<p>I am in my freshman yr, and itook 5 honors courses. The problem is that i got B's in soem of them i had</p>
<p>English Honors - B+
Physics Honors- B+
Colorguard Varsity- A+
French Honors- A+
Advanced Algebra II Honors- B (hey i didn't name the class)
Latin honors- B+</p>
<p>so i got alot of B's.... but in honors! and this is only freshman year... did i ruin my chances for a good college?</p>
<p>please help me!</p>
<p>No, you did not ruin your chnces of going to a good college. As a matter of fact, many colleges do not even look at your Freshman year grades.</p>
<p>so is it weighted or unweighted?</p>
<p>depends..all colleges are different...</p>
<p>okay, thanks, other peoples opnions, do you think i screwed myself up? i mean for a considerable good college, i mean i know i know i stand no chance in ivy league, but i mean good colleges</p>
<p>Quite a few good schools exclude freshman year grades because they know that freshman year is the transition year i.e. U of Michigan, UCLA, Stanford etc and im sure theres a bunch more top 50 schools that do. The problem is alot of freshman courses that are honors do not get an extra credit unfortunately. And to colleges, the # of honors you took shows that yeah, you are academically motivated but more you immaturely took on more than you could handle. So at this point, cut your loses and make sure you dont overburden urself next year. Maybe 2 honors soph year, 2-3 aps or 2 aps 1 honors juino year. Make sure ur GPA remains high soph and juinor year and theres quite a few great schools that discard freshman grades.</p>
<p>okay thanks!</p>
<p>Also, colleges LOVE to see an upward trend in GPA during your four years. You've set the stage for that.:)</p>
<p>Freshman year grades are sometimes completely discounted, and even when they're not, most school take into account that it's an adjustment period.</p>
<p>(Side note: I'm also taking Latin and French. Yay dual language kids!)</p>
<p>yes! most people at my school think i'm weird for taking two :) so you dotn think i messed myself up?</p>
<p>All colleges are different. My college, for example, looks at what is written on the transcript (weighted or unweighted); so you should check with your college to make sure if you are curious.</p>
<p>i am a freshman in hs</p>
<p>For the most part, as others said, freshman grades are discounted. While the adcoms at certain colleges will see the grades (like the UCs), they won't use it to calculate your GPA.</p>
<p>I think colleges look at both the weighted and unweighted GPA. Remember, though, that colleges don't care how your school does GPA; it'll be recalculated to the way they do it (i.e. 4-point scale UW, 5-point scale W, no 1.25 extra points for APs, no discrimination on +/i, etc.).</p>
<p>Most schools will take your unweighted grade on a 4 point scale and convert it to their own weighted grade so that the weighting is consistant. This is because different schools have different methods of weighting - for instance the high school in our town adds .03 to the GPA for each AP class, the next town uses a 5 point scale, I have heard of towns using a 6 point.</p>
<p>But we have found this year (D is a HS senior) that the unweighted As count for a lot especially in scholarship applications where they frequently do not look at anything but the raw grade. Something we wish we had known 4 years ago.</p>
<p>to the OP i got 4 B's both semester my freshman year in HS and I took 3 honors each semester so I knew going in that I should only apply to schools that discarded freshman year. So i applied to Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, UCSD, Northwestern, schools that didnt look at it to give myself the biggest advantage. And do realize if you get an upward trend soph-junio year, admissions will not count freshman gpa but will see the growth which will also be a +. I survived with grades just as bad or even worse then urs.</p>
<p>OK - I know this may sound stupid but exactly how do you calculate an unweighted GPA? Do you forget the +'s and -'s and have an A+, A, and A- all equal a 4? All B's equal a 3?<br>
I really do not understand how this whole college admission process works. How can they say that an A+ in an AP class is the same as an A- in an honors class or a regular class? How can they say that an A+ in an AP class in a highly competetive public or private school is the same as an A- in a regular class in a non-competetive HS?
By the way, my son is a junior. I wish I had found CC earlier but at least I am here now. I have been reading some of the threads on the Ivies and I cannot believe how insane it has become. On paper my son has all that he needs to be admitted to any school but, honestly, right now I think he will probably not get into any top school. The demographics are just not there for him.</p>
<p>Many colleges are in the business of looking at class rank as well as the strength of the student's curriculum.</p>
<p>Obviously, it's extremely difficult to compare one student to another from different high schools with different grading scales.</p>
<p>Additionally, competitiveness of the high school is also taken into consideration.</p>
<p>At UC A+/A/A- all count as 4.0 and no +/- counts except for some AP/Hons classes and that has a limit of 2 at 10th grade.</p>
<p>But I think if your school is known to provide a rigorous curriculumn then you should be fine with B+.</p>
<p>B- though hurts at a prep school too.</p>
<p>Bottom line B+ won't hurt your at all at a competitive public/private school.
But try to maintain A- going forward to be on the safer side.
Better cautious than sorry.</p>
<p>So it looks badthis semester to prolbably</p>
<p>Latin HP- A
French HP- A
English I HP- B
Advanced Algebra II HP- B
Physics HP (borderline A/B)</p>
<p>since my freshmen yr grades are far from top notch, what should i do (besides raise grades) to make myself apealing to colleges?</p>