Hey guys, I come from a really competitive area in California, so as a result, many people apply to the best universities in the country. Problem is, I slacked freshman year because I was immature about grades and thinking that college was far away for me to not worry about. As a result, my GPA has been really low ever since. So my question is, is it still worth applying to these colleges?
Stats:
Major: Applied Physics or some sort of engineering
9th - 2.92 UW/W (No APs allowed 9th grade)
10th - 3.42 UW/ 3.6 W
11th - 3.5 UW/ 4.0 W
CCGPA - 4.0 UW/ 5.0W
12th - 4.0 UW (so far)/ 4.8W
1550 SAT, 800 Math II, 800 Physics II
APs: Physics 1, Physics C, Chemistry, Calculus AB, Stats, Java, Python, French, Economics
= 3.36 UW/ 3.7W including freshman year or 3.6 UW/ 4.0W without freshman year
= 3.9 UC GPA
Let’s just say my ECs are good for now (Gold medals in french contests, speech and debate, part time job, blah blah blah…)
So yeah… I’ve certainly challenged myself but that GPA still leaves a mark. Now, here is my list. Feel free to roast or give feedback on it. Also if you guys can, tell me what my matches would be out of this list.
- All the UCs
- Cal Poly SLO and Cal Poly Pomona, SJSU
- Arizona State University
- Carnegie Mellon (rip)
- Georgia Tech (rip)
- Urbana - Champaign
- Purdue
- USC (rip)
- UW Madison
- UMich (rip)
- UMD college park
- Worcester Polytechnic University
- UT Austin
A pretty long list, but I’m willing to write essays for all of these if I have a chance of getting in. Thanks