Nervous Freshman in High School

collegemom3717
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 15:18:32 +0000

OP, you have had a lot of advice along the lines of:

High school is not a race, in which the “winner” gets to go to a “prestigious” college, and the “losers” go to “lesser” colleges. It is a period in which you obtain knowledge and critical thinking skills, explore your interests, passions, strengths, and weaknesses. Based on these, you can select the colleges which will A, help you achieve your post-college goals, and B, will be a good fit for you, socially, academically, and personality-wise. After freshman year in highschool, it is too early to make those decisions.

to which you have responded:

If I raise my gpa next year, do I still have a chance at some of the schools I wish to attend?

Indicating that you have not actually heard the advice- which is mostly coming from some very experienced & respected CC’ers. If you won’t take their advice, perhaps you will take advice from MIT- which is pretty much the same:

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways/

Finally, don’t underestimate how much you will change over the next 2 years.