His grades...

Applying to College
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<p>Recently one of my best friends made the biggest improvement in his life. He was a pretty lazy kid, a couple C's in his sophmore year, but nearly all A's his freshman year. Anyway, last year he told me he was going to give it his all during his Junior year... and he did...this was the courses he was taking, and grades, with AP exams. I didn't believe his grades untill I saw his report card, hahaha. </p>

<p>AP English A (for all 4 quarters)
AP Biology A
AP Calculus AB A
AP American history A </p>

<p>AP exams (According to order)
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<p>Will his improvement be helpful when he applys to top-tier colleges?
I just want to know how much it will help him?</p>

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<p>His ability to predict the future will look good on college applications (AP exam grades are not available yet). ;)</p>

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<p>Why do you care so much about this friend, it sounds like it could be you. And no, his improvement will not be much cause they don't take into account AP scores and those a's only show that "he" has potential but "he" is lazy</p>

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<p>Yeah, but on the other hand, colleges like to see maturity along the way in high school. Obviously the C's sophomore year will hurt, but "your friend" went a long way in helping himself out this year...provided he keeps it up first semester of next year as well. So, yes, his improvement will mos def help in applying to top-tier schools.</p>

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<p>Improvement will definitely be better than nothing and other factors will be considered.</p>

<p>What I find hilarious is that "your friend" sounds almost exactly like you, lmao.
;)</p>

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<p>ArtOfMind_21, keep working hard and I'm sure you'll do well. : ] Posting this thread under the guise of your "friend's" situation was kinda cute but unnecessary. Work hard and you'll dominate your AP classes next year; obviously, that'll look good on applications.</p>

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<p>This will absolutely help. My son had an upward trend junior year and got into some pretty good schools because of it. And some schools do glance at the AP scores if they are on the transcript or disclosed in the application. I can't remember which schools (like labor pains, the application process fades from memory), but some my son applied to said in their materials that they took them into consideration. May have been a situation where revealing scores could help, but not revealing wouldn't hurt an applicant. In any case, with those AP scores you will receive one of the AP Scholar awards, which will go on your application and be noticed for sure! High test scores certainly seem to help in the admissions process. And a junior year of straight A's goes a long way as well.</p>

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<p>How did your friend get his AP scores already?</p>