really screwed up my life.

Colleges and Universities A-Z Indiana University - Bloomington
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<p>2.7 GPA UW
3.2 W</p>

<p>2000 SAT
30 ACT
Planning on taking Subject Tests come October and retaking ACT's to see if I can break 32+</p>

<p>I have impressive ec's and played tennis throughout high school.</p>

<p>Won 10+ awards with top 10 Model Un team and am currently an officer</p>

<p>Plenty of Extra Curriculars and Leadership positions throughout them.</p>

<p>I really got distracted throughout high school and by the time it mattered it was senior year.</p>

<p>Looking at straight A's first semester and first marking period both are sent by my school.</p>

<p>Help please I can't imagine my fate, I am high achieving and that comes out in my essays its just that I was not as serious as I should have been and I regret it immensely.</p>

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<p>You have plenty of time to recover so relax. You are far from lost with those stats.</p>

<p>You are correct that retaking the tests is your best bet right now. A high test score will go a long way toward making your case. Keep in mind though that colleges see grades as better predictors than scores.</p>

<p>Your GPA is at the low end of typical IU acceptances, but is still in range. The test scores make it look better. If you haven’t already, check out a scatter graph like this one:
<a href=“Indiana University: Acceptance Rate, SAT/ACT Scores, GPA”>http://collegeapps.about.com/od/GPA-SAT-ACT-Graphs/ss/indiana-university-bloomington-admission-gpa-sat-act.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You need to get in touch with the IU admissions rep for your school/area. Contact with that person matters as they are the one that initially throws your app in a pile for further consideration. You’d be amazed how much difference DESIRE makes to an admissions officer. Talk to them.</p>

<p>Yours is the case where 1 or 2 (not more) teacher recommendations might also make a difference if they were the ones that saw you truly apply yourself.</p>

<p>I see from a prior post you have lots of AP and honors classes. That’s good.</p>

<p>Reach out to IU admissions and make your case!</p>

<p>Don’t lose hope. Worst case scenario is a year at community college getting straight A’s and then transfer.</p>

<p>BTW: Pasting the same post to other school forums like U of Illinois is frowned upon. Do your homework on the schools you really like and ask specific questions. Otherwise just post this in the generic Chance Me forum.</p>

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<p>You can always go to a community college and then transfer over. I graduated HS with a 2.2 GPA and now I have a 3.7+ at Kelley. :smile: </p>

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<p>Yeah that is something that I can’t consider given my personal circumstances. My parents would rather me not go to college than do that. It is unfortunate </p>

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<p>But they’re willing to throw out of state tuition at you for a school like U of I or IU? Interesting</p>

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<p>Obviously your GPA is at the lower end of IU’s acceptance pool. However, your test scores are well above the average (depending on your intended major/program). I think that if you have good EC’s, essay, and keep up those scores you should be fine. Good luck!</p>

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<p>trust me, you got this! IU isn’t that picky and you do have a pretty good test scores and EC’s</p>

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<p>thanks a ton for all your kind words. I submitted a week back hopefully itll be good news :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>Same as nico - I graduated high school with around a 2.6 and transferred to IU after my freshman year. Graduating Kelley next year 3.5+. Take a breath, life goes on, success does not come from high school GPAs. </p>

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I’m happy to say I was admitted. Very glad hoping to see more admissions. Thanks for all the support <3

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congrats man! welcome to a new chapter of your life. hopefully you commit to IU!