How important are the grades you get in your first 2 years in high school?

Colleges & Universities Northwestern University
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<p>I am thinking about applying to Medill school for Journalism. However, my concern is that in my 2 first years in high school my grades were not particulary outstanding, just average…
Is this a real problem?</p>

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<p>It could be-when crafting your essay you may wish to address the reasons why they were 'average".</p>

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<p>my gpa the first two years were def not stellar (3.8 uw) and not the toughest course load. my reason: slacker</p>

<p>the important thing is to show that your grades are going up. the admissions committee would much rather have a student whose grades start out average and gradually go up than a student who starts out with straight A+s and then bombs out</p>

<p>i got my act together as a junior and bumped my gpa up to a 3.9(with all classes honors or APs except one)</p>

<p>and i managed to get in, of course me slacking off the first two years makes me wonder what couldve happened if i did try in school because i got waitlisted by 6 other rather good schools. so perhaps if i tried slightly more i might have got into some of them
…but i would def not be dissapointed going to northwestern</p>

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<p>Well I got into school or engineering with a 3.76uw for first 3 years…so it’s really not that bad :-p</p>

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<p>Hey. Thanks for the responses.
Well I am an international student, so I dont really know much about the US grading system. Is 3.7 a low A? Or am I getting this completely wrong?</p>

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<p>At my school 3.67 is the weight assigned to an A-. It’s different everywhere, but 3.7 is generally a low A, yes.</p>