Am I aiming too high?

reeboi1819
Wed, 05 Sep 2018 02:53:03 +0000

Hey guys, I come from a really competitive area in California, so as a result, many people apply to the best universities in the country. Problem is, I slacked freshman year because I was immature about grades and thinking that college was far away for me to not worry about. As a result, my GPA has been really low ever since. So my question is, is it still worth applying to these colleges?

Stats:

Major: Applied Physics or some sort of engineering

9th - 2.92 UW/W (No APs allowed 9th grade)

10th - 3.42 UW/ 3.6 W

11th - 3.5 UW/ 4.0 W

CCGPA - 4.0 UW/ 5.0W

12th - 4.0 UW (so far)/ 4.8W

1550 SAT, 800 Math II, 800 Physics II

APs: Physics 1, Physics C, Chemistry, Calculus AB, Stats, Java, Python, French, Economics

= 3.36 UW/ 3.7W including freshman year or 3.6 UW/ 4.0W without freshman year

= 3.9 UC GPA

Let’s just say my ECs are good for now (Gold medals in french contests, speech and debate, part time job, blah blah blah…)

So yeah… I’ve certainly challenged myself but that GPA still leaves a mark. Now, here is my list. Feel free to roast or give feedback on it. Also if you guys can, tell me what my matches would be out of this list.

All the UCs

Cal Poly SLO and Cal Poly Pomona, SJSU

Arizona State University

Carnegie Mellon (rip)

Georgia Tech (rip)

Urbana - Champaign

Purdue

USC (rip)

UW Madison

UMich (rip)

UMD college park

Worcester Polytechnic University

UT Austin

A pretty long list, but I’m willing to write essays for all of these if I have a chance of getting in. Thanks!