<p>Alright, so this question has probably been asked before, but I could never really find my situation.
So my GPA is a 2.7, mostly due to my lack of ambition and my proficient skills in procrastination. Some of it can be explained away in that my 2nd semester of junior year I got a concussion and was out of school for about a month. I attempted to drop some of my classes that semester since there was no way I was going to complete all the missing and late work, but my school is a stickler for that stuff and stuck me with all the classes, so I failed my general class (English) and my IB HL bio class, but the rest of my classes maintained normal grades for me-B's. I'm a super-advanced student in math for my school, I'm one of about 20 kids in my school that finished AP Calc AB and BC in our junior year, and I'm taking IB further math my senior year. I took AP Physics C junior year, and did decent, but got a 3 on mechanics and 2 on E&M. The rest of my AP classes (I think around 7 or 8 before my senior year) I've received above a 3. My senior year, I'm taking AP Psych, AP Bio, AP Environemntal Science, AP Macroeconomics, AP Human Geography, and IB Further Math plus some generals and honors classes to get my grad requirements done. I've been told by my counselor that I've taken an incredibly tough schedule throughout high school, and usually get good test scores but have below 50% in the homework category almost all the time. My high school was a top 250 public high school in the nation, and ranked either #1 or top 5 in Minnesota. Or school doesn't calculate class rank.
For my ACT, I took it once and got a 33 and didn't take it again. In hindsight I most definitely should've, but too late now.
I'm now a two-year AP scholar, and was in NHS going into my freshman year, as my junior high (a private school) did not require homework to be done and I got A's without even trying.
For extra curriculars, I haven't done too much. I've been on my varsity lacrosse team since I was a freshman, and was named All-Conpference and All-Section my junior year. I'm looking at a few D3's and maybe trying to walk on at a D1 school, but it's most likely that I will go to an MCLA (competitive club, mostly western large schools) school. I've been a volunteer lacrosse coach since I was a rising junior, I went on a mission trip to Haiti before my freshman year, regularly attend Feed My Starving Children, and am involved in my church. I've got no suspensions, arrests, anything like that. I can easily get letters of rec from my lacrosse coach and one of my math teachers as he kind of realized I was a smart kid who just didn't do homework or studied.
Schools that I'm applying at: Minnesota (pretty much everybody in my close and extended family went there, if that helps), MN Duluth, UC Santa Barbara, Colorado and Colorado State, Montana and Montana State, Benedictine, St. Thomas, Iowa, Florida State, USC, Denver, Arizona and ASU, and maybe Brown if you guys think I could get in. I'm looking at all these schools for lacrosse too. Please let me know, I don't know if my GPA kills my chances of anything happening or my class rigor and ACT makes up for it. Thanks!</p>
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Schools that I’m applying at: Minnesota (pretty much everybody in my close and extended family went there, if that helps), MN Duluth, UC Santa Barbara, Colorado and Colorado State, Montana and Montana State, Benedictine, St. Thomas, Iowa, Florida State, USC, Denver, Arizona and ASU, and maybe Brown if you guys think I could get in. I</p>
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<p>Forget Brown and all UC’s. UC’s will not take a sub 3.0 student. And OOS students need a HIGHER GPA. USC won’t accept you either.</p>
<p>You have a LOT of OOS publics. how much will your parents pay? Those schools will not give you aid, so you’d be full pay. Will your parents pay $40k+ per year?</p>
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<p>have you been tested for ADHD? If not, you should be tested.</p>
<p>The “smart but lazy” stereotype that your low GPA and high test scores convey is not generally considered desirable by colleges compared to smart students who are not lazy.</p>
<p>UCSB and other UCs require a minimum of 3.4 HS GPA for out-of-state frosh applicants. This GPA is calculated from 10th-11th grade a-g (academic, including art and music) courses, with up to 8 +1 points for AP course semesters.</p>
<p>Have you talked to your parents about how much they are willing to contribute to you college? Out-of-state public universities typically give little or no financial aid.</p>
<p>The major(s) you are considering can matter in determining what school(s) are good academic fits for you.</p>
<p>Both of you said that tuition could be a problem- it won’t be. My parents saved up a lot of tuition money for me and my two adopted brothers, my brothers did not go to a 4-year college and they said they would out that tuition money into my account if it was needed- so I would have more than enough, probably 200,000+ if I wanted to get a doctorate of above. My preferred majors are Civil Engineering or Environmental Engineering, something along those lines. Maybe Economics, geography, and European/Italian history as minors. Also, I have not been tested for ADD or ADHD- my parents are slightly against the ADHD “epidemic.” However, if I did go to a doctor, I’d definitely be diagnosed with it- would that help in admissions, saying I had undiagnosed ADHD for 4 years? And I know I had a bunch of OOS, but know that the U of M is my major choice- if I got in, I’d go. However, if I got diagnosed with ADHD and did very good my first year of college ( maybe even senior year) could I transfer to UCSB r another Cal? Also, I’m applying to Manoa- would I get in there? </p>
<p>Also, the reason almost all of my OOS schools are public is I don’t like small universities, and I like going to schools in a bigger city.</p>
<p>The suggestion of being tested for ADHD was for your own good (and to help improve your future school performance) Engineering will be a tough major for someone who doesn’t complete his homework. I don’t think that anyone is suggesting that mentioning untreated ADHD is going to really help you in the application process. But doing better in the first year of college and then trying to transfer to your preferred schools might work-- that is when the story behind your dramatic improvement could be told. </p>
<p>Calculate your UC-weighted GPA. If it’s below 3.4, you are ineligible for admission to any UC campus from out-of-state. You would be wasting $70 applying. If it’s above 3.4, you are eligible, and your ACT will help you at UCSB, but your chances would be better at Riverside or Santa Cruz. I do not think you have a prayer of admission to Brown. USC is probably a reach. The others on your list look feasible. </p>
<p>Saying that you’ve been tested for ADHD isn’t going to help you get into public univs. </p>
<p>Thankfully, money isn’t an issue, that will allow you to attend schools that otherwise would be unaffordable.</p>
<p>Schools that will not likely accept you: Brown, USC, any UC, FSU…(yes, FSU requires higher scores)</p>
<p>UCs don’t take sophomore transfers. Their transfers are nearly all junior transfers from Calif CCs. Transferring into Cal or similar from an OOS school is unlikely…and won’t happen as a soph.</p>
<p>I forgot to add this - 2.7 GPA is unweighted. It’s around a 3.4 weighted.</p>
<p>And, I’m open to attending a school to get a bachelors in a different area - i.e. Environmental Studies or similar, if acceptance standards would be lower, and attending a more prestigious university to get a doctorate or above. But, above all- could I get into the U of Minn? That’s the major thing.</p>
<p>Here’s the Common Data Set. <a href=“http://www.oir.umn.edu/static/stsur/cds_2013_2014_TC.pdf”>http://www.oir.umn.edu/static/stsur/cds_2013_2014_TC.pdf</a> Look at section C. You are well above the SAT 75%ile, you are probably way down on the GPA side. Does your school have Naviance to check against that? Talk to your HS GC. They’ve probably seen a student like you before.</p>