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Here's a quick background (it's going to be very quick because my first attempt didn't post, and I'm retyping it):
I started college right out of high school, and was stupid, unfocused, and had no idea what I was doing. I took roughly 5 semesters of random classes which were completely irrelevant to my major, i.e. History of Dinosaurs, Table Tennis, etc. I rarely every completed a class, or even bothered withdrawing from it, so as a result, I ended up with a 0.6 GPA before finally making the decision to stop going.
Fast forward 6 years, I'm no a much, much more focused student, and I've gotten 7 A's in the 7 (relevant) classes I've taken since coming back, while working full time and volunteering 3 hours per week. I've brought my GPA up to a 2.7, and still have the majority of my classes to take. If I apply after my junior year, that still doesn't leave me much time to bring up my GPA to a respectable level. Though I know ALL of the classes I've taken will be included in my GPA, how heavily will admissions weigh the fact that the classes I failed were not only 8 years old (by the time I apply), but also ridiculous in content?
I have two basic options:
I can forget about taking the pre-reqs for now, finish my degree, and then do a formal post-bac to make them all up then. This would both allow for my senior year grades to be added to my undergraduate GPA, as well as provide me with a separate post-bac GPA, thereby making me a much more attractive candidate. The problem is, I wouldn't be able to apply until one year after my senior year, and then would have a whole year to wait during the admissions process.
Or, I can fit my pre-reqs into my current schedule, apply as a junior (three years earlier than the other option) and hope and pray that Admissions will realize that I'm clearly not the same person at 27 that I was at 20.
Any advice on this situation would be greatly appreciated. I admit that wasnt quick like I first promised, sorry!
Thanks in advance!
I started college right out of high school, and was stupid, unfocused, and had no idea what I was doing. I took roughly 5 semesters of random classes which were completely irrelevant to my major, i.e. History of Dinosaurs, Table Tennis, etc. I rarely every completed a class, or even bothered withdrawing from it, so as a result, I ended up with a 0.6 GPA before finally making the decision to stop going.
Fast forward 6 years, I'm no a much, much more focused student, and I've gotten 7 A's in the 7 (relevant) classes I've taken since coming back, while working full time and volunteering 3 hours per week. I've brought my GPA up to a 2.7, and still have the majority of my classes to take. If I apply after my junior year, that still doesn't leave me much time to bring up my GPA to a respectable level. Though I know ALL of the classes I've taken will be included in my GPA, how heavily will admissions weigh the fact that the classes I failed were not only 8 years old (by the time I apply), but also ridiculous in content?
I have two basic options:
I can forget about taking the pre-reqs for now, finish my degree, and then do a formal post-bac to make them all up then. This would both allow for my senior year grades to be added to my undergraduate GPA, as well as provide me with a separate post-bac GPA, thereby making me a much more attractive candidate. The problem is, I wouldn't be able to apply until one year after my senior year, and then would have a whole year to wait during the admissions process.
Or, I can fit my pre-reqs into my current schedule, apply as a junior (three years earlier than the other option) and hope and pray that Admissions will realize that I'm clearly not the same person at 27 that I was at 20.
Any advice on this situation would be greatly appreciated. I admit that wasnt quick like I first promised, sorry!
Thanks in advance!
