Freshman.. chances?

mschri11
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:51:35 +0000

Hi everybody! It’s my first time posting. I am a freshman in high school. I messed around for the first month of school, so my GPA on my first report card is going to be BAD. Maybe 3.4, 3.3 or maybe even 3.2 :(. I have the ability to get a 4.0 though, and have before. If I maintain a 3.8-4.0 for the rest of high school, will this one bad GPA affect me? Also, I want to attend Stanford, MIT, Princeton, or Harvard. What do I need to do to get into these schools? Is knowing how to program code( C++) something that would help on an application?
Thanks in advance!