Should I even consider applying for a Nasa internship with my GPA?

I'm a Mechanical Engineering and Astronomy Double Major, second year. My first two semesters were plagued with mental illness which had started the summer before (untreated bipolar disorder) and that screwed with me so awfully that my GPA after my first year was around a 2. I'm in my 3rd semester, completely healthy and on medication, and I am more than confident after half-point midterms that I'll have a 4.0, or a 3.7 if I slip up (for this specific semester, cumulative I'll have a 2.4). I understand how competitive NASA internships are...should I even bother?

Would it help that I did paid summer research on solar energy and presented my research at a national symposium? Would it help that I go to a top-15 university?

Submitted September 30, 2018 at 07:35PM by sirjasda4th https://ift.tt/2R7t4FH