Students are worried about university admissions with mediocre grades
11 posts across 3 communities in the last 90 days; 73% from r/ApplyingToCollege.
“Hi guys, So basically i got my grade 11 (AS level) Grades a week ago and im not satisfied with them as they are not good enough. I will give a retake in october/november but the issue is the results come out january 7. A lot of universities will be out of option as it exceeds…”
“I wanted to apply to Oxford when I graduate from my English literature bachelor. When I write my qualifications down asking if its enough to get accepted I got hit by your english is bad 😭 Im still third year at uni and still learning and i thought grammar isnt that important…”
“hiii! I got a 1500+ score on my SAT,7.5 in IELTS,and my school GPA is 3.6 out of 4 But chat gpt said that according to WES its 4.0.I have also done volunteer work, such as Each One, Teach One a literacy program under the Prime Minister’s Roshan Pakistan National Literacy Drive…”
High school students express anxiety about their chances of getting into universities due to past academic struggles and now seek advice on improving their prospects.
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“I wanted to apply to Oxford when I graduate from my English literature bachelor. When I write my qualifications down asking if its enough to get accepted I got hit by your english is bad 😭 Im still third year at uni and still learning…”
“hiii! I got a 1500+ score on my SAT,7.5 in IELTS,and my school GPA is 3.6 out of 4 But chat gpt said that according to WES its 4.0.I have also done volunteer work, such as Each One, Teach One a literacy program under the Prime Minister’s Roshan Pakistan National Literacy Drive, where I helped teach basic literacy skills to someone in my community On top of that, I played Under-16 cricket at the city level and won a badminton tournament.Also i am eligible for financial aid. My goals unis are UChi”
“I am a Indian international students applying to unis in the US and I wanted to know is ielts treated like a minimum benchmark if you get higher than this then it doesn't have any effect in admissions or is a 9 band significantly better than a 8 or are they similar submitted by /u/LeadOdd3855 [link] [comments]”
“does a good score in school’s english exam compensate here? or am i doomed? submitted by /u/Ok_Equivalent_2175 [link] [comments]”
“So I am trying to apply to grad school and at a rough time in my life I opted to try to go to college after university to see if I could try to get a job in my field. Needless to say, my grades from my college and pre-apprenticeship courses are...not great. Like my last statistics course (college) was a D+ bad. (My last university one was a B.) I'm interested in studying in a field related to my university field - not bad, B+, but nothing to write home about beyond an undergraduate thesis an”
“so im an indian cbse student and i really hadn't thought of applying to foreign unis (us uk) until about last year in 11th grade and uh well there isnt any other way to put this but I got like 75% in 11th which I know IS EXTREMELY BAD considering the fact that im willing to get into the top unis (computer science major) but had decent score in 10th and consistent improving in 12th as well. i don't have the best ecs like no awards or international national state level smth but i do have d”
“Hi guys, So basically i got my grade 11 (AS level) Grades a week ago and im not satisfied with them as they are not good enough. I will give a retake in october/november but the issue is the results come out january 7. A lot of universities will be out of option as it exceeds their application deadline. So is it possible to submit my initial grades and then update them. Ill also submit my grade 12 (A2 predicted)) Grades as provided from my school when i get them (Im going into grade 12 class of”
“i am a first generation , international student from white/north African background my IELTS is 7.5 and my GPA is 4.0 i may or may not take SATs, i am looking for financial aid, i am applying ED for NYU, also northwestern , Rochester , Vanderbilt, TAMU, rice, Notre dame, Columbia, cornell, duke, university of Miami and john Hopkins 🏆 Honors, Leadership & Competitions STEM Racing — Team Asra — 🥇 1st Place against 7 teams in a STEM racing competition. Model United Nations (MUN) — 🥇 1st Best”
“I am posting this in regard to my friend. He is considering taking the IELTS One Skill Retake (OSR) for Reading to get it up to a 6.5 or 7.0. His main questions for the community: Will the 6.0 in Reading cause problems for Chemical Engineering admissions? Should he bother taking the retake? If he raises Reading to 7.0, his Overall Band jumps to a 7.5. Has anyone experienced issues with universities accepting the IELTS One Skill Retake for engineering/postgrad applications? submitted by ”
“I never failed any classes but during grade 9, 10 and 11 I was pretty lazy and doom scrolled all day my grade average is around 70-80% but I got a decent bit of classes in the 60s and a few in the 90s Im currently going into grade 12 looking at degrees I wanna do or what I want to do when I’m older but I feel lost and behind I’m really trying to turn my life around getting rid of bad habits I had and replacing them with good habits and it’s going pretty well im going to put my all this year into”
“If a university’s official English-language requirements do not mention IELTS One Skill Retake (OSR), can I submit my OSR score to the university? Would the university consider the OSR score as a valid IELTS result for undergraduate admission? / particularly in USA / submitted by /u/SubstantialSpace1905 [link] [comments]”