I got a 1.78 gpa freshman year and a 1.87 gpa my sophomore year. Will this hurt my chances?

Question

I got a 1.78 gpa freshman year and a 1.87 gpa my sophomore year. Will this hurt my chances of getting into an average/decent 4 year university? Let's say I do really well junior year ... like a 3.7 gpa with a decent SAT score. Will that make up for my two previous years or would it not matter?

Answer 1

If you had grade point average of 4.0 for your junior and senior years your cumulative grade point average would be 2.45 which is C+. If I were you I would enroll in a community where you could pull your point average up to a 3.0 B average. You could only take remedial course in the courses that you are have problems. If you took core courses such as English, mathematics, science, social studies humanities and a foreign language if you can. Now when you graduate from the community submit applications to various colleges you are interested in. You can submit your grades from the community college these colleges or universities. You may enter the colleges oruniversitiess as a junior. This will be the most exciting part of your life. Make appointments with your high counselor, community college counselor oradviserr. They will be able to guide you through this process. I wish you the best of luck in doing this, I know you can do it.

Answer 2

Both of those GPAs will hurt you, however if you do really good it will raise your GPA.  So really that is your only option.  Work hard and you will get into a college.  Maybe not your first choice college, but you will get into one.

Answer 3

If you do well your junior and senior years in college, and then most importantly do well on the SAT you will be able to get into a good college no problem. It's high school, people are realistic, and college is a bull market, they accept people knowing they have a high probability of dropping out. And unless you're going to medical school or some other super competitive post-graduate schooling, no one will ever ask about your high school grades for the rest of your life once you're admitted into college.