Do i have a good chance getting into college?

Question

Im in 11th grade right now......my GPA is around 2.8 - 3.2 Im activly involved with my church youth(we do volunteer work sometimes) Im in two extracurriculat activites...DECA, and Interact. I took no honors classes 9th grade...a mostly honors in 10th...ALL honors now in 11th, and planning on ALL honors in 12th. Going by just that, what do you think my chances are getting into college. any advise???

Answer 1

You will certainly get into college. The bad news is that you probably won't get into a top ranked college (e.g., Ivy League, Duke, Stanford) unless you bring up your GPA considerably and get high SAT scores. The good news is that with a little improvement you will be able to get into a great public university, a good regional university or a decent private university.

Princeton Review's web site has lots of information about schools. They also have a tool that will ask you about your background and desires. It then suggests several schools for you.

Good luck.

Answer 2

You should be able to get into college, but maybe not the one of your choice. The more desirable schools seem to take students with 3.5+ GPAs. However, you should be able to get into a two-year college easily and many four-year colleges.

Unless honors classes are scored differently where you live, the heavy load of honors classes might be doing you in . Talk to your school counselor for an opinion that would be far better than mine. In California, honors classes give you an extra point, so that an "A" is worth 5.0 points on a 4-point system, etc. With a 2.8 - 3.2 GPA, it looks like you have been getting lots of C's. Ask your counselor if colleges consider a C in an honors class more favorably than a "B" in a regular class. If not, ask the counselor what he or she recommends regarding continuing such a heavy load of honors classes.

Community service/volunteer work always seems to appear on college applications, so that is good, as are your extracurricular activities. You might want to see about getting a summer job to give you some work experience.

Answer 3

You shouldn't have any problems getting into a community college or state school, but don't apply for Harvard any time soon. Keep moving your GPA up and make sure it is above a 3.0 and your SAT scores are high, since that is the main two things most colleges look for. Try involving yourself in a specific area or field, and if you get into that area of the college, you generally have no trouble being accepted academically to the college.

Answer 4

Besides all of those extracurricular activities, have you participated in any competitive academic programs or have been leaders in any clubs? =/ You could try boosting your SAT scores by going to workshops in high school or get a private tutor. Nevertheless, I'm sure you'll get into at least a state college. It all depends on your expectation. But then again, it doesn't matter which college you go to as long as you pick one that has the right major for you. Good luck!

Answer 5

As a high school teacher, and a person who has gotten into several of the best universities in the country, I can say for sure that you have an excellent chance of getting into college. A more precise question might be what kind of college can you get into.

In terms of getting in, there are lots of good colleges. Where I live in California there are lots of very good community colleges - and I recommend that all my students seriously consider checking out going to community college first - 1. there's no problem getting in, 2. they're usually much less costly than 4-year schools, 3. you can work on getting good grades to boost your GPA and make yourself a stronger candidate for a more selective college, 4. if you finish the community college program you'll have an additional degree to use on your resume, 5. you'll be another 2 years wiser in terms of picking what 4-year school is best for you. So, with your GPA and extra currics, you can get into perfectly good colleges.

In terms of getting in to selective colleges, that's much less certain, but still possible. A 3.0 is an OK average - but on it's own, unless your high school has a strong reputation as an academic power house, that GPA is unlikely to succeed for really competitive colleges - but there are lots of good colleges that aren't the really competitive ones.

The really competitive schools are generally looking for several things: a high GPA (these schools frequently turn away many people with 4.0 averages), high SAT/ACT scores, strong personal essays (well written, original, and memorable), strong letters of recommendation from impressive people who know you well and can list specific examples of your best qualities, demonstrated significant leadership, and something special that is going to make you stand out among the, literally, thousands of people who apply.

That noted, I can say that I've been to high powered schools I enjoyed, and others that were big, impersonal, and at which I found myself very unhappy. On the other hand, my time as a student at our local state college was great (California state schools are a pretty good standard).

We're lucky that we live in a place where there is a school for everyone who wants to go to college and, generally speaking, the colleges do a pretty good job of selecting the people who will succeed in their programs.

I'd urge you to talk with your counselor and teachers to see what they recommend, with your parents to see what they think (especially if they went to college), and with those people who seem to have lives that you, too, would like to have, about their college choices and experiences. There are all kinds of good sources (books and on the Net) that will help you in making your choice, and which can advise you on how to become a stronger candidate (if you feel you need to be).

Finally, nothing's carved in stone about college - if you don't get into where you want at first, you can wait, and apply again after you've done what you can to make yourself a stronger candidate, or go to the best school you do get in and transfer (if you still want to after you've been there for a while). But, the bottom-line answer to your question of 'do I have a chance of getting into college?' - Absolutely. Best of luck to you!

Answer 6

colleges look at the latter years of high school much more than they look at your freshman and sophomore year. a steadily increasing gpa of 3.2 looks much better than a steadily declining 3.5.

they definately like stellar extracurricular activity lists as well. i might try to expand on what you are currently doing. the youth group thing is excellent but attempt to attain some sort of leadership position in a after school club.

Answer 7

You will definately be accepted to a community college and from there you could transfer to a university.

Answer 8

not 2 put u down but yes but you wont go into a real good collage