<p>Hi, I'm a freshman in high school. I'm not in a global language honors class (Spanish), frankly because I was lazy in 7th and 8th grade. I'm wondering if it will hurt my chances for a good school. Thanks.</p>
<p>Yes, you are screwed. All your hopes have been washed down the drain. Slam your head against a window five times and write a memoir lamenting your stupidity for not taking that one Honors class in Freshman year.</p>
<p>Yeah, honestly you probably should just consider getting your GED…</p>
<p>@ People above, if this person is serious letting him know your somewhat sarcastic would be nice.</p>
<p>To OP:
My freshman year it was basicly “this is your schedule…have fun with your life.” They were all regular classes except english, which I later got transfered to due to my teacher recommdation. I’m now a sophmore taking 3 AP classes and a great building block GPA.</p>
<p>Do I wish I had the opporunity to pick more rigorous classes? Yes.
Does it prevent me from getting a quality education later on in a good college?
Heck No.</p>
<p>As long as you stay focused and do well in the classes you have now, later on you can focus on challenging yourself with honors/AP/DE/IB/whatever.
things to have for a good college
Great GPA
Good/Commited EC’s
Leadership roles
Decent standardized test scores(ACT/SAT…No need to worry bout it for another two years.)</p>
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<p>You give Freshmen a bad name buddy. It doesn’t matter, really.</p>
<p>Don’t even bother with college, they will see that standard class and throw your application into the trash. Try looking at local community colleges or even transferring to a vocational high school because you might not even be able to go to a community college.</p>
<p>Everyone is such a trolll… lol :)</p>
<p>you’re a freshman. it doesn’t matter. focus on actually enjoying life and leave the worrying about college for later</p>
<p>I plan to go to Ivy League schools but I feel like this one of the few things that weigh me down. :/</p>
<p>Dude, wait until you’re a sophomore and enjoy your life. If you don’t, then the rest of your high school career will be hell.</p>
<p>^^ So I was kidding</p>
<p>My school only offers 3 honors classes freshman year, yet we send at least 7 kids, out of a small class of 150, to the Ivys each year. Calm down, you’re fine.</p>
<p>Look, I’ve taken only ONE AP class and ONE honor class MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL CAREER!</p>
<p>I’ve gotten emails from Yale, West Point, Dartmouth etc… I’m not saying that they’re gonna accept me (I’m not applying to those!), but I am saying that I got their attention.</p>
<p>So no, you’re not screwed. Do AP and honor classes help? Heck, yeah! I just couldn’t balance having a social life, sleep, and high grades in AP/Honor classes. So I chose the ones that mattered most to me. And I think I’m doing just fine.</p>
<p>Well, to be fair, those emails go to any decent high school student. I received those emails. I’m a freshman.</p>
<p>My school has no honors classes. It’s regular junk and then senior year you can take more APs than just US.</p>
<p>Personally I think it’s a good idea to have one class that isn’t honors- I did all honors classes when I was a freshman and it was super stressful- I’ve done 4 honors/1 accelerated every year after that and it’s still challenging but a lot more manageable; having one blowoff class helps a lot. Colleges won’t hold it against you to take one non-honors class as long as you show you’re challenging yourself in most areas.</p>
<p>Drop out, it’s the only way to save your self from shame!</p>
<p>How exactly can you “plan” to go to an Ivy League school?</p>
<p>do not listen to machinima in saying “drop out”. At certain schools, not taking any honors and the normal. To really know, you would have to go to OP’s school. But you can still get into a decent college, just not HYPSM. Depends on your UW, the college process is a lot more than numbers.</p>
<p>ED im trolling on him, personally I think he’ll do great and have high chances now that he’s focused on school…</p>