<p>Hey all,
I am a senior in high school hoping to go to a good college. I changed high schools three times. I experienced a crisis during freshman year, that kind of made it's way into the first half of soph. year. I convinced my parents to transfer me to another school midway soph. year. I've been doing really well since then. I took all honors courses at my current school and I have a 94 unweighted gpa. I'm currently am doing dual enrollment taking college courses in math and science. I would like to know if admissions officers will look down on my application due to my lackluster performance during my freshman and first half of soph year. Any suggestions are welcome!</p>
<p>Your 94 is perfectly respectable, but it’s impossible to make any meaningful suggestions without knowing how you performed on standardized tests, whether you will need a large amount of financial assistance, what state you live in, what you wish to study, and other qualifications and preferences. There are literally thousands of “good” colleges out there, and you can probably get into many, if not most, of them. </p>
<p>Thank you for your response, woogzmama. I have a 740 on biology and a 780 on math level 2. The 94 was from my year and a half at my current school. I got a 2.9 gpa my frosh year and a 2.7 gpa 1st part of sophomore year. the 94 gpa is more indicative of my ability. How can I get that across to admissions officers? </p>
<p>btw im taking my sat’s in october</p>
<p>Your subject test scores suggest that you will do well on the Reasoning Tests, although I’m surprised that you haven’t taken any of them, or the ACTs, yet. That suggests inadequate college counseling at your school. Do you have teachers you can count on for good recommendations, and an adviser you can talk to? You haven’t mentioned what state you live in, or whether you will need financial aid. All of these are critical factors, especially when you haven’t received any of the necessary test results. An upward trend is always good, and some colleges won’t even look at your freshman grades. I am more worried about how late you seem to be initiating the college search process. That doesn’t mean you can’t get in anywhere, but it does mean that you will have only one shot at the standardized tests, and you don’t seem to have narrowed your search in any way. You are starting your senior year within 3-4 days, if classes haven’t already begun, and you should be finalizing your list of choices, completing the basic application(s), getting teacher recommendations, etc. Many colleges have November 1st cut-offs for Early Action, scholarships, etc. Is there any way you could try to sneak into an earlier testing date, even if it means paying a surcharge? Most large public universities don’t require letters of recommendation, but other colleges will. I strongly encourage you to get an appointment with your college counselor ASAP. If your school has Naviance, or a similar site, try to use that, and use the “Super Search” function here. </p>