<p>Hi guys! I'm currently a Junior in highschool located in Bergen County, NJ. I go to a blue ribbon school, very smart and very high ranked but it's public.</p>
<p>I am of asian descent and my GPA is currently a 2.8. I do NOT take any AP/Honor courses, all are normal level and college prep. I'm on varsity swim team and will most likely be captain for the next 2 years, I'm in my church's youth group, I've done retreats at Guatemala and help volunteer, and I've also helped prepare many church events.</p>
<p>(Honestly nothing of this is me trying to sound like I'm at fault and it was completely my fault this happened, I really struggled through these times)
Now my story: My stepmother and father were not on good terms during my freshmen year of highschool, they would be constantly fighting and yelling at each other (Usually my mother's fault, my dad would take it out of hand), and sometimes resulted in physical moments. Police have been called to my house before and it wasn't really a good time. Freshmen year I did not do as well due to this, I really didn't care about anything at the time and received like a 2.6 GPA. Sophomore year my mother left us, I didn't get one goodbye, didn't get any last word from her to me, nothing. That affected me the whole year, I would skip assignments not do anything not study for a certain period of time which let me into getting around a 2.8 GPA. Junior year everything's better and i just started this year off. My first marking period I was doing well, then my Grandmother (Who took the position of my mother since i was born, i loved her very dearly) suffered from major blood loss which led her into breathing problems and she had to be taken to the ER. I've been doing well but during this time period (1-2 weeks) I had a lot of tests/quizzes, and I had to balance between driving to the ER right after school, staying until 9PM, then studying for exams and it was hard which led me into failing a few exams. At the time I had all B's and A's but it dropped down to C's. The MP just ended and i currently have 2 B's, and 3 C's. My dad works extremely hard from 7am all the way down to usually 8-10PM at night which leaves me at home completely alone. I cook my own dinners and completely take care of my self on the weekdays, that means I push myself to sit down and study when I could easily goof off and play games without anyone knowing. I'm striving to push through this year at least maintaining all B's or higher.</p>
<p>As for SAT's, im taking SAT prep courses, my highest score is a 1700 i'm looking to reach for at least 2000. So hoping my GPA is between 2.9-3.0(reach), and I get around a 1900-2000, do i still have a chance at a good 4-year university school? Community college is not an option because after I leave to college, my father will live with my grandmother and help take care of her.</p>
<p>Any schools you guys recommend that would accept me? Would they take into account my past/history? Thank you again guys.</p>