A question about getting an F

stewta4
Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:07:13 +0000

SeattleBulldog is wrong. While freshman grades may not be AS important as the other years, colleges DO look at them and they affect your GPA just as much as junior year. Honestly for most ivies and stanford that WOULD be a dealbreaker. If your transcript says you failed a class and had to retake it and got a C in a major subject area like biology, that could hurt you tremendously. If you had AMAZING EC’s and a very high test score it would not matter, but unless almost every other part of your application is above average, it would be a dealbreaker in my semi-informed opinion. Maybe if you had all A’s in your other classes, but if get a ton of B’s as well, your grades would keep you out.