Does freshman year matter much?

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<p>I studied abroad during my freshman year, and the school I went to was completely local. I didn't understand the language well enough, and in the end, basically I don't have grades (plus the grades they give you at that school were just marks handwritten on a piece of paper).</p>

<p>Would this matter much?</p>

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<p>Depends on which school, I know for a fact that the UCs don't take freshman yr into account + there are plenty of other schools that do the same; I'd look into the GPA policy of the school. And that's a special circumstance; so there might be leeway.</p>