During my Freshman year I slacked, didn’t really care about my grades and ended up digging a deep hole for myself. I finished Freshman year with an unweighted GPA of 2.4 and a weighted GPA of 2.6. Making myself in the bottom 50% of my class.
Sophomore year I knew I had to change and I began caring, I finished the year with an unweighted GPA of 2.75 and a weighted GPA of 3.125. My rank went up and now I’m no longer in the bottom 50%, and managed to finish my one AP Class with an A.
My first semester of Junior year is about to end and everything is going well, and from what I’ve calculated if I continue working hard for the rest of the year my GPA by the end of this school year will be 3.6 weighted and a 3.0 unweighted. Currently this year I am taking 3 AP Courses, one which I am taking right now and currently have an A.
I’m extremely worried about my future, I started high school poorly and it has hurt my GPA tremendously.
My questions are do colleges look for improvement? Will the A’s in my AP and Honors Classes help at all when admissions see them? Will scoring well on my SAT or ACT help much?
Sorry if this was a bit much I ended up typing more than I expected. I’m just so worried about my future and feel like I’ve done horrible. I really want to attend either ECU, UNCW, or NC State. I pretty much feel like I have no chance at getting into NC State but yea, blah. I’m just so worried and overwhelmed about college and all.