<p>Hey, I'm different in the sense that I live in Beijing, China. I attend an International School here. </p>
<p>I'll brief you guys through and can i get some input please? thanks:</p>
<p>-Freshman: 2.5 Approximate GPA average. Terrible I know. Hopefully my improvement will offset that somehow.
-Freshman Year: Basketball Team, Volleyball Team, Varsity Track Team.
-Sophomore (currently) First semester: 3.3 GPA Average. Second Semester: 4.0 Average.
Sophomore: Award for Most Improvement in Grades.
-Sophomore: Basketball, Volleyball Team.
-I write articles for a news publication for school.</p>
<p>Next Year:
I plan for Junior Year to join
1.HFH (Habitat for Humanity) Non-profit organization that helps build homes for the homeless.
2.MUN (Model United Nations)
3.continue writing for the news publication
4.Basketball (Continue)
5.Joining Rugby Team (possibly)</p>
<p>I know that my freshman year and first semester of sophomore wasn't too strong, but i'm hoping my improvement's will offset it a bit. Can i have some input please? Am i screwed, or what. Thanks. Be as mean as you can, but be honest. Thanks everybody, i look forward to your comments.</p>
<p>some schools don't even look at freshman grades, and most probably don't care. your freshman grades won't kill you if you're getting 4.0's throughout junior and senior years. you can really offset those grades by doing something special in your extracurriculars, which means something besides just "joining" and "writing." try to become an editor or a club president or something.</p>
<p>You may want to check out smaller LAC's like Hartwick in Oneonta, NY which cultivate students who are proving to be good students on the upswing.</p>
<p>I don't know what your standards are or what you're looking for, but I think that you'll have to pick up the slack a <em>lot</em> to make up for freshman year with most very competitive schools... leadership will help, as would being a recruited athlete. Joining clubs won't do much because lots of people are "members" of things and there isn't enough room to list them anyway... I'd agree that a small Liberal Arts College could be a good bet.</p>