<p>I've been wondering for a while how much a sub-par freshman year of HS matters in admissions. When I was a freshman it hadn't hit me yet that what I was doing mattered now and I blew off school, and I got B's in math (on-level btw, blah I REALLY blew off that class lol), Honors Biology, and AP Human Geo. I'm on block schedule and freshman take 2 semesters of AP Human, and I got a B both times. I kicked it in gear now (sophomore) and I got high A's in my 3 academic classes (H Chem, Math 2, and H English) 1st semester, and, I kid you not, an 89 in a stupid elective class where the teacher admitted there was nothing to teach in the class. ANYWAY.
I plan on attending an upper-level state college like Michigan State or Georgia, do I have anything to worry about based on my crappy freshman year? This has been eating at me for a while.</p>
<p>As long as your grades have an upward trend, I don’t see anything bad about your 3 Bs</p>
<p>For those colleges, naw, you’re fine. Just don’t make B’s a habit.</p>
<p>Yeah for highly selective schools, getting too many B’s would be a problem. but for those, I imagine it’s quite as significant</p>
<p>Nah, you’re good. Make good grades from here on out and you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Just don’t let that racism that you possess shine through in your essays.</p>
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<p>It really depends on where you want to go. I screwed up freshman year and it’s still hurting me.</p>
<p>You’ll be fine. A few B’s won’t hurt.</p>
<p>It hurt me pretty bad. I got a 3.1 in 9th grade and a 3.96 combined 10th and 11th. Colleges don’t really notice the up trend though. Just do a lot of community service now.</p>
<p>I know a kid who did worse than you in 9th and probably 10th too. He then got medicated for ADHD and started to get an A- average. He got into Brown ED this year.</p>