TERRIBLE grades- will ANY uni accept me?

fallenchemist
Tue, 27 May 2014 02:43:41 +0000

I agree with shawnspencer that you are overplaying the “badness” of your resume. Another factor is what are you thinking of majoring in? What I mean in your case is that it is clear that the math and science courses are dragging you down. But if your intention is to major in English or History or anything non-math oriented, you can make a big point of that on your applications and that will help you some. Some people are good students, just not in every area. Some very good mathematicians can’t write well at all. It happens.

So I would raise your sights a bit, although again agreeing with shawnspencer I think very selective schools will be off the table for you. But there are a lot of very good schools of moderate selectivity that could be excellent fits for you. Also, you should look into schools that don’t require standardized tests. Just in case you don’t get your scores up. Although 1650 will still make you eligible for these moderately selective schools, especially if it is your math that is low and the others are better. That would fit with the rest of your story.