<p>There is not much you can do now to redeem the GPA. Perhaps explain in an essay how you have matured and realize the imporance of hard work, yada yada.</p>
<p>Are you a recruitable athlete or URM? If your EC is as amazing asyou claim, it might hold weight for Chic., Emory or NYU.</p>
<p>I would guess that UPenn, Duke, & Chicago will all be reaches for you. Emory has also gotten very competitive. Nothing wrong with the UCs or USC. If you do extremely well, you could apply to Upenn for grad school.</p>