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  1. As the title says. I'm 24 and I just finished up my fourth quarter at a 4-year, in EE. I wanted to know if it'd be a waste of time applying to any top 50 schools, or even any schools in general, due to the abysmal start of my college career. I spent not 2, not 3, but 4 and a half years at a community college before finally transferring. (it was going to be 4, but I had to go to another CC for an extra semester to take a course that I needed in order to transfer). So then, if I spent that long, I must have had a good reason, right? No. I don't. All I can chalk it up to is major depressive disorder and an anxiety disorder, both of which I'm being treated for, but the reality is that I was just a terrible student. One particular gem is one semester where I only took an Astronomy course, and got a C in it, due to missing test days and ignoring homework. I had a mental breakdown some time before the semester, which is a convenient excuse, but in hindsight, I could have done all the work, instead of wallowing in my room. This mentality wasn't exclusive to school, either. My first official job was at 23, during my third quarter at my 4-year, where I'm still working. To top it all off, my GPA coming from the CC was around a 3.24, with around 120 semester units, nowhere close to even a 3.5. The only silver lining to all this is that after I transferred, I got my act together (but not before getting a C+ and a B+ in two major courses during my first quarter) and I've gotten straight As these last three quarters, along with finally working, finally seeking help for my illness, and doing projects/research. I'll probably be staying for another academic year after this one, leaving me with 7.5 years spent earning my undergraduate. Yeah, my cumulative GPA at just the 4-year is around a 3.74, and my upper division major GPA is close to a 3.87, but will it even make a difference? Sure, a good chunk of schools look at your last 90 quarter units to calculate GPA, but I doubt that they'd accommodate me. Assuming I continue to get straight As, my cumulative GPA, including my CC transcripts, would amount to a 3.45, or so. Accounting for good research, good letters, a good GRE, and good ECs, and looking simply at GPA and the years spent, will a track record like this one raise too many red flags for adcoms?
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