I see many people on chance threads assuring freshman that they can recover from a below average year if they recover during sophomore and senior year. I am a rising sophomore who has posted many threads concerning this topic, and I would like to know examples of applicants who have been accepted with subpar freshman years (Some Bs, or worse) that are unhooked and don’t go to schools such as Philips Exeter, Andover, etc. I would appreciate if it was posted in a results format, though I won’t really care if it isn’t.
Not an ivy, but Stanford does not consider freshman grades at all.
The University of California (all campuses) don’t look at freshman year and I’m sure there are other schools, besides Stanford and the UCs that don’t look at freshman year but the Ivies DO. Ivies turn away the majority of valedictorians -who presumably had great freshman grades-so if your freshmen grades are “some Bs or worse” and you don’t have a hook-e.g., a recruited athlete, an underrepresented minority- your odds are definitely diminished. But there are SO many great schools outside of the Ivy League- keep that in mind.
You asked this already.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/2008245-freshman-year-for-ivies-and-similarly-ranked-schools.html#latest
It is too early for you to worry about what colleges you get into. Just work hard over the next couple of years and see where things take you.
And instead of essentially repeating a post, you should bump your old post so people answering can see prior responses.
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