A good upward trend?

cptjosh787
Thu, 09 Apr 2015 04:21:29 +0000

Hi guys currently i’m a junior and I want to attend one of the top Universities for Engineering. I’m thinking of Berkeley but Ivy League might be an option. But I did HORRIBLE in freshman year and since then I have been improving. I take all honors/AP and IB classes.

And in my High School if you take Honors or IB/AP an A would count as a 5.0 and B+ as 4.33 and a B as a 4.0.

9th grade

2.3UW 2.66W (Not sure about by UW GPA for 9th grade)

10th grade
???UW 3.90W

Cumulative GPA (9th+10th grade)

2.88UW 3.33W

11th grade

4.1-4.2 Weighted GPA

Cumulative GPA (9th+10th+11th)

3.6+ Weighted GPA

12th grade (My Goal)

4.6+ Weighted GPA

Cumulative GPA (9th+10th+11th+12th)

At least a 4.1 Weighted

I also do a few extracurricular activities and I’m going for the IB diploma. I’m hoping to score AT LEAST a 2100 on my SAT and I plan to take the Physics,World History and the Math SAT II subjects. I might score a 780+ on my Sat II world History based on my AP test score for World History from 10th grade.

So how does my trend look? Rising from a 2.66 in freshmen year to 4.1 by the end of my senior year. Would this be a major trend that get a Universities admission office? I know that the average grade for an Ivy league school or any good university is like an A- or around it, but what are my chances? Especially if I have strong passions that I might reflect on my essay? I aspire to pursue something in Science and Engineering. I also moved to the US at the age of 10 from another country. So I don’t know if I will have any diversity advantage.