<p>I'm a freshman in highschool and had alot going on at home first semester and let it get to my schoolwork. This left me with a starting GPA of 2.2. I currently have straight A's and plan on taking up AP Psychology, AP Biology, AP World History, Pre-AP English (I'm in honors now), PreCalculus, and Spanish 3 as my academic courses for sophomore year. I failed Biology first semester because I didn't do my science fair project and got B's in English and Math because I didn't complete homework assignments and an essay, but I plan on retaking first semester of Bio for grade forgiveness and possibly retaking English and Math first semester to get my GPA up. With doing all of this, what colleges can I realistically expect acceptance from? I'm looking into going into a pre-med course and then medical school for pediatrics. I am a resident of Florida, but I've prepared to study out of state so money isn't a very big issue. The schools of my choice in order are Columbia, Princeton, other Ivy Leagues, NYU, UCLA, BU, USC, UM. Please don't say "you're overworking yourself for sophomore year". I'm someone with a very good worth ethic and was in the top percentage of my class with straight A's all through middle school while being on NJHS, Duke TIP, Class Representative, starting early on service hours, basketball and volleyball, actively participating in school plays and functions, and always placing at least second in science/social science fairs. 8th and beginning of 9th has just been an extremely hard time at home and I let the stress get to me and affect my grades. So what colleges are still realistic after messing up first semester freshman year? </p>
<p>BUMP</p>
<p>One semester of bad grades Freshman year is not the end of your life. Don’t get discouraged. Re-taking Bio will help bring up your GPA. </p>
<p>You gotta turn in your coursework! If you aren’t over-scheduled, you have time management issues to work on. </p>
<p>Take a managable coursload, work hard, do your best, show initiative and engagement and let the chips fall where they may. You’ll be eligible for plenty of good colleges. </p>
<p>There are tens of MILLIONS of successful Americans who were educated at non-elite colleges.</p>
<p>bumpbumpbump</p>