<p>Ok, thats good to know 
The counselors at my school have a tendency to over exaggerate what’s needed in that area I guess.</p>
<p>Another question that just came to me…Is freshmen year looked at as being important when your grades are looked over. I had just recently moved to california and really wasn’t motivated at all freshmen year (having a couple incompetent teachers didn’t help either) ironically it was going to visit Caltech that got my grades doing a 180. If I can keep my grades high through senior year and score high on the SATs will my freshmen year scores have as much of an impact?</p>