Bad grades freshman year, straight A's ever since. Do I still have a chance at top universities?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Freshman year, I screwed up really badly. I got two C’s first semester, one C second, with a bunch of B’s and a few A’s. But, I did get my act together and have been getting straight A’s sophomore and junior years. With my freshman year grades, my GPA is about 3.62/3.89. Without freshman year, UW GPA is 4.0/4.33.

Did freshman year screw up my chances for Ivies or other top tier schools? Will the upward trend help make up for the low GPA and class rank or no?

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Whoops, I meant “Without freshman year, GPA is 4.0/4.33”. The UW isn’t supposed to be there.

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Pretty sure many top schools don’t even consider freshman year. A kid at my school got a D freshman year and he’s at Stanford now.

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Yep, some don’t consider freshman year, and those that do like to see an upward trend in grades.