Hi, I am currently a high school junior and thinking about schools like UC santa barbara, sa cruz, merced, riverside, UT Austin, copper Union( schools that are ranked like that). In 10th grade, I got a 4.4 GPA with B in both semester in honors english classes (considering I just moved here from China in 4 years) and A in everything else including hard AP classes like AP chem, Physics 1 and World History. But in my junior year, I already had a B in AP Cal BC and AP Bio, and I got an A in Ap comp sci and Ap physics C and also A in every single regular classes. So my junior year ended up with only a 4,25 GPA. I know it is already great enough but I also heard that the college will think that I am going downards since I never got B in AP math and science classes before, and I got 2 B this semester. What do you guys think? How much will these 2 B really affect my transcript? Also which colleges do you guys think I should apply to, I have a 1400 New SAT with medium amount of outside activities and my parents are not paying me for college because they only earn 25,000 per year. Help!!!
@PotorTen. I do not know a whole lot about this. But ive seen in the 3.7 GPA club topic, people have gotten into excellent schools even with a downward trend. Just hang in there and keep on trying.
If your parents make less that 25k a year, you should definitely fill out CSS and FAFSA when you need to and definitely check out QuestBridge.
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If you will have to pay for college entirely yourself – and you can only borrow $27k total, starting with $5.5k freshman year – then you need big merit or financial aid.
First of all, just breathe. You shouldn’t have to worry about your GPA so much. As far as UC’s go, lots of applicants who are admitted are at the same GPA range as you, even lower for low-tier schools like Riverside, Merced, and Santa Cruz. Your grades are not the only thing they look at. Your SAT, course rigor, high school, essays, EC’s, and a bunch of other factors go into the admision process. You’re only a junior, so do well in your classes now and you won’t regret it later on. Take summer school classes if your school offers them for acceleration. Take a class at a local CC over the summer. Use this last summer of high school before graduating to your advantage, whether it’s volunteering, looking for an internship, or taking summer school courses. Apply for FAFSA when you apply for colleges this fall. ^ Check those links out.