So my freshmen year I went to a public school and got a 3.4. But this year (Sophomore), I moved to Iolani school as a boarding student, I got a 2.6. From what I know, my GPA should be about 3.0 solid.
I took Chinese 1 (B), Japanese 2 (C+), APUSH © - The school grading system unweights APs at C range), Biology (B), English 10 (B), Geom. A(B-), Geom. B(B-), and PE(Grade doesn’t count towards GPA)
I have been doing robotics for 3 years now, and I plan to stop junior year. I have been sailing for 5 years now, and I made the Varsity sailing team this year, I plan to keep going. I was a member of a medical club freshmen year, and I volunteered to help the medical students at the IronMan Triathlon. I was president of a dancing club this year. I was also a member of a Peace club. I was also a member of MUN, winning a research award.
Will good universities still accept me???
Correction: Vice-president of the dance club
Hi–It’s hard to know what you personally feel is a “good” university. There are three things you can do. First, you still have two years to raise your GPA. Your Junior year is the one they look at the closest. See if you can take classes that will give you As.
Second, if your GPA is lower than you’d like, attend a community college to raise your GPA then transfer to a senior college.
But getting your GPA to a high enough level for a senior college right away, looks possible. You have 2 years to do this. It looks like you’re in Hawaii. U of Hawaii at Hilo has an average GPA of 3.36. You might get lucky there. U of H at Manoa–3.75.
The good news is that colleges look for an upward trajectory in grades. If you improve Junior year and then first semester senior, that’s going to help a lot. At least you should be able to get into Hilo.
There are several private colleges that also would accept you. Coming from Hawaii it’s unclear how far east you want to go. I’ll limit myself to naming a few schools: U of Puget Sound, Willamette University, U of the Pacific, Occidental, St. Mary’s of California. etc. You can use the website College Navigator to narrow down your choices. Best of luck.
The college placement team at Iolani is there to help you find good places for college. They are the experts on your situation, so take advantage of their help. They can evaluate you much better than we can.