<p>I have just finished my freshman year of high school and it was kind of a failure. I took two honors math courses (geometry and algebra 2(seminar)) and i got and the rest of my classes were all honors. I got a B+ in Spanish and Biology, a B in Algebra 2, and the rest of my classes were all As. Seminar Algebra @ is an extremely hard class and less than 20% of the people in the class have an A so i feel like that colleges will understand. For both Spanish 2 and Biology i had terrible teachers and had to learn basically by myself with the help of YouTube, but im not sure if colleges will see this. I have a huge passion for engineering and technology (the fields i hope to pursue in the future) and have joined several science and math clubs. I have been trying to show my passion even more by trying to get some sort of research thing going at my local university (either penn or drexel). My dream schools are MIT, Caltech, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, and Stanford. My number one choice would be MIT, but i would love to go to any of these schools above. Based on the information given, do you think it is possible to get in to these schools if i do better next year and improve.</p>
<p>Come back in two years. Nobody can provide a credible answer now, and you should pay no attention to those who try. </p>
<p>I know that now might be to early to worry about such things, but these grades make me really scared. I have really high expectations from my family and basically everyone else. My siblings all went to amazing schools and their grades freshman year are a million times better than mine. Its just really freaking me out. I guess a better question would be if does freshman year affect the decision as much as the other years (assuming i do better the next three years)?</p>
<p>Not much especially at schools which don’t consider them. Join clubs (try to get leaderships), continue any sports or music, get good grades, do volunteering and charity. Oh and standardized tests. Do as well as you can and hope for the best (we can chance you in 2 years).</p>