<p>Hi. I'm a junior in HS, and right now my GPA is a 1.9. I have about two and a half quarters, before the year is over, and I really wanted to know if there's any way I can push it up.</p>
<p>I also wanted to know if I could do other things to make up for this low GPA. I'm actually doing a world wide debate next month, so I was wondering if that could also help. </p>
<p>Also would me taking a half day, and doing community classes as a senior next year make a difference?</p>
<p>I am not sure what you are asking. Obviously, getting decent grades from here on out will improve your GPA. Heck, getting all Cs will raise it a bit.</p>
<p>Do you understand why you are not getting good grades? Do you not try? do you miss classes, miss assignments, or just have trouble understanding what is going on?</p>
<p>Debate will not raise your GPA, unless you are taking a debate class.</p>
<p>I would say that taking cc classes as a high schooler would be a bad idea because you are not a good student, at least now. I am guessing, if you want to continue after high school, you will be going to a CC.</p>
<p>I’m sorry. I guess I really didn’t word my question right. </p>
<p>How do I raise my GPA, and be able to make college? I know I’m probably not going to get into a good school, but I’d really like to think there’s hope for me to make it into an okay college.</p>
<p>And yes, I do understand why I don’t get the grades. I have a really hard time with laziness, and I’m really forgetful. I honestly don’t try as hard as I should, and that really needs to change.</p>
<p>And about the debate, it’s this “Harvard Model United Nations” event, and I was hoping it would look okay on my college transcripts.</p>
<p>If you want to raise your GPA, you’ll have to really study hard. You might have to sacrifice some of your free time and hobbies if you are going to get a dramatic improvement. Tutoring never personally helped me, but it may benefit you a lot. Forgetfulness… write stuff down on your hand (I found that more useful than notepads because I tend to forget those too!) or enter it into your phone. I mean… there’s only so much advice you can give online about this, without knowing your actual academic str/weaknesses.</p>
<p>I am not trying to decourage you here, but I think it would be more realistic to expect to go to community college, get exceptional grades in your freshman year, and transfer into a better school. Right now, even if you get a 4.0 for the next 2 junior quarters and your first MP senior year, you’re still looking at at about a 2.38 - 2.4.</p>
<p>I agree with Everlasting…</p>
<p>You really don’t have time to get your grades up to a point where you will be applying to schools that care about ECs, so only do them if you think you will find them engaging. Other than that, you need to learn how to study, maybe mature a bit. Go to CC, and work hard. If you cannot make it there, look into other options. College is not for everyone.</p>
<p>I don’t know where you live, but here in Salem, Oregon, the high schools offer something called grade recovery. Students can retake classes (often online) and replace D’s and F’s with new grades. Even if you can’t do that, a turnaround at this point would show signs of promise to a college admission officer. There are colleges that will accept students with a 2.0 GPA. Community college is not your only option.</p>
<p>If the reason you have less than a C average is laziness, forgetfulness and issues with effort, it won’t magically go away in college. The two best favors you can do for yourself are: a) get tested for ADD. Many bright kids have trouble focusing on the less interesting classes and tasks. And, no problem getting revved up for something like major debate. It’s not the end of the world, but for a successful life, you need to learn how to work despite this- or work “around” it. And, b) start at a cc, so you can relearn how to do the work and practice succeeding. Do well and transfer. In life, most people will be interested in where you graduated, not where you started.
Not to mention, a 4-year costs too much to risk before you acquire the learning skills. Good luck.</p>
<p>Here is the math, assuming you take same course load and
get a 4.0 from this point forward (next 1.5 yrs). ((1.9 * 2.5 yrs) + (4.0 * 1.5 yrs)) / 4 = 2.69 highest possible GPA at graduation. This doesnt mean you shouldn’t try to get better grades. Colleges look at trends as well. Also study hard and do well on the SATs.
i agree with the other suggestions above, for what that is worth. Good Luck!</p>
<p>Colleges do look for upward trends so if you get a 4.0 gpa for the next few quarters/semesters and get a good score on the SAT it could show that you’ve changed and stuff…
At my school we have online courses we can take to increase/allow you to take or retake courses. Good grades on online classes could increase your gpa and if you retake the classes online you may be able to replace your bad grades with good ones!</p>
<p>alsooooo going to a cc is not a bad idea! You can always transfer into a great school after 1 or 2 years of good grades at a cc :)</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>I’ve heard of people getting into state flagships with as low as a 2.3 (University of Tennessee)
What state do you live in?</p>
<p>I know this is pretty late, but I though maybe I should give an update in case anyone in who was in my situation came across this.</p>
<p>I ended up switching schools for senior year.</p>
<p>I took physics, basic math, chemistry, trig, and pre-calc during the year. (I have to finish physics and pre-calc during the summer though. I had the option to drop it, but I chose to take summer school in order to complete)</p>
<p>My GPA is now a 2.7 and it’s tentative, so depending on how well I finish up the rest of my courses it can be higher.</p>
<p>I got accepted into UMBC. It’s been ranked #1 up and coming schools for four years.</p>
<p>I just wanted to let people know that if you try hard enough, you can do it! Don’t give up! Don’t let anyone discourage you. Do it for yourself and no one else.</p>
<p>Awesome. Great job.</p>
<p>Congratulations!!!</p>
<p>I think it’s fantastic that you applied yourself and managed to pull up the GPA, and you’re right, never give up.</p>