<p>I am a Junior in High School with a couple of problems.. But here are my qualifications
2.8 GPA (and rising)
Taking an SAT prep course that teaches me a lot
Very active member of BBYO (On my local chapter board)
I go to the top 100 high schools in the country
I will take an AP or 2 next year with an honors class (I never took any Honors or AP's yet)
I live in California
I have an IEP
I play Lacrosse for my High School
I'm in Jew Club at my High School
UGA is my top college</p>
<p>But I'm retaking a class I got a "D" in next year so yeah</p>
<p>I don’t think you have much of a chance. That GPA is too low for many schools, and you haven’t taken any AP courses. Your course rigor is not there - this is key since grade inflation is rampent in Georgia. Unless you manage a 2200+ SAT or a 32+ ACT, I don’t think you can even get on the waitlist. You could always transfer into UGA after going to another school. OOS is even more competitive than in-state.</p>
<p>You don’t have enough time to raise your GPA so if you have your heart set on a 4 year school, try and get over a 3.0 and apply to your two local Cal States in November. Get that D off your transcript. Get a SUPER high SAT. Go to CSU Mentor to see what SAT score you’ll need with your end of Jr. yr GPA. You’re still going to have a tough time getting accepted if your local Cal States are impacted. Plan B would be to get REALLY good grades at your local Junior College and have them help you plan your transfer route to UGA.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what you want to do, but I had a worse GPA than you did in high school (2.59), but I want to Community College and did awesome for my standards and currently have a 3.5, and have already been accepted to 2 of my 4 schools and in one of their honors programs. So if you heart is set on UGA like mine is, Community College isn’t a bad idea at all.</p>
<p>Lacrosse scholarship? Maybe? Like most other people are saying it’s not difficult at all to transfer to UGA tons of people in state do it. Just out of curiousity since your question seems to be answered what makes UGA your top choice? I’m not saying it should be but as a Georgia resident I’m wondering where the appeal is to a Cali resident who has the opportunity to get in state for the University system of California</p>
<p>I would say that UGA is very much a reach based on your current GPA. But here’s an idea: If you can pull your GPA up considerably over the next three semesters, then you could (without applying to UGA as a senior) take a gap year and apply to Georgia after graduating grom high school. That way, your senior year grades will be considered. If you can get a strong SAT score on top of that, I think you might be able to get into Georgia without having to transfer from another college. But only if you do VERY well over the next three semesters.</p>
<p>No lacrosse at UGA. If you want to come to a public flagship in the Southeast, you might want to take a look at Ole Miss. From the Ole Miss website:</p>
<p>“Non-resident applicants with a 2.50 GPA or higher on the College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) or equivalent CPC of the applicant’s state of residence and a composite ACT score of 20 or higher (or 940 or higher on the SAT Critical Reading/Mathematics only) will be granted regular admission to the University.”</p>
<p>Based on what you said about having an IEP:
UGA is actually one of the top schools for students with learning disabilities, according to FISKE college rankings. I don’t know any more than that, but based on your IEP, maybe they will work with you? I would contact your admissions counselor ASAP. Best of luck!</p>