<p>I messed up my entire life just by taking algebra1 when I was in 7th grade. I used to be an extremely good student before then, getting all A's..but 7th grade slowed me down. I started to get C's on those tests in alg1 and all my friends did better than me, which made me feel inferior. i also was not involved in any sports so i felt useless and insecure. because of that, i started to do poorly in my other classes as well and my work ethic downed down by a lot. i always told myself "oh, i'll do better next year, this year isnt as important". well, come freshman year when everything started to count, i literally failed algebra2 and got B averages in my other classes, avereraging with an 84% gpa (around 3.0). sophomore year comes around and i have THE MOST drama that year. i couldn't focus on my studies do to friendship, family, boy etc problems. i literally just gave up and didn't care how i did in school and i failed precalc/trig..my cumulative gpa by the end of the year was an 83% (3.0 as well, i think). also in those years i took all academic classes besides two honors freshman year and one sophomore year. now, this doesn't seem TOO bad but wait until you here the school i want to get into. the university of pennsylvania. their lowest gpa is around a 3.75. this year, i'm a junior. and i got all A's in my classes and a B in math. i'm in 3 honors this year. the first semester just ended, and i have a cumulative gpa of 85%..for the next two marking periods (next semester) i plan to kick *** and try to get it up as high as i can. but that won't do anything, will it? plus admissions are jan1, which means even my first marking period grades for senior year won't count toward my gpa. i am involved in many clubs, volunteer, part of my youth group, have leadership positions etc and i just took my SATs for the first time but have not gotten my score back. i plan to take the ACTs and SAT subject tests soon. my senior courses include 3 AP's and two honors.
if i could go back to freshman year, i would start all over if i knew i wanted to get into an ivy league. now it just seems impossible. i know i COULD have done it..i just gave up. idk what to do..please help.</p>
<p>Don’t beat yourself up. You probably won’t be able to get into UPENN now (still apply, you never know!) but the ivies aren’t the only good schools out there. You have still have a decent GPA and somewhat heavy course load so if you get a good SAT score and have good ECs, you will be fine.</p>
<p>Yes, it is wishful thinking. You won’t be able to bring that gpa and rank up in time. </p>
<p>Just FYI- the lower end GPAs and test scores that get into Ivies belong to legacies, athletes, development cases, and URMs. Regular unhooked applicants really need to be in the upper range.</p>
<p>you guys are right.
but seriously…60 views and two comments?
why do people even bother clicking this when they cant help a person out?</p>
<p>Maybe they don’t know the answer and don’t want to opine without any basis.</p>
<p>What other schools are you interested in?</p>
<p>well i’m applying to drexel, temple, maybe USP, ursinus and west chester so far</p>
<p>honeslty penn was just like a reachreach school</p>
<p>Those look very good for you. You’ll have a better idea when you get your SAT scores.</p>