Currently I am just starting my third quarter with a solid 2.0 gpa. I am a junior in highschool, and I do still have time to bring my gpa up if I work really hard. I’m a smart person with a lot of potential who did not apply themselves hard enough. My guidance counselor claims I can bring my gpa up to the highest a 2.3-2.4. Is this true? Or can I bring it up higher than this by the time I start applying for colleges? That being said, if I do get it to at least a 2.3 will I have any chance to go to umass boston? I really want to go here. Or any college in boston at all? I love the city and that is where I want to be. So what colleges do I have a chance of getting Into in boston or in a busy city In general with a 2.4 ish gpa? Also, I did not do well on my psats but I will be studying for my sats and and plan to do really well on them. If no colleges in any city are available for me what other decent colleges could I get into with things to do around them in my free time? I like the idea of going to a big school with a lot of things to do and a lot of people.
You would need to look at community colleges with a 2.4 high school GPA.
Talk to your GC. You might be able to craft a story, if there was some valid reason that you performed so poorly in the past. Just not applying yourself is not a very compelling story. There is no shame in attending a community college for two years, doing well, and then transferring to a 4-year college.
Do I have any chance at all to go to a four year school in any city?
Caroline, your GC would have a much better idea. Do well on your SATs and/or ACTs. If you were my child, I’d think about recommending a gap year for you to do some maturing. All you’ve mentioned is wanting to go to a city, preferably Boston. There’s more to college than the city it’s in.
You seem lost. Please talk to your Guidance Counselor. Good luck.
apply to a bunch of schools you’re bound to get into at least 1 of them
can you chance me back?
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^girlapplicant: no, unfortunately, that’s not how it works! 
“I plan to study for my SATs and do very well on them”… of course, it’s better to study, but you can’t “plan to do very well”. What was your PSAT score? Add a 0. Then add 100 to that number: that’s what hard-working, lucky students can add. If you work very hard, and that means 1 hour every dayfor several months, you may get to +150. Some students only add 30 points by studying.
What classes are you taking - regular? general? honors? What level math are you in? What level foreign language?
What are your best grades this year, and in what subjects?
What State do you live in?
Columbia College Chicago has near-open admissions, if you are interested in Arts or Communications. They might be an option for you.
Lots of colleges have near open admission.
I just checked Penn State Greater Allegheny, they’d take you (and if you do a good job, after 2 years you get a chance at attending Penn State Main Campus). Neither is in a big city, the first is near Pittsburgh and the second is in a college town.
Can you get into UMass Boston, not sure… Pine Manor and Lesley, perhaps? Curry, Fisher, Lasell? Simmons would be a definite reach.
In another “hopping” big city, check out Augsburgh in Minneapolis, or Saint Catherine in Saint Paul. They both want 2.7 typically so it’d depend on your SAT and on course rigor.
Ogglethorpe in Atlanta, University of Illinois in Chicago, also in/by Chicago Elmhurst and Roosevelt…
RUN THE NET PRICE CALCULATORS on each of these. Then bring the results to your parents and ask them whether they’re able to afford these.
There is Wheelock College in Boston. They have 3.0 average GPA and 1480 average SAT. So if you have a 2,4 GPA and a 2000+ SAT you could get in. It’s private though, so 30k/year tuition.