Hello, so I have a 90W GPA (3.5W)
86 UW GPA(3.2UW)
I have 4 C’s and 1 D on my transcript. That’s mainly from freshman year because I was in the wrong crowd.
My ACT projected is going to a (27-30)
I already have a 1050 on the SAT which I’m not sending in.
I’m a junior with good ec’s and hopefully good standardized exams. But I have this exaggerated fear that no colleges will want me because of my transcript. I do have an upward trend.
I know my personal statement will be good.
But my sister has been getting deffered/rejected from the same colleges I want to attend but her stats are higher than mine. (I have 10 Honors and 4 AP’s but she doesn’t have as many.)
I just don’t know what I should do, I can’t even concentrate on school because I keep thinking that no matter how hard I try from this point on, I messed up in the past.
I also had health issues and it’s just that I’ve been through so much which colleges don’t know about which impacted my grades but they can’t know that. I just don’t know if I’ll get into my dream school (Penn State) and want to know if anybody has ever elicited this type of FEAR in the past?
Yes they have. For confirmation look at the various “chance me” and “I"m so scared” pages on this forum.
Probably the best thing you can do is raise your GPA if you have time (I’m not sure what year you are at school.)
If not, then look at the many other schools available to you that would be happy to have you. Penn State is a wonderful school but not the only one. If you’re in-state in PA then you can start at a satellite campus and transfer into Penn State after your freshman year, if your grades are top notch.
You may just fall in love with another college, though.
Best of luck