Messed Up Freshmen Year

MetdethGNR
Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:04:17 +0000

Hi guys!

I am currently in high school and very fervently hoping to get into Harvard. However, during my freshman year, I completely screwed up. I took all regular classes, got Ds and Cs, and a low GPA and class ranking. But by summer, I changed, and from my sophomore year up, I take all honors and AP courses with straight As. I also went from speaking two languages very fluently (spanish and english) to learning two more (latin and german).

Currently, I think im going on the right path. But would such a mess from my freshman year in my transcript hurt my chances seeing as how there is a bunch of kids like me who got straight As all four years? Or will it improve them seeing as how I made a 180 degree turn?

Thanks!