<p>Grade IX: 4Cs, 3Ds, 1U(i.e. ungraded), 2Bs. ~B is 80+, C is 70+, D is 60+.
Grade X: 8A*s, with one national highest. Class percentile is top 1%. Average of 94%
Grade XI: 4As, average of 98%. Class percentile is again top 1%.
Grade XII: just started.</p>
<p>What the hell am I supposed to do?
btw, SAT I score is above 2220. Didn't sit for SAT IIs but am expecting at least 770 in both the subjects i am sitting for. I also have a bunch of good, and unique ECAs.</p>
<p>Look for schools that don’t evaluate 9th grade GPA. Good luck to you and congrats on the turnaround and super SAT score.</p>
<p>Of all the schools I know, Stanford is the only one that does not check the 9th grade results.</p>
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<p>You don’t know many schools, then.</p>
<p>The amazing turnaround is impressive even if they look at your freshman year IMO. Apply anywhere you’re interested as you would if that first year was a bit stronger, but also be sure to include schools that definitely do not care about freshman year.</p>
<p>^ Could you name some?</p>
<p>First, your user name won’t help. College wouldn’t like it.
Second, your transcript is not messed up. You were messed up. Be careful how you phrase things.
Third, straight As and a 2220 on the SAT don’t neccessarily go together. One would expect a higher SAT score from a straight-A student.
What you need to do is, in your applications, explain why your grades were so low in ninth grade and so high since then. If you can’t incorporate that into an essay, you can provide a separate note. Be sure you know each college’s policy on separate notes. Some don’t want them in the application envelope.
Also, if your standardized test scores (you should take the ACT, too) remain where they are, think about why and try to incorporate that in a positive way into an essay.</p>
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<p>University of California and California State University do not use 9th grade course grades in calculating admissions GPA.</p>
<p>However, for the purpose of fulfilling the listed high school course requirements, grades of C or higher must be earned, unless a lower level course is validated by a higher level course (this is primarily for math and foreign language – for example, if you got a D in Spanish 1, but got a C or higher in Spanish 2, then you would be counted as having two years of foreign language).</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about it much. </p>
<p>First, there’s not anything you can co about freshman year.</p>
<p>Second, you have two solid years of Straight A work. Anyone who looks at your transcript, should see your potential.</p>
<p>If there’s some reason you did poorly freshman year, you (or better still, a guidance counsellor) can write about this. But even if it took you a year to find yourself. Well you did, and as I say, your potential is clear.</p>
<p>With due respect to beolein 2200 is a great SAT score for anyone – no need to explain. It’s perfectly consistent with Straight As, and frankly, is good enough for any school in the US.</p>
<p>The only thing I can think of to recommend – when you visit schools, ask to speak with admissions counselors (or call to speak with them). Explain frankly, that your freshman year was bad, but that you’ve had straight As in your Soph and Jr. years, and ask them how they will look at it. Most will be honest with you. (and it can’t hurt, since you know they’ll see the grades anyway).</p>
<p>Here is information on course requirements, GPA calculation, and what you have to do if you got a D in a course needed for course requirements, for the purpose of applying to CSU and UC schools:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/SAS/publications/documents/CSU-UC_a-gMatrix2011-12.pdf[/url]”>http://www.calstate.edu/SAS/publications/documents/CSU-UC_a-gMatrix2011-12.pdf</a></p>
<p>Considering that you’ve had a strong improvement streak and decent test scores, I would put down the paper bag and chill out. Yes, you might get rejected from the Ivy League unless your parents are ready to donate a building or you play competitive sports, but there are plenty of awesome schools out there that are going to take you.</p>
<p>BTW there are plenty of people in admissions who might be Nine Inch Nails fans…</p>
<p>I flunked my freshmen year. And my gpa with soph, junior, and senior is a 4.00. Unless you don’t have an excuse for the freshmen year there isn’t much you can do</p>
<p>9th Grade was hell. While I admit that a lot of it was my fault, the school is arguably responsible as well. For example, I took biology in the first term and got a 60-something(which was actually in the top 25% of the class…). I dropped the subject in the next term. The school averaged the 60-something with a zero to give me a 30-something U.
There were other incidents which contributed to this mess, but I just dont feel like talking about them. I just wanna die.</p>
<p>Try to ask your HS counselor to see if you can retake those classes with D grades. Perhaps take them as distance online courses if you can’t fit them in with your current class schedule at school. And you would need to enroll now, so that you’ll be able to receive your new grades by the end of the semester in order to apply and submit to schools that offer late admissions. You never know.</p>
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<p>You’re an idiot.</p>
<p>I was wondering, would it work if you wrote a short writeup explaining why you bombed 9th grade and attach it into the additional information? I was very ill during my 9th grade exam and didn’t do well too. Was wondering if I could write to explain.</p>
<p>@OCELITE</p>
<p>No, I can’t. We sat for O levels in 10th grade, and 9th grade was/is nothing but preparation for that exam. Getting top scores in O levels means that I know the topics I was supposed to learn in 9th grade very well. And I am also quite sure colleges will know that as they mention in their websites, at least the ones I looked at, that they are very familiar with the board.</p>
<p>What I am concerned about is that colleges will definitely look down upon my extremely poor grades in the 9th grade. This may/will make my application very weak, and I will probably get rejected from all my top choices.</p>
<p>My teachers and my counselor love me. They said that they expect me to get into one of the top colleges. And I am sure that they will write glowing recommendations for me, where they may talk about how I turned my life around.</p>
<p>That’s all I can do.</p>
<p>so again, how weak would my applications be for, say…, top 30 colleges?</p>
<p>Also, University of Michigan doesn’t look at freshman year GPA, so you can probably get into that :)</p>
<p>Writing a compelling story may help. Keep in mind that you’ll be competing with the rest of the students around the country. Perhaps find out who are the directors of admission are for those schools and contact them to let them know your situation, and ask for advise from them. Let them know that you have a strong interest in their school. Good luck!</p>
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<p>Because every 4.0 student has a 2400.</p>