Want to know what my chances are of getting a 3.5 or above GPA.I did really bad my freshman year of high school and got lots of B’s and C’s.
I would be interested in going to any major school for finance such as the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Texas-Austin, Indiana University-Bloomington, and University of Virginia
Extracurriculars:
Band
Debate
Business Clubs
Track
Would I have a good shot at major schools?
What type of chance do I have considering my GPA was very low after freshman year?
Upward trend will be good for those schools to see. Make sure your SAT and ACT are higher to compensate for your lower GPA relative to other applicants of those schools. Shoot for 75th percentile for SAT and ACT.
It will be very hard to get a 3.5 by the time you start applying to colleges. Even if you do take AP classes, your unweighted will be on the low side and you will probably struggle in those classes since you didn’t do well in other, non-AP classes. UT, Michigan, and UVA will all be very hard for you to get into, almost impossible if you’re out of state, even if you get you gpa up. Take classes that you know you can do well in and explore other schools, too. Also, you’ll need to knock the act/sat out of the park, though gpa is generally more important. You definitely can get your gpa up, but not to the caliber of some of the schools you’re interested in. How were your grades or what do you expect for this past semester?
That’s great. Keep up the good work. Taking a lot of APs junior year is a bad idea, since you probably will not get As and will bring down your UW GPA. Work hard in the courses you choose but don’t overextend yourself.
You will find the right school when the time comes but you should not be losing any sleep about college now. Focus on your classes and learning.
Folks, APs won’t up his unweighted gpa. Only a good string of A grades will. And all the holistic the colleges will look at the transcript, so don’t think you can fake it out with easy classes.
No don’t take AP classes if you are getting Cs and Bs in regular classes how can you expect to do so well in APs?
If you are on the track you’re currently on you will be rejected from every single school on this list, and most likely have to attend a CC and hope you can transfer into one of them:
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor- Rejected
University of Texas-Austin - Rejected
Indiana University-Bloomington - Rejected
and University of Virginia - Rejected
Unless somehow you become a 5 star recruit then you’re getting rejected from every single one of these schools.
All four of them are some of the best public schools in the world, especially for their amazing business programs (Kelley, McCombs, etc.) you still have a lot of time being an underclassmen pull it together and you can get in!