Bad grades able to go into a ivy?

Applying to College
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<p>thank you so much.
youve been helping me alot.</p>

<p>Well, the question I have is, each school has their own GPA transcript, and they send it to the colleges of the students'. And on my high school transcript, the freshman grades are on there. So, are you and everyone else saying those few schools wont put alot of importance for freshman year? Or is it that, they have a different form for the high school transcripts?</p>

<p>And, I dont think Id ever get into Princeton. Haha. I dont think I can get a 2400 on my SATs, for that school. :(</p>

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<p>colleges look at your transcript, which includes ALL of your grades. However, colleges also love improvement. So bring your grades up and just explain to them when you applying that your freshman year grades were low b/c of so and so reason. Don't give up; you still have a chance!</p>

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<p>eh.. i was in a similar situation. i didn't get many Cs (only 1) but i did get a lot of B's freshman year. Don't wanna scare you but I was rejected from two Ivy League schools. It also depends on what your ECs and SAT scores will be. If those are both sterling, and if you maintain an A average for the next three years, I think you could have a shot at the League. But it is too early to tell still.</p>

<p>and as the person above me said, colleges like to see upward trends.</p>

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<p>thank you!</p>

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<p>sorry, I think I posted that twice.</p>

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<p>..Because it was too far, in regard to the other question, that I just saw.</p>

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<p>its-not-all-about-the-ivys</p>

<p>go to a very nice liberal arts college and you will get all the benefits of a top notch education without stressing over a few bad grades....</p>

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<p>Tzar09
Top liberal arts schools are not necessarily easier to get into. My D was waitlisted at Colgate but got in to and is attending Cornell. All of her SAT and SAT II scores were in the 700's. (Can't remember the exact #'S) She was in the top 5% of her class and had an almost 4 GPA (hardest and most advanced classes of course). Her EC's were great.</p>

<p>She is doing very well at Cornell (3.9 gpa) and loves it. She is interning at Goldman Sachs this summer as a rising junior</p>

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<p>your DD is an odd ball. </p>

<p>pound for pound LACs tend to be less name-brandy than other schools of equivalent academic rigor. Thus less nit pickyness in admissions.</p>