<p>This is my first semester for my freshman year. Not doing so well... these are my grades. <a href="http://i.im%5B/url%5D">http://i.im</a> gur.c om/kKA7 Yjm.png</p>
<p>This is the first marking period and I have 3 more marking periods till freshman year ends, 3 more years of high school to go. I'm currently going to a specialized HS if that changes anything... </p>
<p>If I do well beginning from the next marking period, would I still be able to get into Columbia or at least NYU?</p>
<p>that link doesnt show ur grades</p>
<p>you gotta put it together</p>
<p>No. You NEED an unweighted 3.9 to stay competitive. NYU less so than Columbia. You’re a freshman and it doesn’t look so good at this point with your grades. I’d suggest you invest yourself into extra curriculars to make up for your GPA weakness. SAT/ACT scores should be at least 2k for NYU and 2.2k for Columbia.</p>
<p>Cannot see it but I would assume that college admissions want to see improvement, so if you improve your grades and stay really competitive you should be at reach (just because no one is really a match for these schools).</p>
<p>kentrian is very negative but he is pretty accurate.
You still are a freshman so do not fret yet, just work hard and you will do fine.</p>
<p>extra curricular… you mean like clubs and stuff?</p>
<p>Are you international?</p>
<p>3.9 unweighted? it says 3.0 here though… [What</a> is the minimum GPA required for admission? | General Studies](<a href=“http://gs.columbia.edu/minimum-gpa-required-admission]What”>http://gs.columbia.edu/minimum-gpa-required-admission)</p>