<p>Im a Latino sophmore in highschool as the title states. I did horrible my first two years of highschool, went to summer school for two classes my freshman year and possibly another one this year( simply because I am a lazy prick ), praying not. My question is, if I turn myself around academically my next two years of highschool and get involved with my community / extra cirriculars and raise my grades drastically, placed well on the SAT’s etc. Would I / Do I still have a chance of getting into rutgers? </p>
<p>Any help is appreciated.</p>
<p>edit: do colleges even see that you went to summer school as long as you completed the courses?</p>
<p>How bad are your grades, if you don’t mind sharing? And do you plan on applying to all three Rutgers campuses?</p>
<p>I say you have a chance if you do well on your SATs and bring your GPA up to a 3.0 or even better – a 3.5 or something. Perhaps take honors and 1 or 2 AP classes (in subjects that you are great at!) to bring your GPA up.</p>
<p>Rutgers doesn’t really care too much about extra curricular activities, but I say that you should definitely go ahead and do them anyway if you enjoy it. Get involved in community service to keep you busy and help out.</p>
<p>Begin prepping for the SATs. See if you can get one or two practice books at a bookstore or even at your local library. Plan to take the test at least ONCE during your junior year. I suggest take it in March, and if you don’t do so well, perhaps in June again.</p>
<p>Colleges will see that you went to summer school if it’s on your transcript. Perhaps you should meet with your guidance counselor at school and see if there is a way that they can inform Rutgers that you took summer classes when it comes time to apply.</p>
<p>It’s never too late to change yourself around. You’ll be helping yourself now and even for later when you attend college. Good luck!</p>
<p>yes, i think if your grades improve dramatically, rutgers will notice this drastic change and accept you. Colleges look at that kind of thing, academic growth, I mean. it shows your rising academic potential. and i’m assuming from your post that this is all very possible, if you stop being lazy and really start trying in your classes. and like what mushaboom said, it wouldn’t hurt to start studying for the SATs now.</p>
<p>and i’m not sure if taking honors or AP classes will really boost your gpa very much, considering that you seem fairly reticent to do work in your regular courseload now, and there is even more work in higher level classes (assuming that you are taking non-honors classes at the moment). going from doing poorly in regular classes, then well in those classes, then not so well in honors classes would just reinforce the fact that you aren’t a strong student, which is what you don’t want colleges to think of you. but if you think you can handle it and do well in an honors class, then by all means, go for it.</p>
<p>and I assume that summer school classes appear on your hs transcript. and you should just be more involved in extracurriculars for yourself and your own experience, not to just show colleges that you do things.</p>
<p>i messed up real bad freshmen year. (C’s and D’s)
but sophomore year i started getting mostly A’s and some B’s.
and then junior year i did about the same as sophomore year but a few more B’s than A’s.
and i took a few AP’s senior year and got a C in one of them.</p>
<p>got rejected. </p>
<p>but i also didn’t do too well on the reading section on the SAT.</p>
<p>It’s definitely possible.
My freshmen year I got 1 C, a couple of As and Bs = GPA 3.33
(Oh yeah my middle school teacher thought I shouldn’t take Honors World History but
I ended up with an 88% in it which wasn’t bad =/)
then Sophomore year was just horrible because I was so
obsessed with volleyball so my GPA was a 3.28, I also took AP History and
got an 80% in it. (Thank God; it was my first hard class)
Now I am in my junior year and I got 2 Bs and for the rest As
It’s definitely possible. My counselor said I improved a lot especially in Science.
I think you can do it too, As aren’t impossible they just require more studying
and what not. Also study for the SAT, learn the concepts and read READ READ.
If you read you will become a better writer, before reading all these Jane Austen books
I had a lousy vocabulary but now I can corroborate that I am a pretty articulate being xD</p>
<p>for SATs, you should also just get some books from older friends who have them. (trust me, they probably have a lot more than they need.) and practice TONS.</p>
<p>I took lots of practice tests before the real one, and while it was grueling, you feel so much better after the real thing. (because you’re used to it!)</p>