<p>all right so im just gonna rant a bit so bare with me. I am a sophomore.
This year in algebra 2 honors i basically bombed the class. I got a 76 average. Even with the same teacher last year in geometry honors i got a 87. guess i slept through her class this year but w/e. In all my other classes, which are all honors except for spanish, I got A's. Except my B in chem which i missed an A by .34%.
haha here comes the funny part, i actually wanna do mechanical engineering in college and later on. I know this sounds stupid because i clearly dont have good skills in either math or science but is it possible that if I am able to pull my grade to an A in Precalc, AP Calc(maybe a B), Physics, and Advanced Topics in Physics(maybe a B), i would be able to get into University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign?
My SAT scores are decent, I got 216 on PSAT last october, but improved my writing score afterwards. I got a 700 in chem(gonna retake), and i plan on taking math 2 and physics next year.
So yeah, if you guys were able to read all that, then is it possible that I can get in?</p>
<p>Your chances are probably really slim, but you might as well give it a shot.</p>
<p>Don’t give up yet. Perhaps you’re a late bloomer and your grades will improve with time. (Have you given any thought as to why your grades don’t match your scores?)</p>
<p>Remember, colleges like it when you show an improvement. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s acceptance rate is 69% so I would be surprised if you DIDN’T get in. Just try and get over 2000 on your SATs and try and do well in your other classes. Allow your mishaps to show that there’s an improvement and you messed up in the first 2 years of high school. Junior Year is the MOST important year of all. So as long as you don’t screw Junior Year up, you should be fine. Try for some Extra Currics. to boost your application.</p>
<p>UIUC weights rigor of classes and academic GPA the highest. Focus on getting good grades. I can’t tell if you are a rising sophomore or a rising junior, but the advice is the same.</p>