Need advice on gaining a chance, please help!

kaisook
Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:56:30 +0000

So, for the first two and a half years of high school, I was an utterly depressed mess and got terrible grades in school. My cumulative unweighted GPA is a measly 3.11, simply because of my choices as a 15 year old. Now, however, in the second semester of my junior year, I’ve been working harder and have a 4.0. I signed up for as many weighted/A.P classes as I could for senior year, knowing that if I just work very hard I can get straight A’s. I know I can do it.

Here’s the thing. I’m just now caring about my future, and I really, really want to go to WASHU. I want so badly to go to this school, but my chances are abysmal because of my choices freshman and sophomore year. Here’s my stats:

White, lower-middle class female. Weighted cumulative GPA: 3.333 Unweighted GPA: 3.111
NO EC’s except for a leadership position in the school’s art club, and section leader of my orchestra freshman and junior year. I’ve won a couple awards for the 2015 NHD competition and the Scholastic writing competition, but that’s it.

Classes Taken
9th grade:
Honors Biology
Themes in US History
Geometry I
Gifted Honors English I
Health 1st Semester, P.E. 2nd Semester
String Orchestra
Spanish 2

10th grade:
Honors Chemistry
Modern World History
Algebra II
Gifted Honors English II
P.E. 1st Semester, Study Lab 2nd Semester
Concert Orchestra
Introduction to Engineering

11th grade:
Physics I
APUSH
Pre-Calculus
Gifted Honors English III
Piano Lab 1st Semster, Personal Finance 2nd Semester
Concert Orchestra
German I

Next year:
A.P. Physics
A.P. Government
A.P. Calculus
A.P. Literature
Computer Science and Engineering (weighted)
potentially Chamber Orchestra (weighted)
German II

I haven’t taken the SAT or ACT yet, but I will soon. I’ve taken the PSAT, but I got an terrible score (a measly 1290).

Please help. I want to go to this school so badly, yet I hardly have any edge in the competition. Is there anything I can do? Thanks in advance.