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05-08-2008, 06:05 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Threads: 47
Posts: 106
| do i still even have a chance?
I had a 3.896/5 gpa which is a 75% freshman year...
But sophmore and junior i had gpa that were 4.8/5 and above.
Can i still apply to ivy leagues?
Or should i apply to normal schools?
Or should I find top-tier colleges that do not count freshman grades into GPA like princeton, johnshopkins, ucberkeley...? | 
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05-08-2008, 06:09 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NY ---> Hahvahd, Cambridge, MA 2012 Gender: Male
Threads: 117
Posts: 1,623
| Don't even bother applying unless you bring home the gold from beijing (and effectively trade in your lungs) | |
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05-08-2008, 06:21 PM
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#3 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jersey Gender: Male
Threads: 9
Posts: 251
| Or you apply to whatever school you want anyway.
Don't worry about one lousy year. You more than made up for it with your current grades.
If you're only considering "normal" schools with those grades, then you've been on CC too long. | |
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05-08-2008, 06:21 PM
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#4 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Florida Gender: Male
Threads: 13
Posts: 399
| To hell with ivy leagues.
It really doesn't make that big of a difference what school you go to for undergrad. Don't feel like you have to go to a brand name school. | |
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05-08-2008, 06:49 PM
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#5 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: SoSoCAl Gender: Male
Threads: 1
Posts: 91
| You can apply anywhere just as long as you don't miss the deadline. | |
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05-08-2008, 06:59 PM
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#6 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2008
Threads: 1
Posts: 7
| Pick what schools you want to go to and will feel a part of!!! If you feel like you will be more successful in a "normal" school, I'd go for that. However, with those grades, if you believe an ivy will be good for you, why not give it a shot?? | |
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05-08-2008, 10:26 PM
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#7 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Gender: Female
Threads: 47
Posts: 722
| Well, there's no harm applying. If you expect to be rejected, you'll be pleasantly surprised when one of them takes you! And then you can celebrate. With cake. And NetHack.  | |
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Yesterday, 05:32 PM
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#8 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Threads: 47
Posts: 106
| but has anyone got in with these grades??? | |
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Yesterday, 05:35 PM
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#9 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California Gender: Male
Threads: 18
Posts: 387
| No, they all dropped out of high school when they got a B and begged community colleges to accept them. | |
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Yesterday, 07:46 PM
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#10 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: netlhack Gender: Unsure
Threads: 5
Posts: 52
| dude chill
now get back to work
and i'll get back to nethack
problem solved | |
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Yesterday, 07:55 PM
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#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NY ---> Hahvahd, Cambridge, MA 2012 Gender: Male
Threads: 117
Posts: 1,623
| I got in with a 2.4 GPA, 1680 SAT, and an obsession with soccer. Impossible is nothing. | |
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Yesterday, 08:55 PM
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#12 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fullerton, CA > Berkeley '12
Threads: 27
Posts: 216
| If you have to ask, you should apply. You don't have any chance of getting in unless you apply.
It may be an interesting case, but freshman year is often given little, if any, weight in admissions. It's better to aim high with safeties than to aim low and close possibilities. | |
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Yesterday, 09:34 PM
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#13 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Threads: 5
Posts: 37
| piccolojunior is a big fat liar!
If you click his name and look at his REAL stats, you'll see that they are much higher than the ones that he posted. | |
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