Hi there. I’m currently approaching the end of my junior year at a public school in California and I’m beginning to think more and more about the upcoming college applications. However, with this I begin to worry more and more about next year.
So freshman year I had a about a 3.5 unweighted and a 3.7 weighted (because I was stupid and got all A’s but two C’s that year) but following freshman year, I really began to pick up the slack. My 10-11 gpa will be a 3.86 uw and a 4.25 weighed (approximately a 4.12 UC gpa), I have taken 5 AP classes so far and will be taking 4 more next year. My ACT score was a 34 composite. (testing is a real strength for me, I also have above 750 on Math Level 2 and US History for SAT subject tests)
My EC’s are pretty good and have been consistent (4 years basketball, coached younger children since 8th grade, run my own personal finance club at my high school and have created a website for it, etc), but I’m worrying that my poor freshman year will prohibit me from getting into some of my top choices and I feel as if I’m stuck applying to mostly the UC system because of my freshman year. I am interested in other schools outside of California but my gpa lowers when freshman year is included to about a 3.75 uw and a 4.1 weighed.
I would be extremely happy if I got into any of UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, and UCD next year and wanted to know if you folks thought I have good chances for those schools. I also wanted to see what other schools outside of Cali I should look into and if my poor freshman year would prohibit me from getting into those schools (such as Boston College, NYU, Wake Forest, Georgetown, George Washington, etc).
Thanks for taking the time to answer my question!