Chances

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Do colleges like to see improvement? I’ve read that they do, but i’m unsure about highly selective schools?

I got a B+ in history my freshman year, making my GPA a 4.0.
Sophomore year i got a 4.3
Junior year was 4.5.
Between sophomore and junior year i also moved up to the honors level for math and english. SAT was over 2100 and i got good extra curriculers. I really want to go to a top school, Cornell is my number one, along with schools like Boston College, University of Michigan, and NYU. Do i have a chance at any of these schools, despite getting a B+ freshman year, and not taking english and math at the honors level for freshman and sophomore year?

Thanks

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Personally, I think you have a chance at all of them. Cornell is a reach of course. A single B+ in freshman year will not matter that much in my opinion when you apply. Not only are you on an upward trend but also considering that it was in freshman year, it distances the grade a lot.