<p>i am a high school senior and i got the worst gpa in the world. its all because in my freshman year I basically failed all my classes and in one of my classes i even recieved an 16 as a final grade(me and that teacher had big time beef). i passed everything in my sophomore but failed 2nd semester of english 10. during my junior year i started to get motivated to get good grades.i took pre calculus honors, spanish 2 honors,physics,academic us history,academic english 11,and some other classes. i got all a’s and b’s but i failed 2nd semester physics( i developed some big time beef between that teacher also). now as a seniour i am taking ap calculus, ap statistic,spanish 3 honors, academic government, academic english 12,chemistry,and some other classes. my schedule is packed i got no free periods at all. i got a 1500 on the sat which i am taking over. i want to got to colege to major in computer engineering. and i really dont care what college i go to( not like i have a big choise). but one thing i will not do is go to community college. all the bums in my school go there and i dont want to be assosiated with them. in other words death before community college. with all that being said do you thing i got any chance to get accepted i a college that offers computer engineering as a major? or am i stuck with having to go to a comunity college?</p>
<p>Well what is your actual GPA. And I’m assuming you got 1500/2400?</p>
<p>excuse all the typos i was in a hurry also i just wanted to add that i dont have many extracurriculars. i am on the math club, spanish honors club, and i played basketball for the school for 2 years. and i am black(suprise). will being black and being in the situation that i am in help me.</p>
<p>my actual gpa is 78 so around 2 or something. and yes its 1500/2400</p>
<p>if it’s a 78, then it’s a 2.3 to be exact</p>
<p>Your best shot is going to be like a third rate state school. Your best bet is to go to CC and transfer.</p>
<p>Go to community college, it’s your best option. And before you reply read this:
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<p>dog like *** does it mean to have “big time beef” with a teacher.</p>
<p>and why the hell were you allowed to take honors/ap classes while only passing a small handful of classes?</p>
<p>my school lets kids that barely pass pick AP and honors classes for next years schedule because they hope they are getting serious… if you get lower than a C for first quarter the teacher can kick you out…</p>
<p>That’s not the worst GPA ever. I know people who haven’t dropped out yet with a GPA under 1.</p>
<p>i have a pretty similar story. i flunked out of freshman year, ended it with a 0.86 (not a typo), and then flunked out sophomore year with a 2.0.</p>
<p>in junior year, i got a 4.17 (extra point for an AP class) and as a senior this year i’m projected to have a 4.37, and as of the monthly progress report, that’s my current gpa.</p>
<p>my school let me take AP composition because i’m a good writer, and that led to taking AP literature as a senior as well as AP government. i was offered AP European history as well as Honors algebra II, but decided against both of those.</p>
<p>(i’m assuming) the difference between me and you is that i made up my failing grades through summer school and independent study. i ended up bring that 0.86 to a 3.5. however, some colleges and universities don’t accept these courses at all (i can’t apply to any colleges in the UC system because of this) if you still have F or D marks, many colleges will just count that as you haven’t taken the class at all. they don’t accept it for credit. if you have these grades in core courses, like math or english, (like my counselor told me) you stand a chance of automatically being denied, no matter how great a student you became. </p>
<p>you’re best bet is probably to go to a CC, and you can ALWAYS transfer. however, i’d encourage you to apply to state schools anyway. give it a shot, you never know.</p>
<p>but if you did make up those courses to get better grades and a higher GPA, then i would for sure encourage you to check out a state school.</p>
<p>good luck! :-)</p>
<p>Having a 78 average does not mean a 2.3. Is a 99 average a 3.96? That’s not an accurate conversion. You have to compute the GPA involving each course.</p>
<p>I don’t know how he got a 2.3 lol. A 3.6 -> = A 3.2-> = B<br>
His score of 78(%) is actually a 3.12.</p>
<p>PR has some conversion from % to a GPA, which seems reasonably accurate to me, but in general, it’s difficult to take a cumulative all course average and translate it into a GPA. For instance, at my school a 78% would be a C- (a GPA of 1.66). Each school is different, but can’t imagine how a 78% could possibly translate into a 3.12 GPA without some kind of weighting going on.</p>
<p>what is a college some of yall have heard of that allow real low gpa’s and no cc.</p>
<p>dude, its really not as bad as u think…I had a 78 average w/ a 1250/1600 on my SATS and I got into fordham, penn state and syracuse, just to name a few…while i did have better SATs then u and i went to a pretty good school, u can defietly get into a decent 4-year college…all these people on this board think a 3.5 and a 1300 on ur SATs is normal, but grades like yours are really the norm…trust me, ull get into a good college…maybe not Harvard, but one that will fit u…peace</p>
<p>Community College.</p>