Can I Still Go To a 4 Year University? Any Hope?

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I am going to be a Junior in high school. I have a 2.5 GPA. But i'm going to do much better in school these next two years. I do Wrestling, Football, And volunteer for the community alot. Many Extra Curricular Activities. Is there still hope for me to get into a 4 Year college? Preferably Big 10
 
I'm sure there are some that will take you. I got into one with a 2.2. GPA. Trust me, a lot of state ones have a 2.0 limit.
 
by big 10 do you mean the top 10 schools in the country? the answer for those would be no. you should start at a community college if your gpa is below a 3.0 when you graduate, work your butt off and get good grades there, then transfer to a 4 year school. straight out of high school, you could probably get into a state school if you bring your gpa up.
 
The only Big 10 school you can get into at this point is a Penn State Branch Campus. Penn State has a system where if you don't make it into the main campus in State College, you can still go to one of the branch campuses all across the state. If you do well your first 2 years, then you can come up to Main Campus your junior year. I recommend Penn State Altoona because it is close to State College. You can drive up to go to the football games and party on the weekends!
 
Even at best, you can get only ~3,0 GPA by the end of Grade 11. A Big Ten or other selective school is out of reach. However you can attend a decent local university and still get a good education.

If your school offers IB (International Baccalaureate), you should enroll. Universities like the IB so much they're willing to forgive a lower GPA.
 
The only Big 10 school you can get into at this point is a Penn State Branch Campus. Penn State has a system where if you don't make it into the main campus in State College, you can still go to one of the branch campuses all across the state. If you do well your first 2 years, then you can come up to Main Campus your junior year. I recommend Penn State Altoona because it is close to State College. You can drive up to go to the football games and party on the weekends!
 
Yup...big schools don't just go by your GPA. They also like to see what kind of college student you are, and you can see that in the volunteering and extracurricular activities. Just keep doing those, and if you can bring your GPA to a 3.0 then I'd say you are guaranteed to be accepted. If you can't but are able to bring it up then you still have a great shot. Don't be scared about the GPA's that schools say that students get in their colleges. Those are averages. There are students in there that are below 3.0. It's just that those student with the 4.0 make that GPA average go up, so you don't see that.
 
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