Hello, I am currently a sophomore at a good catholic private school in Long Island NY and I have been very worried about college recently. I did not put any effort (I had to take care of my two younger siblings since my single mother was ill for the majority of the year) in my freshman year and got a grade of 82. I did not start becoming serious about school until half way through my second trimester (yes my school goes by trimesters). First trimester I got a 82. Second trimester I stepped it up and got a 88.Third trimester I really put things in place and got a 95 average. (88 average overall sophomore year) I lookonline and my sophomore gpa is 3.3. I believe that I easily can get a 95 at least overall in my junior year, which is a 4.0. If I continue get 95 averages until college application time can I get into a school like Wake Forest (willing to apply ED). I looked into Wake Forest and it’s everything I dream of. I also have other school in mind but most are probably reaches (SYRACUSE, UVA, UCONN, NORTHWESTERN, UCLA, UCB, USC, PENN STATE ETC.) . PS my PSAT grade was a 1300 without any sat practice. I am projected to get around a 1400 (maybe more) on my sat junior year. Let me know which other school I have a chance at please. PPS. Ik UC schools do not look at freshman year which is great for me.