I am currently entering my sophomore year at my local California Community College. My first two semesters, I finished with a cum. 3.73. However this summer I took 4 courses, one of them being Calculus. I have 3 A’s in my other courses but it looks like I’m going to get a C in Calculus, which would drop my GPA to a 3.6. Boooo! I feel like 3.6 looks terrible compared to my original 3.73. I am a Mexican Male who qualifies for most of the Pell Grant, i’m a few hundred dollars from receiving the whole thing.
Do schools wait for the fall grades to be posted before reviewing your application??
I also plan to apply for the Cooke Scholarship, is a 3.6 too low?
So my main question is, where can I realistically transfer to? I want to transfer to a top school. I am applying this year, and my major is Economics. My top school choices are Berkeley and UCLA. I was also going to apply to Cornell and Brown.
P.S. I am pretty involved. I was a student senator my first semester and was Minority leader. My second semester I took on the role of Student Body Treasurer and Chairman of the Budget Committee.
I was the runner up for the Student Body President for this upcoming school year.
This school year I will be the student body Chief Justice.
I am on the college’s wrestling team, and I also volunteer coach at my old high school 4 days a week.
I am a board member on the Student Athletes Captains Counsel
I am also the Treasurer of the Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society.
I had an internship as a mortgage broker’s assistant my recent spring semester.
I also have a side business where I operate social media pages for local businesses (social media marketing).