Will a bad GPA ruin my chances here?

fineartsmajormom
Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:56:11 +0000

Take a practice test before you sign up for spanish SAT II. So many native speakers take the language tests that unless you get an AP-5 in spanish you are not going to get a high score on the SAT II. The colleges will give you some leeway as a non native speaker but anything less than a 650 is not helpful. My D took the AP test along with all the other native speakers and they all get 4s and 5s but the AP spanish non native generally get 3-4s. It isn’t fair that the native speakers skew the curve but that is the way it is…

Why did your parents make you drop a calculus class? Dropping out of a math class is more harmful than the low score. Now you are not even taking a math–except stats which some schools do not count as math. Does this mean that you only have 2.5 credits of hs math? This may be a problem for admission to many universities that require 4 credits of HS math. Even if stats are counted you could be short a .5 credit. You need to talk to your counselor about this before you apply to any universities.