<p>Ok so freshmen year, I gotta admit, I didn’t even think about doing good in school. I just didn’t want to go to college. During sophmore year, I changed my mind so I start to climb up. Will my freshmen grades affect my chance of going to a good college? So here are my grades (my freshmen grades are predictions because i forgot most of them because I burned the report cards):</p>
<p>(first semester/second semester)</p>
<p>Freshmen year
Geometry 9AB: D/C
English 9AB: D/D
Humanities: D
Honors Bio: D/B
P.E.: D/C
Health: D
Astronomy: C
Spanish 1: D/D</p>
<p>Freshman grades are pretty important…freshman and junior grades are usually scrutinized the most, since they don<code>t see your full senior grades until after you</code>ve been accepted. One D, or 2 C<code>s, or something like that might be a slight issue, but not too bad, but I don</code>t know about almost straight D<code>s. You might still be able to get into a half-decent college, but honestly, I</code>m not 100% sure…I have to be honest…I don<code>t associate with the people at school who had grades like that, so I</code>m not sure. But it`s GREAT your doing good now! That change in attitude is excellent! Keep up the hard work!</p>
<p>I disagree–although freshman grades aren’t entirely ignored by all schools, many universities count them for very little compared to junior and sophomore grades. 10th and 11th grade are the two big years–get the absolute best grades you can. Senior grades, while still very important, are less crucial so long as you don’t slack off. Colleges usually see freshman year as a transition period, and if you get lower grades that year, it’s usually no big deal. However, as you got a lot of D’s and C’s in freshman year, it’s a little harder to just skim over; your sophomore grades, though, are great especially considering you brought you grades up so quickly. Colleges love seeing upward trends in GPA–it makes your overall performance look that much better. Keep up the hard work–you still have a good shot!</p>
<p>I think it depends on the school, some will scrutinize the freshman grades much more then others. It will also have a long term impact on your class rank which is becoming increasingly important at schools. Your best option would be to apply to a school that does not look at freshman grades.</p>
<p>My principal and one of my teachers gave a speech freshman year about how we all needed to work our hardest because colleges liked to see the first and last year the most (not saying sophomore isn<code>t important)–a first impression so to speak. And I agree that while freshman year is definitely a transitioning period, a whole bunch of D</code>s can`t just be counted as transitioning. I could see how one D could, but not THAT many. Obviously, if the OP does very well, it should show that they have gotten the right mental attitude, but still.
Now, I realize some colleges don`t even factor in freshman grades, but the majority do. Of course, doing badly freshman year and improving is definitely better than making great grades the first year and then doing horribly for the rest of high school. </p>
<p>The OP asked about getting into a good college. By “good”, how good did you mean? Ivy-league, no. Decent, yes.</p>
<p>Um, for anything in the first and top half of the second tiers (however most people define it, don’t hate on me for using the “t” word), nearly no chance.</p>
<p>Some schools don’t even consider frosh grades though…</p>
<p>^PE is graded on participation so… not bothering to get changed. it happens</p>
<p>personally, I think if you keep working really hard, you have a chance to go to a decent college. not an ivy or anything, but a good one. you could also consider going to a community college and then transferring later. even a few really excellent students do that to save some money.</p>
Keep up the hard work!</p>