<p>Backstory:
I went to two high schools, one for 9th grade and another for 10th to 12th (07-08 school year).</p>
<p>I am currently at Bard College at Simon's Rock taking only college-level courses. Through an agreement with my high school, I can graduate in June 2008 (as I would have done had I stayed in high school proper), and I am considered both a senior at my high school and a matriculated freshman at Simon's Rock. I have confirmed with NYU/Midd/Tufts that I should be a freshman applicant. However, I am posting here in the transfers area because I want opinion from people who have college experience and who might have ideas about how top colleges consider college grades when admitting students. See the end of the post for my specific predicament concerning college grades.</p>
<p>SAT: 2130 (720CR, 680M, 730W)
SAT World Hist: 690
SAT Biology E: 620</p>
<p>No HS GPA or rank because I went to two high schools and either a combination or total disregard of different weighting practices was not acceptable to my HS guidance office. I do have an addendum being sent to all schools from my guidance counselor explaining this - it's really positive, and both that addendum and the actual guidance reccomendation are really good.</p>
<p>My HS grades are mostly As, with one C freshman year, and 1 or 2 Bs in sophomore and junior years.</p>
<p>ECs - Too long to list, as far as school clubs,and volunteer work go, it's basically stellar. I'm in a slight rush so I may come back later to list all of that. To be quick, I headed three in my last year where I was actually in high school (junior year), was a member in 3 more. Revamped the HS paper.</p>
<p>Now as a freshman at Simon's Rock, I'm Model UN treasurer, freshman rep in student government, and interning on and off for a presidential campaign.</p>
<p>Reccomendations: stellar, no further explanation really required.</p>
<p>PROBLEM: I'm in college (at Simon's Rock) instead of taking high school level courses, so when mid-year reports are required, they'll want my first semester transcript from Simon's Rock:
Intro to Anthropology: A
Calculus: B+
First Year Seminar (literature studies; Plato/Gilgamesh/Dante/Sophocles): B or B-
First Amendment Studies (half-semester long course on Church and State): A-
Economics (BAD GRADE, AKA THE PROBLEM): C or C+</p>
<p>Basically, my first semester GPA at Simon's Rock is gonna be between 3.1 and 3.23. Will this (esp having that one C or C+ sink me)? Overall, what are my chances of getting into NYU, Midd, and Tufts (ED) once they see this first semester college GPA that is less than 3.5 and see the C on the transcrip for microeconomics? (NYU actually doesn't see mid year reports, so I guess I'm really just asking about Middlebury and Tufts [ED]).</p>