<p>I know there are tons of this topic out there but I am worried and I've just got to know what everyone thinks.</p>
<p>I graduated high school with roundabouts a 3.2/3.3 GPA, 1190 SAT...a ton of extra curriculars, work experience, etc.. 59 in my class of 500 (though it was a ridiculously poorly educated public school in NJ), but I didnt get accepted to BC or University of Chicago and was waitlisted at BU...</p>
<p>Now, I'm a sophomore at Northeastern University...
I did poorly first semester freshman year, without a doubt, and obviously that will count against me...
however I have improved drastically every single semester until now where I'm at a 4.0 and am doing REALLY well.
My essays for my NYU application are great (I'm getting them looked over by everyone I know too, just in case), my recommendations are great, I have so much work experience in a bunch of fields which also explains my lack of EC's while in college...
my GPA in college isn't LOW it's just not at the standard that I see everyone else's GPA at...</p>
<p>I'm applying to NYU's CAS and I'm an Anthropology/Linguistics major. I'm not sure if that increases my odds since I can almost guarantee there aren't many of us out there... also I've read that CAS is easier to get into than the other schools? I'm not sure.</p>
<p>SO the moral of this story is:
Do I have a chance at all? I just want tons of opinions, I know it's obviously not a guarantee but I'd really like to hear your thoughts. I want to know if the fact that I've improved to perfection over my college experience will carry any weight, and the fact that my recommendations and essays are faabulous (if I may say so myself?) and that I've kept steady jobs throughout college.... I have got to know.</p>
<p>Well, you've really just gone a roundabout way of telling us how you did, but never giving us a straight GPA... without that, we really can't say.</p>
<p>yeah, how poor is poorly, what semester are you in. say you went up .5 points every semester, that still leaves you at a 3.25 which is not an extremly competitive GPA.</p>
<p>an honest opinion would be, you might a have some trouble. 3.2 is not in the top/high average, its fairly low. the work experience instead of ECs will actually most likly hurt you a little bit as well (unless related to your studies, then it will look a little better). and NYU looks at those SAT scores no matter what year you are transfering in. are you trying for BU again?</p>
<p>I'm not trying for BU again because I'm leaving Boston...
I've kind of accepted the fact that my chances are on the poor side...however I think I've decided that if I get into any of the other schools I'm applying to (Sarah Lawrence, Wagner, Fordham) I'll go for a semester, do as well as I'm doing now, and apply again. Who knows, maybe I'll even stay where I am, but I think I'll have better odds that way.
Thoughts?</p>
<p>Also I know a 3.2 cumulative is low...but wouldn't they look at the fact that it was a 2.5, then 3.0, then 3.6, now (definitely) a 4.0 if not a 3.8 or something...wouldn't that mean something at all?
Or am I just really reaching here..</p>
<p>"the work experience instead of ECs will actually most likly hurt you a little bit as well (unless related to your studies, then it will look a little better). "</p>
<p>uhhh....where did you hear that? Work experience is looked at in a very good light by most if not all schools.</p>
<p>I'm sure they would see something like that but taking 4 years to slowly grow to that point could be a bad thing or a good thing. I am in a similar situation. I had very poor highschools grades, under a 2.5 GPA, my first semester in college I got a 3.3 or 3.4, and now I am at a 4.0 in my second semester. I am going to my CC for two more semesters though, in order to get a high overall GPA and the hardest classes I can take.</p>
<p>well I would understand, but it's taken 4 semesters to get to this point, not years... I'm hoping that through my essays I can display that it's because of an increase in motivation that I am finally to the point I am at now...</p>
<p>yeah, I meant semesters, sorry about that. your only chance is to really try it out and see what they say. admissions are going to take a subjective approach so if they believe you, then good for you. if they don't, you might not get the answer you want but it can only be better to try.</p>