Hello! This year, which was sophomore year for me, I was officially diagnosed with a Chronic Pain disorder. It has impacted me since about 7th grade, and has made a large number of things, such as walking for very long and staying focused, difficult. The problem has gotten progressively worse, and peaked at the beginning of this year. However, I recently finished a very good therapy program at Children’s Hospital, and while I’m not perfectly fine, I’m getting accomodations, and perhaps more importantly, I have decided to stop doing Cross Country, which literally made it impossible to move days at a time and I was STILL running like a 42:00. I like to persevere, which isn’t always great when you have a disorder which grants you substantially less vitality than other people. Anyway, assuming I get top grades (3.7-4.0, weighted gpa) junior senior year will it be unlikely to get into a top school? I’m also generally considered a good writer. My GPA after sophomore year is about a 2.7, so I suppose it could be worse. I go to a Catholic School. If you think it’s impossible, tell me. My life will not end if I end up going to a less competitive college.
An upward trend is appreciated, and you certainly have extenuating circumstances. However, junior and senior years, while more important, aren’t the only considerations. That 2.7 can’t be undone, and, yes, it will impact your chances. Everyone should take a shot at a reach school, but I would focus your time and attention on your match and low reach colleges.
Thanks for the reply! I appreciate your honesty. I think it’s a good bet for me to try to get into Ohio State University, which might be more likely for me because of, frankly and with complete respect for those less lucky than I am, who my dad is. Than, since I’m likely going to take the lawyer route, I can always try to get good grades in Uni and see if I can get into a more prestigious law school. Also, just to say, I don’t know what my Pre-Act this year was, but it was 32 last year and it should have improved this year since I’m getting stuff from UPenn, NYU, and Johns Hopkins.
Just realized that sounded wrong; for information, my dad is a rather successful graduate and I have a lot of people who went there on his side of the family. I’d still have to work hard to get in, but it may be easier than it would be if I just had a 2.7 freshman and sophomore year.