<p>I just received my social, unit exam mark today. I was seriously shocked when I saw that 75. Social has always been my worst subject, but I studied hard for that final and was expecting at least a 85. What should I do? It’s going to drag my whole average down. Do universities look at your grade 9 results? Or is my dream for Harvard/Yale/Columbia going down the drain?</p>
<p>I’m in a really bad mood right now. :(</p>
<p>geez, when I was a freshman I had NO thoughts about college.
this is crazy.</p>
<p>At my school your final exam grades don’t get reported on your transcript, just your semester grades. And some colleges (e.g. Stanford, I think) completely disregard freshman year grades.</p>
<p>ALL UCs and Princeton disregard them as well :)</p>
<p>fizix–</p>
<p>That social exam is not the absolute final exam that we have at the end of the year. It’s a unit final (we have 3 units this year) that counts for 30% of each semester’s report card for social.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if that’s what you mean, but unfortunately, it counts. For a lot. :(</p>
<p>mr_chipset–</p>
<p>But still, I’m depressed. 
I don’t feel like caring anything about my grades anymore.</p>
<p>then don’t. you’re a freshman you shouldn’t be this worried about college already.</p>
<p>I remember back to my freshman year, when I got a B in honors geometry and thought my chances of getting in to Northwestern were doomed forever. Well, it’s three years later, and a couple weeks ago Northwestern accepted me through Early Decision, despite the B in math, and several B’s thereafter throughout high school.</p>
<p>Freshman year grades are not nearly as important as sophomore and (especially) junior year grades. Colleges are well aware that the leap from middle school to high school is a big one, and while you’re adjusting, grades are bound to drop a bit. Consider freshman year your test-drive year. It’s okay to make mistakes.</p>
<p>Do you really want to get in to an Ivy League school? Don’t focus only on your grades. Join a couple of clubs or develop a hobby that you plan to pursue for all four years of high school, and start looking for leadership roles in school and your community. Develop your life outside of your grades, because that will be just as important, if not more important, to H, Y, and C when they look at your application three years down the road.</p>
<p>fizix…JHU disregards freshman grades 2</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it, you’re a freshman! Breathe. I know for a fact that USC completely disregards ninth grade statistics. They even state on their application in the section where applicants list all the coursework they took in H.S. “do not include courses taken in 9th grade”. So you should be fine.</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>You know, when I was a freshman, I was freaking out over a biology test that would have given me a B in the class if I didn’t get a really good score. At lunch, during a study session, an upperclassman–a student of a different class–could see my plight and told me to worry less, or else high school will suck. I ignored him. Now, as a junior, I can tell you this:</p>
<p>Worry less. :P</p>
<p>it really shouldn’t matter if you got a 75 on a test…thats a C right? its nothing big ESPECIALLY if you’re a freshman! I was thinking about college my freshman year but more in the “i can’t wait to get away from my family” sense…don’t fret its ONE test, its worth 30% of your grade but still! If you had an A both quarters you’ll still get away with a B…and colleges don’t really expect you to be perfect, ONE “bad” grade is NOT going to kill you</p>
<p>Don’t worry…especially Freshman year (i know, I’m a sophomore now, and I’d get SO annoyed at someone telling me that)…but highschool doesn’t get any easier…so you have to roll with the punches…</p>
<p>i’d also suggest that you don’t focus on “getting into” any place as a goal for highschool…If you don’t get in or be valevictorian, etc, will you be sad you did highschool the way you did? Do what you love…join something that makes you want to go to school…HAVE FUN!</p>
<p>I agree high school is FOUR YEARS of your life…live it to where you have NO REGRETS! If theres a club ou want to join or a sport you want to play GO FOR IT!</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for encouraging me!</p>
<p>Just a side note, here in Canada where I live, grade 9 is still junior high. So I’m actually applying to high school now. That 75 isn’t going to help… Peer pressure will also be trouble. Everyone expects me to do so great. And I can’t help feeling pathetic as more than half of the class scored better than me. </p>
<p>Do you understand that feeling? :(</p>