Rising Junior, Low GPA, Strong Upward Trend

laxdude43
Sat, 05 May 2012 14:37:06 +0000

I’m a current junior at a prep school in SE PA. I have some extenuating circumstances and my grades suffered until this year. I will address that in my college essay. Do I have a chance?

Applying: Undecided

Freshman: 2.65
Sophomore: 2.66
Junior (So Far) 3.71

My Cumulative GPA going into my senior year will be around 2.95-3.05 (Will continue getting good grades senior year)

Have not taken the SAT or ACT yet, my guidance counselor thinks i’ll do better on the ACT though. Because of my science and math grades.

PSAT: 187

Awards: 9th Grade Academic Achievement award in Programming, 10th grade JV hockey all star, JV hockey coaches award

Leadership: Head of Programming robotics team

ECs: FIRST Robotics, academic competition, March for Life club, varsity ice hockey, Theatre Society, stock market club, intramural soccer and volleyball, Club ice hockey, eBay powerseller, jv lacrosse, and 250+ hours of community service.

Other Schools Im Considering:
Delaware
Temple
Pitt
PSU (Summer Session)
Fairfield
Hofstra
Purdue
Syracuse
RIT
Boston University

Thanks