What are my chances???

gsmax6
Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:47:17 +0000

(EDIT: Whoops, I just realised there is a category with this very title! Could a moderator please move this to that category? Sorry.)

I have no clue where to apply for college I have no idea where I am “at” academically, and I was hoping someone could give me a vague idea of some schools that might accept me. As for my desired profession, I would like to go into the field of medicine. Sorry for asking such a generic question, but I don’t know how to be more specific…

My grades for my Sophomore and Freshman years really sucked, I don’t have my transcript with me, but my GPA was around 2.5 (average of the two years). However, I did show some improvement for my Junior year; I got 4 A’s, and 3 B’s, in addition, two classes were weighted, so that would be like 6 A’s and 1 B on a weighted scale. Currently, in my senior year, I have 6 A’s and one B (unweighted), with 3 AP classes (Calc BC, AP Language, AP Chem)

I didn’t have any extracurricular activities, jobs, or volunteer work (other than one club that I dropped out of due to lack of interest). The only real acheivment that I have gained was that in my Junior year, I was bumped up from Pre-Calc to Calc AB because I did really well.

I did pretty good on the SAT, I got around a 2100, and I’m taking it again, so it will probably improve.

Also, I’m very nervous about asking people for favors, so reccommendation letters will be nearly impossible for me to get (no matter how good my relationships with my teachers are).

I really regret not trying harder during my first two years of school.

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