)
However, I’ve made it up in summer school in all of my high school summers. My GPA for
both semesters of freshman year is now a 4.0.

Sophmore Year (this upcoming year)
-Some Clubs and Associations
-Select Choir Group (to make up for dropping the class since I didn’t have room in my schedule)
-Student Leadership Council
-HOSA (Health Occupation Student Association)
-Debate Team
-Spoken Word (slam poetry type of thing)
-JV Tennis (or possibly Varsity Tennis)
-Training year-round for tennis and cross country
-JCPenney Job beginning when I turn 16
-Driver’s Ed in the summer
-Summer School
-Test out of Geophysical Science
-Slightly more advanced courses:
-IA AP US History
-IA Eng 10
-Honors Chemistry
-AP Physics
-Precalculus w/ Trig
-Spanish 3
Got a perfect GPA of 4.33!

Junior Year
-Varsity Tennis
-Varsity Cross Country
-Job at JCPenney
-Driving for 50hrs to get license
-Summer School
-Getting Medical Experience in Georgia (Summertime)
-Charity Work over the Summer
-Some Clubs and Associations
-Select Choir Group
-Student Leadership Council Board
-HOSA Board
-Debate Team Board
-Spoken Word Board
-NHS
-Link Crew
-Advanced courses:
-IB English HL
-IB Music HL
-IB Spanish SL
-IB Mathematics SL
-IB Chemistry HL
-IB Psychology HL
Got a 4.67 GPA!!

Senior Year (this year!
-Varsity Tennis (Captain/Singles Player)
-Varsity Cross Country
-Job at JCPenney
-License to drive myself to school
-Summer School
-Getting Medical Experience in Georgia (Summertime)
-Charity Work over the Summer
-Some Clubs and Associations
-Select Choir Group
-Student Leadership Council Board
-HOSA (Board
-Debate Team Board
-Spoken Word Board
-NHS Board
-Link Crew Board
-Advanced courses:
-IB English HL
-IB Music HL
-IB Spanish SL
-IB Mathematics SL
-IB Chemistry HL
-IB Psychology HL
Aiming for a 4.67 GPA!!

So my cumulative GPA unweighted is a 4.0, while my cumulative weighted GPA is a 4.33 at the moment.
Do you think this is all enough to get into college? I applied to several Ivy Leagues, as well as University of
Michigan Ann Arbor & Dearborn, and University of California Los Angeles and Berkley

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@TallestFreshman There is NO WAY your UW GPA is a 4.0. You stated that you didn’t even have 4.0s your freshman year. This whole “make up my bad grades with summer work” thing is so immoral and messed up.

Also, if you think a person with an UW “4.0” can’t get into any college, please give yourself a reality check. You’ll probably get into at least one college on your list.

3

This is a very strange question for someone to ask who has a 4.0 (or thereabouts). Is there some reason you gave no ACT or SAT scores?

Maybe you could explain in some detail why you think you wouldn’t get admitted to a college.

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You’ll get into a college, guaranteed. I don’t know how or why you are worried.
Are you actually a senior right now? Next to sophomore year it says ‘this upcoming year’ which means that you’re a rising sophomore. Also in your description you write: JV Tennis OR Varsity Tennis meaning you’re not sure? How are you not sure if you’re a senior and your sophomore year has already passed?
You said you ‘applied’ to several Ivy Leagues which is past tense meaning that you should have already received your decisions?

5

I agree with @JustOneDad… if the kids with the 4.0’s won’t get into college, then who do you think they’re accepting?

6

apply to some safeties if you’re so worried. there’s always options. even if you dont get into any of the schools on your list, some school somewhere will accept you. worst case scenario(which isn’t even that bad) is that you go to community college for two years, get your gen eds done and transfer somewhere.

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Relax! There are plenty of colleges that will be happy to have you.

Test scores would help slot you better.