Will 3 Cs on my transcript badly hurt my chances to OSU, Purdue, Indiana or other schools?

Hey guys, I was just wondering if I could get some advice about my grades and chances real quick.

Does anybody know how badly 3 Cs on my transcript will hurt my chances to Purdue, Indiana, or Ohio State? I try my hardest in school, however, I am bad at math and English, so I ended up with a 74 in English Honors last year, 71 in Algebra last year, and this year in Chemistry (sophomore year), I cannot expect to get above a 75 final grade because I struggle too much. I take no honors or AP classes this year. However, I am scheduled to take about 2 AP classes next year, and exceed in other regular, (non-honors or AP) classes. As of now, I have about a 3.3 GPA. Would these 3 Cs damage my admissions to these schools that much even if still I earn about a 3.6 or 3.8 GPA by the time I start applying? (3.6 is the average GPA for Purdue and Indiana). What can I do to make up for the Cs on my transcript in order to get into these 3 schools? Especially Ohio State.

P.S. I want to double major in aviation and business. I also take two business classes this year and got As in them.

If there is anyone who could give me some advice to increase my chances and make up for the Cs, that would be great. Thanks everyone.

Where are you instate for? Ohio or Indiana?

What do you think your likely grades for your English and math courses are for the rest of high school, where courses are typically harder than they were in freshman year? Are you a second-language English speaker?

I am not a second language speaker, and I am outside of Indiana and Ohio

Aviation/pre-flight is a very competitive major at Purdue. Math and science grades are going to be very important.

Public universities are more competitive for out of state students. Is your instate public not an option?

Public universities are more competitive for out of state students. Is your instate public not an option?

Purdue middle 50 GPA for all students is 3.5-3.9.
Indiana is 3.58-4.0 with an average 3.86.

Monday, talk to your teachers about tutoring you or see what your options are. Maybe meet with them after school or something.

Many like https://www.khanacademy.org/

Don’t let anyone tell you, you can’t. Only you can control your success.

Unfortunately, my in-state public university is not an option.

Does a class like Chemistry really matter that much though? Even for flight? What if I still do good in AP Computer Science, Economics, or even Environmental Science?

There’s nothing wrong with the schools in NJ. Just do your best in high school. If your parents can afford OOS public schools you’ll have options somewhere.

Core courses are important.

Why is your instate school not an option?

Unfortunately, there are no universities in my state with aviation programs.

You’re a sophomore, so you have at least a year and a half before you have to start applying to colleges. A year ago you were interested in business and engineering, and you’ve had other interests since then. Make sure you do some research on the schools in NJ too. Your interests may change a lot in the next year or two, so they may offer what you need.

Have you discussed a budget with your parents? Before you spend a lot of time on OOs colleges make sure your parents are willing/able to pay for them.

What do you mean by Aviation for a major? Aviation Management? If so I don’t see that at Indiana. If that is what you mean then you might consider Bowling Green.

By “aviation” I mean professional flight. Also, what do you mean by “bowling green”?

Bowling Green is a University in OH that has your major: https://www.bgsu.edu/academics/flight-technology-and-operations.html

Embry Riddle is another to consider.

You should consider Stockton University. It doesn’t have pilots training but there’s outside companies for that. It does have a relationship with the new aviation center that recently opened in Atlantic county where physics students have interned. It’s a good choice because it also has many other programs available if you change your mind. Pilots use a lot of math and physics.

Ohio University https://www.ohio.edu/engineering/aviation/ and Kent State https://www.kent.edu/cae/why-choose-ksus-flight-program have flight programs, too.

Also look at U of ND in Grand Forks: https://und.edu/