<p>Do colleges care that much about grades and EC in Freshman year?</p>
<p>grades-hardly. UC's stanford, Michigan, princeton...A LOT of colleges dont mind freshman but they only look for improvement</p>
<p>ec's- kinduh looks but overall they look for commitment</p>
<p>Some colleges, like the UCs, don't look at your freshman grades. I think your ECs are worth mentioning though.</p>