Do you think I might be able to get in ?

Question

Okay, I'm a good student. Mind you, I'm not super fantastic but I'm smart, no doubt. During my freshman year of high school I think I just sort of stopped caring- I'm not really sure what happened. And I took this Journalism half-year course and the teacher gave me two D's. At the end of my freshman year my GPA was a 3.13. Right now, in me Junior year and at the end of my first quarter I have a 3.5 since I got nothing below a 4.1 -3.9 GPA for each separate 9 weeks during sophomore year. It helped out my GPA a lot but I'm still worried.

I only have three more grading periods and then I have to start applying for college. I want to go to the Uni. of Pittsburgh but I don't know if I can get in because of 9th grade.

My SAT score is in the 1800's without studying if that helps.

And I do a lot of community service and school clubs and activities.Also, do you think I could qualify for any scholarships?

Does anyone think I might be able to get into Pitt? Or it's pre-med program ?

By the end of my sophomore year I had a 3.46 and the report cards haven't come in for this 9 weeks year but I did wall this quarter too.

Pitt's minimum GPA requirement is a 3.6 I know that. And I'm a minority so I'm thinking that might help me out.

Answer 1

Pitt gives less information than do most colleges on the College Board's site, but they do say that only 43% of their admitted students are in the top 10% of their graduating classes, and that they admit 56% of applicants, which is not very selective. You may have a good chance. On the SAT, they don't give total scores and apparently don't count the writing score, but they give 560-660 as the range of the middle 50% of their admitted students on both critical reading and math. This is what they say they are looking for:

Very important admission factors:
Class Rank
Rigor of secondary school record
Academic GPA

Important admission factors:
Standardized Test Scores

Considered:
Character/Personal Qualities
Application Essay
Extracurricular Activities
Geographical Residence
Racial/Ethnic Status
Recommendations
Talent/Ability
Volunteer Work
Work Experience
First generation college student

Answer 2

You might be able to. If you can show them that you've been a leader in one of your clubs or activities, that would be a plus for your application.

If they require a teacher recommendation, get it done by a teacher whose class you do very well in (the closer the subject is to what you want to study in college - which for you, the closest would be biology).
-I have a similar feeling about one of the colleges I'm applying to, got my french teacher (french is what I want to study) to write the recommendation, and now I'm not nearly as concerned.

Answer 3

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