Bad Freshman Year?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Race: Asian
Rank: Top 25%
Legacy: No
Parents: Both had college diplomas</p>

<p>To be honest, I'm a really great student. However my freshman year was bumpy. I got mostly Cs and some Bs. </p>

<p>First semester of soph year - 2 Bs, rest are As
Second Semester of soph year - All As
Junior Year - All As</p>

<p>As far as test scores, I got a 34 on the ACT and a 2360 on the SAT. I do pretty well on standardized tests, too. I was able to get four recommendation letters from teachers from junior year. </p>

<p>And for extracurriculars, i'm pretty satisfied. I'm in about 14 clubs, but don't take me for a person of breadth. I'm president/founder of two clubs, have more than three other officer positions, and am a national/state/international competitor in Math, Business, Speech and Debate, Geography, and have placed very high. Trust me on this one, I just don't feel secure specifying everything. </p>

<p>So to sum it up</p>

<p>Grades: Good, except for freshman year
Test scores: Good
ECs: Good
Essays: Good, i hope?
Recs: Yes</p>

<p>EDIT: I took all Pre-AP/AP classes. I took 6 AP classes my junior year and still got high As, which is a difficult feat as my school is generally a bit tough. </p>

<p>EDIT 2: I have about 300-400 hours of community service, coming from camps, elementary school activity organizing, etc.</p>

<p>EDIT 3: I got 5s on all the AP exams.. luckily. As for SAT subject tests, it ranged from 780-800.</p>

<p>To colleges care about freshman year? Can I give a reason why I did bad? Can you exclude your freshman year from your transcript?</p>

<p>And the big question is:
Do I have a chance for a good college after doing bad freshman year?</p>

<p>Chance me for UT Austin, MIT, UC Berkeley, UT Dallas, etc.</p>

<p>Thanks a lot.</p>

<p>Kevin</p>

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<p>To me you seem like a ■■■■■. Just my opinion.</p>

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<p>depends on the school some don’t even count freshman grade like U of Mich, I would call the schools that you are applying to to see their policy on the matter</p>

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<p>I had similar circumstances as yours. 2.8 Freshman GPA and a 4.6 Junior GPA.</p>

<p>Stanford accepted me. It’s understandable and won’t plague you.</p>

<p>MIT - Reach
UC Berkeley - in</p>

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<p>Thank you all! This really was a serious question and am glad that there are people who were accepted.</p>

<p>Thank you so much!!</p>

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<p>In austin and dallas. About fifty fifty at berkeley. Mit about 20%. Best of luck!!</p>

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<p>UTA - in
MIT - reach
UCB - reach
UTD - in</p>

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<p>Any others?</p>

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<p>you should add in some ivies. You belong at a great school, but you never know, so add in some that are around/ a little below UCB and MIT. I strongly suggest lower ivies and schools like carnegie mellon, vbanderbilt, johns hopkins, and georgetown. Good luck.</p>

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<p>I agree with the above poster.</p>

<p>UTA - In
MIT - Reach
UCB - Lower reach
UTD - In</p>