As a freshman...

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>I shouldn't be worrying about college, especially not at a young age. However, a matter has been brought to my concern that my grades are not as excellent as I once expected them to be. I've been receiving A-'s up to A+'s this year, and after looking at certain chance threads, some people had 4.8 Weighted GPAs and only one A-? They were concerned whether or not they would get into college, and now I'm starting to worry... If my overall average is a 96 this year, and I'm taking all Honors program classes, including higher math and Spanish, will I still get into one of the top three? My goal is to get into either Princeton or Yale, and for some reason up until this point, my outlined plan seemed successful. I'm in the top 5% of my class, and I would possibly be even higher if I were not involved with so many extracurricular activities. I got to a private boarding prep school in the town of Princeton, and our classes and curriculum is considered to be very challenging and hard. In reference to public schools, I would feel confident saying that our classes are not necessarily harder, but far more challenging even at the regular course level. Will the colleges take this into consideration? I do not think my GPA will be a 4.0+, but it is certainly around 3.75-4.0. </p>

<p>Any remarks?</p>

<p>(Also, is GPA calculated by averaging the GPAs of Freshman to Junior year?)</p>

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<p>Also, our school cuts off the grades at 100, so even with extra grade points with honors and AP, it won't go above 100.</p>

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<p>My suggestion / comment would be that if you spent the next 3+ years trying to get into a certain school, you are not going to get in. Spend the next 3 years figuring out what you like, taking interesting classes, doing some cool things in the summers, and trying new things. The college thing will take care of itself, provided you get invovled and work hard!</p>

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<p>I second sophia!!! well said.</p>

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<p>to answer you question, your grades seem fine if they're 3.75-4.0 at a tough prep school. (Just be in the top 5-10%)</p>

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<p>Most colleges have a sense of the type of high school you go to, so they'll probably know your school is tough. But don't worry about college yet, b/c you'll never have that high school experience again!</p>