Importance of junior year gpa?

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<p>So I'm currently a junior at a top 110ish (nationwide) in northern virginia. I messed up really bad freshman and sophomore years but I'm hoping that my junior year can make it up.
Freshman and sophomore year my gpa was a 3.4w 3.2ish uw(quite bad)
Juniors year I'm expecting around 3.84ish uw and 4.3w </p>

<p>High school gives +1 for aps and +.5 for honors. </p>

<p>Will my junior year help cover up my terrible grades freshman and sophomore year?</p>

<p>My sat is decent 770 math 750 cr 620 writing (hoping to improve writing)</p>

<p>I'm looking at virginia tech (engineering), and I doubt I'd be able to get into uva and William and Mary. </p>

<p>Ecs: ok I play travel soccer, volunteer (tutor, food bank), few honor societies etc</p>

<p>What are my chances and will my junior year help me out enough?</p>

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<p>It will certainally help. Colleges like improvement!! Just get really involved in some ECs, take hard classes, and score high on some sat subject tests.</p>

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<p>Do you think I would compare to someone who just got a 3.8w every year without and upward trend?</p>

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<p>It is kind of obvious - no. If I have a 3.7 GPA, a person with a 3.8 GPA will always have a GPA higher then me. Of course, you can cover that with other things such as test scores, extracurricular activities etc. </p>

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<p>Upward trend helps, but it would not cover up the lower GPA from previous year. However, a cumulative GPA of 3.7 with upward trend is much better than a cumulative GPA of 3.7 with no upward trend.</p>

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<p>Bump</p>