<p>Freshman Year Gpa: 2.875UW<<<biggest regret of my life
Sophomore year Gpa: 3.7UW/ 3.875W</p>
<p>Sports:
-Varsity Cross Country
-Varsity Indoor Track
-Varsity Outdoor Track
Other:
-Sports editor of school newspaper
-Key Club
-Chess Club
-Volunteer with habitat for humanity</p>
<p>AP's: 1 this year, 3 next year</p>
<p>Questions:
-Do you think I'm on the right track for going to a top twenty school?
-How much will my freshman year grades play a part in the admissions process?
-Should I be worried?</p>
<p>hey I’m a sophomore too. You’re doing great, The sports will really help with the top twenty colleges. Are you looking for a sports scholarship? Anyways, bring those grades up and do well on the SATs. Freshman year is important, but there was a significant improvement in one year, so colleges will be looking at that as a good thing. </p>
<p>Good thing you have an upward trend. Some universities don’t count freshman year, so I would look into them. I’m not sure, but I heard Princeton doesn’t consider frosh year</p>
<p>It looks like you’re doing great. Just make sure to keep your GPA up and colleges will like the upward trend and will see that you understand you might have made a mistake in freshman year, but that you worked hard to bring your GPA up. Also, great EC’s, and I am sure you are on the right track to the top 20’s. Good luck fellow sophmore!</p>
<p>Yeah…most of the previous posters have been a little too optimistic with their insight. The only way I see you getting out of the hole you dug for yourself freshmen year is acquiring DI status in track or cross country.</p>
<p>Um, or you could just apply to the schools that don’t count freshman year :D…That’s what I’m doing. (also a sophomore). Lol, all of us on this page are sophomores, haha.</p>
<p>The only way acceptance to a Top 20 school is realistic for you is if you apply to those that do not consider freshmen year. Anything below a 3.00/4.00 unweighted is often an automatic cause for rejection at many top schools.</p>
<p>i think you are definitely on the right track =]
my freshman grades weren’t so hot either, but i think that sophomore/junior year grades are bigger factors in decision making…
and you might wanna think about taking on more APs, they reallly help bring up your GPA
hope that helped =] Chance me?</p>
<p>Make sure you get straight A’s from here on out, or else you may have to kiss your Top 20 dreams goodbye. I had a sucky freshman year (3.6 uw, 4.0 w) and even though I have gotten straight A’s with many honors and AP’s since, I am still wondering if that will come back to bite me</p>
