bad/OK grades freshman/sophomore years..Is there still hope?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ok I moved from california to north carolina about 3 weeks after freshman year started. I had a hard time transitioning and had no clue that NC schools were alot more difficult compared to California. The grading scale was different, classes were different, and on top of that I made friends with the "wrong" people. I didnt do TERRIBLE. But to me, since I was used to getting all A's, I didnt do as good as I expected. </p>

<p>Although, I show a huge upward trend.</p>

<p>Freshman grades:
World history honors- A
Geometry Honors- C
Spanish 1- A
Spanish 2- B
English 1 Honors-B
Biology Honors- B
Computer applications 2- A
Gym/Health- A</p>

<p>Sophomore grades:
Physics Honors- A
Chemistry Honors- B
Psychology Honors- A
Career Management- A
English 2 Honors- B
Economics Honors-B
Precalculus Honors-B
AP Environmental Science-B
Honors Algebra 2 Online- A</p>

<p>Before Junior Year: (summer)
AP micro economics- A
AP macro economics - A</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP Psychology- A
AP comparative Government- A
AP US History-A
AP Calculus AB- A
AP Calculus BC-A
Honors sociology- A
Honors Programming- A
Honors English 3- A
AP world History online- A
AP Human geography online- A</p>

<p>With these grades, do I have a chance for top colleges? Such as: Duke, UNC-chapel Hill, UChicago, etc....</p>

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<p>Bumppp…</p>

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<p>Maybe… It’s not just about grades, you know.</p>

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<p>Over someone who has gotten A’s all their high school career, no you don’t have a chance.</p>

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<p>You probably won’t get into Harvard but getting straight A’s your junior year definitely looks better.</p>

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<p>At UNC, 95% of currently enrolled freshmen have a high school GPA of 3.75 or higher, and 80% of current freshmen were in the top 10% of their high school graduating class.</p>

<p>At Duke, it looks even tougher. Duke admits slightly less than 15% of those who apply. Duke didn’t report GPA for its current freshmen, but 90% of them were in the top decile of their high school graduating class.</p>

<p>And you’ve got to figure that in both of those universities, the exceptions to those academi trends were probably…let us say, uncommonly good at basketball, football or lacrosse. If you’re not uncommonly good at basketball, football or lacrosse, I think both UNC and Duke look unlikely for you. You can apply, of course, and hope for the best, but I think both universities can, and probably will, choose instead applicants who didn’t have a rough start to high school.</p>

<p>Sorry.</p>