How would this look to colleges..?

TetraL
Fri, 08 Apr 2016 08:41:48 +0000

Hey CC,

I am currently in a dilemma. My freshman year, I took 0 honors courses (even though 3 were offered). And this year (sophomore) I am taking two honors courses (Algebra 2/English 2) when there is a possiblility of 3 honors and 1 AP. I did not find AP World interesting, so did not take it.

Anyways, I feel like I need to make up for the lack of honors courses that I missed.

Next year, my junior schedule will look like this.

AP Physics 1
AP Comp Sci A
AP Literature
Pre Calc Honors
Spanish 3
US History
Religion (Catholic school)

I actually got a couple of questions, if I can get an answer would be great.

1. My freshman GPA was a 3.3 :(, how would that affect me? (Sophomore year got one A- rest As)

2. How is GPA calculated at USC admissions? Is it the scale were a "+" is a .3 and a "-" is a .7? (Totally random, but I'm a legacy there and have my eyes set out for it, but with my bad freshman year, not sure how it will play out.)

3. Would 7 APs my entire HS career cut it? (3 junior, 4 senior)

GPA is definetly a weakness of mine, I just hope next year jumping from 0 APs to 3 will turn out ok. BTW I got a 31/32 on that PLAN test so I’m hoping my ACT will help balance with my GPA.

Thanks for the help!