Do i have any chance at going to a good college

College Search & Selection
#1

<p>My grades to this point are pretty low, and on CC look like morons grades.My freshman and first three marking periods of my sophomore year, i was influenced greatly by my idiot friends and put absolutely zero effort into school. When i realized that a senior classmate in my Honors American lit class had a 4.4 GPA and was going to Johns Hopkins, something went off in my mind that I needed to get my **** together. So my 4th MP I had all grades A or A- and a B in Spanish. I just finished my final exams and I think they'll be pretty good. But my lack of effort seems to be biting me hard in the ass reading on here.</p>

<p>Are my dreams of going somewhere like Syracuse, Maryland,Miami, Tulane, (My current "match" schools") crushed?</p>

<p>My freshman year grades:
Intro to business: A-
CP Spanish 2- B+
Gym/Health-A
CP Physics- C-
English 9-B-
CP Algebra 2/Trig- D+
World History- B-
Computer Apps/Freshman Rhetoric- B+</p>

<p>Overall GPA- 2.78 (B- at my school is 2.7)</p>

<p>this year</p>

<p>Honors American Lit- B+
CP Spanish- C or B-
Foods- A-
Gym/Health- A-
CP Chem- C or B (started out with F, went up to C, C, then A 4th MP)
Geometry- B+
TVP- A-
US History 1- B
Cumulative GPA- About 3.0, </p>

<p>Next year I hopefully will be in Honors Modern Fiction, Honors Management, Honors US 2, and AP Gov.</p>

<p>I am aiming for htis to be my list when I apply next summer:
Safetys:
Arizona
Seton Hall/Rutgers/Instate NJ school</p>

<p>Match:
Miami
Tulane
Syracuse
UMD
UConn</p>

<p>match/reach:
villanova</p>

<p>Reach:
NYU
USC
UMich</p>

<p>Have I any Chance!!!!????</p>

#2

<p>I'd say you're in decent shape for Tulane, Miami, and your safeties.
Also think about going to a community college for a year or two. If you do well there, your chances are a lot high as college GPA will be more relevant to transfers.</p>

#3

<p>You've got some low grades but you've also got some high grades. Especially if you get good grades from here on then yes, you will get into a good college.</p>

#4

<p>thanks guys. yeah, i really hope to keep my upward trend going. at full effort, i could be a straight A student.</p>

#5

<p>Just noticed my broken English up there. Anyway, just keep up the good GPA and apply to your dream schools. I'm sure you'll get into at least one.</p>

#6

<p>i think pandem is completely incorrect.</p>

<p>
[quote]
Match:
Miami
Tulane
Syracuse
UMD
UConn</p>

<p>match/reach:
villanova</p>

<p>Reach:
NYU
USC
UMich

[/quote]
</p>

<p>these are all reaches. your GPA is on the low end. i would say get your grades up as high as you possibly can for a shot.</p>

<p>uconn is definitely the most feasible, however.</p>

#7

<p>Arizona State accepts what, like 90% of people who apply? I'm sure he can get in there. </p>

<p>And I don't quite know how you think Seton Hill and Rutgers are harder to get into than UConn.</p>

#8