well I passed both regents with a 75 so the school wouldn’t let me take summer school. It was geometry and algebra. What if I mention these classes on my essay stating the reason I failed these classes (lack of motivation) and then bounced back and turned my math grades around. I’m taking honors algebra 2 next year I don’t really know why the teacher said I just wasn’t applying myself and if I do apply myself he says I’ll get between 85-95.
Am I screwed or is there still time to turn this around. There is no Calc in my school. I’m I still a candidate for the schools we mentioned if I turn it around junior year? Maybe I should go to csi one year get the highest grades I could get and than transfer to a better school would that be a good option?
Or maybe I should major in something else even though I really like business. Any majors that have great job markets with mid career earnings near the six figures that aren’t really math based. I mean I’m really good at history and science my history grade was a 96 for this year and I’m taking ap us next year and my science grade was a 90 and I’m in physics honors next year.
Your essay SHOULD NOT be about your failures. It should focus on what makes you an attractive, strong, unique applicant to these colleges. Think of it as a job interview: would you hire someone who speaks about their failures instead of what they’ve done that’d make them a good fit for the position in that company?
Well, it’s the same idea with the college admissions essay. It needs to show what you’ve done that shows your qualities. (And if you’ve done little… time to start NOW. Find a job, join summer activities, take a non credit summer class… Get on it immediately.)
However, with F’s in math, you stand no chance at being admitted as a CS major.
Focus on doing well (asking for extra credit, etc) in Algebra2H and then Precalculus senior year, so that you have a shot at a business major. In the meantime this summer work through Algebra 1 lessons on Khan Academy. Don’t skimp, spend a good hour on it every day. Algebra 2H will assume a strong background in Algebra1 and is sequential, meaning you CANNOT have any gap in algebra knowledge by the time you start school in September.
What other classes are you taking next year?
Ap us trig/algebra 2 honors physics honors religion art English lit and scholars Italian
tbh im more interested in business.
I’m also the captain of the tennis team and I’m two charity clubs and I’m running for student council president in two years. I’m already a member of student council. Another thing I got going for me is that I was diagnosed with autism and they wanted me to go into a special program in a public school but instead I went to a general Ed all male catholic school. I’m also the only student with a disability in my school. I had a teacher in middle school tell me there was no shot that I would go to college that kind makes me want to succeed and prove her wrong.
And since I have bad math grades are there any major recommendations
I’m also reallly really good at geography I would major in that but there is literally no jobs in that
That schedule is very good.
Just work hard this summer through Khan Academy. Prove, through grades in Algebra2H, that you’re better than the earlier grades would suggest, and take a standardized test preparation course (if you can: some charge a fee, some are free at public libraries for instance; you can even get a tutor if you can pay for one or barter something for the tutor’s time if this is a fellow student). Scoring well in both English and Math (600+) will go a long way toward helping offset the negative perception those grades would create.
Your EC’s are good, continue with them.
You could apply for Business or undecided.
As long as you can focus and get good grades junior year in Algebra2H and strong scores on the SAT (or the ACT), it wouldn’t be a problem to apply as a business major.
A key limiting factor tends to be your parents’ ability to pay (from income and savings, not loans!)
If your parents’ income is less than $125k I don’t see how your budget can be $40k like you mentioned in another thread. The Excelsior Grant is a ~$6k grant for families who earn less than $125k, but it doesn’t stack with other aid. If you got a $5k merit grant for tuition (only a few SUNYs offer any merit aid so there’s no guarantee you’ll get any), the highest Excelsior Grant you could get would be about $1,000. In that case your net cost would be ~$19k, not $12k. If you qualify for the NYS TAP Grant (also about $6k/year) you won’t get an Excelsior Grant. The state gives one or the other, not both. Do you know if you qualify for a Pell Grant?
Just make sure that your parents are on board with the idea of paying ballpark $12,000 for room and board. If not, then those CUNY options are still a good bet. Hunter, Baruch, Queens College-- CUNY has some AMAZING schools that would still allow you to live at home. Right now, keep all your options open.