Will I be able to get into a respectable college?

Fla_Marlins · 08-24-2007, 10:18 PM

I was wondering if I would be able to get into a respectable college (top 50 or 25 maybe?). I'm currently in my junior year so I know I still have a chance to improve.

GPA: 3.5
Weighted: 3.9
SAT: Not taken yet
ACT: Not taken yet

Courses (Academic courses only):

Freshman year:
Geometry Hon
English I Hon
World History
Spanish II

Sophomore:
Algebra II Hon
Spanish III
Biology Hon.
English II Hon.
AP European History

Junior (current):
AP English
AP US History
Pre Calculus
Physics Hon.
AP Psychology
Chemisty Hon.

Senior year possible courses:
AP Calculus (or AP Statistics)
AP Chemistry or AP Biology or AP Physics (or a combination of 2 of them)
AP Economics

Extra curricular (just about nothing really):
National Honor Society
Volunteering at local library (if you can call that "extra curricular")

My sophomore year really pulled my GPA down from a 3.6-3.7 to a 3.50 because I really lost concentration and moral at the end of the year. I'm really not aiming for anything like Ivy league, just something like University of Florida. I'm thinking of going into computer science.

swim4life · 08-24-2007, 10:29 PM

join clubs, volunteer, become an active member of your school community.

Konion · 08-25-2007, 01:42 AM

keep your grades up. participate more in clubs and competitions and that sort of thing. pretty good classes though...If you get a decent SAT score and keep your GPA up, i think University of Florida is within reach.

fastfingers · 08-25-2007, 01:47 AM

respectable? definitely. honestly, state schools aren't tough to get into. a 3.5 student even with average SAT scores (1500) would get you into tons of state schools. I knew students with a 1300 SAT go into state shools.