Am I killing my chances if....

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Am I killing my chances for getting into a tier-1 school if I get a C on my report card my freshman year?</p>

<p>I'm not exactly close, but I was just wondering. </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Just 1 C will not kill your chances, but you better not get consistent Cs. Your report card better be full of letters that include "IB", "AP", and "A".</p>

<p>However, you don't need to be in a tier-1 school to be successful.</p>

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<p>Just wondering- what are tier-1 schools besides HYPSM?</p>

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<p>For schools with an acceptance rate <20%, one C could be the tipping point between you and another applicant. But it's unlikely for two reasons:
- You've probably watered it down with a lot of A's since freshman year, and if your GPA is 3.9ish, you're definitely okay.<br>
- Lots of colleges don't consider freshman year and even more don't weight it heavily.</p>

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<p>Stanford
MIT
Cal Tech
UChicago
Duke</p>

<p>^top tier non-ivy schools</p>

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<p>Hopkins too.</p>

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Am I killing my chances for getting into a tier-1 school if I get a C on my report card my freshman year?

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I got more than one C and they weren't even in my freshman year. I got accepted into schools like Stanford and Berkeley, though I got rejected from every Ivy I applied to. ;)</p>

<p>Alex</p>