<p>i have one of the most rigorous course schedules in my school which is ranked top 100 public schools in the nation. the bad thing is that my freshman year (and the highschool classes i took beforehand) i was really lazy and didnt try. afterwords, i realized my ambition to make it into ivy league, specifically harvard dartmouth or cornell, and i began trying. </p>
<p>my final unweighted gpa is 3.75
weighted is 4.43</p>
<p>but sophmore year+:
gpa 4.0
wgpa 4.95</p>
<p>my course load:</p>
<p>6th grade-
spanish 1 AB</p>
<p>7th grade-
algebra 1 BB
spanish 2 BB</p>
<p>8th grade-
honors geometry BB
spanish 3 BB</p>
<p>9th grade-
honors english AA
honors US history BA
honors chemistry AA
honors algebra 2 BB
honors spanish 4 CB
tech (required) AA
gym AA</p>
<p>10th grade-
honors precalculus AA
honors english AA
honors physics AA
AP spanish AA
AP government AA
AP Biology (double period) AAAA</p>
<p>11th grade-
AP English AA
AP World History AA
AP Psych AA
AP Chem (double period) AAAA
AP Physics AA
AP BC Calc AA</p>
<p>12th grade ( second semester grades are projected)-
AP English AA
Multivariable calculus/differential equations AA
Molecular Genetics AA
Anatomy AA
Digital Art (requirement) AA
AP European history AA</p>
<p>SATs:
National Merit Scholar Finalist PSAT
SAT: 2230 (750:720:760)
Bio: 780
Math 2: 800
Chem: 800</p>
<p>Extras: 2 years JV Ice Hockey (1 year captain) 2 years Varsity hockey (1 year captain)
1 year JV Baseball 1 year Varsity baseball
Bio Club 4 years
Medical Masterminds 4 years (1 year president)
Model UN 4 years (hasnt happened yet this year but im signed up)
Guitar outside of school
Math Technology and Science academy in school
Award for exceptional amount of community service hours (300+)
Volunteer at local hospital 3 years
Volunteer at National Zoo 1 summer
Junior counselor at sleep away camp 2 years
Lifeguard at local pool 3 years</p>
<p>Thanks for any info you can give me… and tell me if you need any more info from me :)</p>
<p>I don’t chance any more, but on the grade aspect you should be fine. (I did not read your ECs or SAT scores.) People hear “upward trend” and get really hopeful when their grades didn’t get good until, say, halfway through junior year. That’s not a very large sample of good grades. Whereas you don’t really have an upward trend (meaning, slow improvement). You were lazy, then you clicked into high gear still early in your high school career and got awesome grades in impressive classes. Quite different than the situations where people on this forum are dooming and glooming at someone who thinks their gentle upward trend will save them. If you don’t get in, as is probable given the number (!!!) of applicants this year, I don’t think it will be your grades that made the difference.</p>
<p>Middle school (<9th grade) doesn’t natter. They won’t see that. As for freshman year grades, you have the same problem I do. You did poorly (for our standards) and now worry about being admitted to a top school. Well, I don’t usually throw down chances (especially not for HYPSM) but these grades won’t hurt you as much as you think. If you have a good class rank (or even if it isn’t that great) your test scores show that you are qualified. Of course, there is also an upward trend in your grades. If your ecs were good (lots of leadership and initiative in fields you love) and you wrote amazing essays the freshman grades won’t matter. Best of luck.</p>
<p>Regarding the middle school grades, they may matter a little. My pre-freshman-year grades may or may not have been on my transcript, but my high school did factor them into my GPA.</p>
<p>Seriously? You should just note that middle school grades are lumped into gpa. Most schools don’t do that. Even so, your gpa isn’t that bad.</p>
<p>^ by the way, from what I’ve seen/heard, Harvard hardly looks at your gpa. They look at class rank a little more, but still not much. They use your transcript and test scores to ensure that you are qualified for a Harvard courseload (which you appear to be). The big thing is you ecs, and especially the essays. Naturally the interview is also important.</p>
<p>thanks for all the input- i took 5 high school classes in middle school and i have seen my transcipt and their on it
but this is making me feel a lot better thanks</p>
<p>Don’t sweat it. It might have helped to write about this as an essay (I did) but it really isn’t that big of a deal. However, be prepared for rejection as Harvard rejects upwards of 94% of applicants.</p>
<p>I’m in a really similar situation and my freshman year wasn’t the best since I was playing soccer competitively for the Lightning team (extremely competitive). My SAT turned out to be a 2400 though. I’m really worried about my admission since my freshman year may have been worse then yours. However, I’m in a really competitive school and have been getting As sophomore year and on. I was wondering if all your As and effort you put after your freshman year got you into the college you wanted to get into. Where are you going to college right now? Thanks!</p>