I moved here from a non English speaking country in the beginning of my freshman year, I am a senior now, I used to have high GPA in the first two years when all I had was easy classes, but when I entered my junior year, I had 3 AP classes and my grade dropped badly because I did not manage my time well, and I have only took new SAT once when I was a junior, I got a score of 1190, I was not able to take any SAT or ACT exams until February and March, now I have GPA of 3.574, I would like to know if I am able to send my scores to CU Boulder after March, if I can’t, can my AP courses help with my application( I am taking 3 AP course in high school and microeconomics in college this year)? If my grades are too low for CU boulder, does my activity experiences help? I started a club and I am leader of 3 clubs right now, I am also a member of NHS and student council. If these still don’t help, I am planning to take AP exam of three AP courses I took last year because I had two 2s and one 3.
(I still haven’t applied right now, if I turn in my application around January 10th, does it also affect my chance?)
Relax, Boulder isn’t “that” picky. I’d be more worried about the price tag. EC’s should help, + a good essay. 3.5 is average-ish. The only thing I might be worried about is your SAT score and the March application—other than that, I know a couple of people in the same boat as you that got in last year. No worries, what’s meant to happen will happen.
Best of luck!
Thank you very much for your advice, I would like to know is that means they are not going to accept any scores I get after the date of the application deadline?(the deadline is January 15th)
I have heard that this year will be the most selective class yet, so I would work on the test scores before sending in the app
I would call admissions and ask about your SAT question and I would apply asap. If you don’t make it in this year, consider a community college for a year and prove yourself and then apply next year. Retaking the SAT can’t hurt either. Good luck!
Most likely, you will not be able to submit scores after the Jan 15 deadline. If you are interested in applying, don’t forget about the supplemental essay! Also, the engineering and business schools are more difficult to get in to — which school will you be applying to?
I would like to take double major, and both majors I am interested are in those schools you said is hard to get into…
Thank you for your advice, I will call admissions tomorrow during their office hour.