freshman grades

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<p>just wondering,
do freshman grades have a SLIGHTLY lower value than your sophomore and junior years?</p>

<p>i totally bombed the first semester with:
hon geo= b+
hon engl=b+
biology=b+ or a-
health=a
french II=a
debate=a</p>

<p>am i still a harvard-level applicant?</p>

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<p>are you a freshman now...or was this 3 years ago</p>

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<p>i am still a freshman. my first semester will end in a week, and this looks like what my grades are going to be.</p>

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<p>Yes-freshmen grades do count for less than others. However, i do not think they are totally ignored at harvard (Stanford says they completely disregard freshmen grades). Your grades are not bad by any means. But Try to bring them up next semester. An upward trend always looks good. Also, don't get your mind set on one particular school at the beggining of freshmen year. Explore different options. Not every school is right for everyone.</p>

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<p>thanks goolsci,
i am pretty sure my grades will go up next semester. i chose harvard for their excellent business school, and also like wharton and dartmouth.</p>

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<p>Do you even know what "to bomb" means?</p>

<p>You're hilarious.</p>

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<p>rohin, harvard doesn't have a business school for undergrads.</p>

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<p>i'm also a freshman, and these are my grades this semester:
geometry-c+, i know it's super low and i'm terribly worried about this grade
world geography-a
biology-a
english-a
spanish-a
tennis-a
academic decathlon-a
health-a
art I-a
i'm also in the IB program and these classes are all pre-IB.
i'm afraid this C will totally get me rejected...should i even bother applying??</p>

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<p>pre-IB world geography
pre-IB geometry
pre-IB english
pre-IB biology
just the four</p>

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<p>^ im sure your fine, and the op is too, but work harder though.</p>

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<p>

"To bomb" is slang to do poorly.</p>

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<p>Freshmen get grades for their extracurriculars in some schools? My participation in debate in the olden days, and my son's more recently, had no grade attached.</p>

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<p>thanks hpa10, i'll work really hard this semester
tokenadult,
in my school they do, i think it's there to make sure that everybody comes to the classes and participates. some ec's (like acadec and tennis) themselves are their own separate classes we take.</p>

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<p>Although we all have different perceptions of what it means to "do poorly," anyone who feels the need to claw at his face or beat his chest over grades in the B and A range needs psychiatric evaluation.</p>

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<p>if schools like duke can reject 57% of valedictorians (Duke</a> University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)</p>

<p>then harvard...</p>

<p>harvard has done a good job of publicity and getting ridiculous numbers of people to apply. but each story about harvard admissions should probably have a disclaimer: This is, and always will be, a school that many, many kids dream about. try your hardest and apply. but please do not have expectations.</p>

<p>essentially: aim for excellence, not harvard.</p>

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<p>"rohin, harvard doesn't have a business school for undergrads."</p>

<p>neither does Dartmouth</p>

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<p>o boy,
thanks for letting me know. lol that would look pretty funny writing in my essay that i would like to do business there. i thought they had a harvard business school...</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>They do - but it is a graduate school... as is Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business</p>