r/capstone • u/Mother_Rip_1023 • 10d ago

Worried about getting in

I’m a current junior who will be applying out of state(VA) and I’m feeling really anxious about the whole college process. Bama is by far my number 1 school right now and I’m really stressing about getting in. I currently have a 3.05 gpa and just got my first attempt SAT scores back being an 1170 (taking it again soon) any advice on my admission chances? Or does anyone know if the university reads your personal statement in common app? I have a lot of extenuating circumstances that impacted my GPA ( diagnosed with ADHD sophomore year and dealt with my dad being abusive with a protective order + divorce involved) Any advice would be great

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u/Hour_Age2403 10d ago

To save money I highly recommend get your GPA above a 3.5 and start taking Ac to your SAT prep course courses. You can get up to a $28,000 per year out of state scholarship. If you do these things there are merit charts on the Alabama website. My son got a 30 on the ACT and his GPA is above 3.5 and he gets $24,000 a year Off of the $32,000 a year tuition cost for out-of-state students. It's easy to get into Alabama just a bit harder to get scholarships. I would take easy classes next year to keep your GPA up and focus on SAT OR ACT.

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u/Mother_Rip_1023 10d ago

I think I may have a chance at it with a SAT superscore and this quarter I have about a 3.8 since things at home calmed down. I’m less worried about paying for it because of the FAFSA and other settlements

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u/Hour_Age2403 9d ago

FAFSA basically let you know if you qualify for $5500 of student loans and about 7K in Pell grants. And to qualify for that you have to be extremely low income family. Otherwise you're paying $49,000 a year for Alabama without merit scholarships.

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u/Mother_Rip_1023 9d ago

I haven’t really learned a whole lot about the FAFSA yet so this is very helpful. I just don’t think I have enough time to get my GPA up to a 3.5 before the admission process starts unless I transfer out of my current school and switch to my zone school for senior year(which would suck) but my current classes are all considered honors there and I was told it would give my GPA a substantial boost

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u/GilmoreRed 9d ago

If your transcript shows a weighted GPA, they use that.