Failed a class freshman year

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<p>I am an incoming senior and I really wanted to go to a decent UC. (Irvine, Santa Barbara etc...)</p>

<p>I started my freshman year quite poorly. I ended up getting 3 C's that year and I failed English second semester. That summer, I retook it and managed to get an A. </p>

<p>I turned things around starting sophmore year and right now my UC GPA is a 3.9, and I have a 2090 SAT score, and I think I can break 2200 in October. I know that UC's but very little weight on freshman year, but I still failed a class. Do I still have a decent chance? Did this really screw up my chances?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>Sure, failing a class isn’t good, but colleges love to see a student come out the hole and redeem themselves. Improvement and dedication is what gets students into colleges, not just a prefect 4.0 GPA. You still have good chances. Just keep on working hard, and keep those grades up and you’ll be fine. :)</p>

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<p>True that, I think that colleges look for and actually prefer people who show steady improvement from freshman to senior year</p>