Impact of Freshman Mistakes?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey CC, Freshman year didn't go so well for me. I got a 3.9 first semester, but a 3.3 second semester due to distracting family circumstances. My grades have an upward trend from there though, never dropping below a 3.5 UW. This past semester (as a junior) I got a 3.8 UW with 3 AP's. </p>

<p>So my question is, will this significantly impact the impressions of my transcript, GPA, etc?
the rest of my stats are as follows. </p>

<p>GPA: 3.94 W
3.61 UW</p>

<p>ACT: 32 Composite (first time, retaking it in April to hopefully get a 34+)</p>

<p>Taking the SAT in March (210 PSAT)</p>

<p>AP Courses: AP World (3), AP US History, AP English 11, AP Physics B</p>

<p>Im also registered to be taking AP Stats, AP European History, AP French, AP English 12, AP Government, and AP Econ next year.</p>

<p>Honors Courses: Honors Algebra 1, Honors Geometry, Honors Algebra II, Honors English 9</p>

<p>EC's: 3rd year member of Student Senate (some leadership roles, participated in All State, 3 letters)
3 year Varsity Athlete (1st team all-state academics, ranked 7th nationally, 2x State Champion, Captain)
10+ years athletics outside school (4x state champions)</p>

<p>National Honor Society (lettered)
National French Honor Society
National English Honor Society
Academic Letter</p>

<p>100+ hours community service
Summer/part time job in a Physicians office (office assistant, filling charts, etc)</p>

<p>I'm planning on applying to mostly high level schools (top choice as of now is Claremont Mckenna), so if necessary i may be able to retake classes next year.
Thank You!</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>Your UW GPA is still good, plus you have greats ECS, plus good sports awards. You’re also involved in a lot of honors societies. You can still go to a lot of places. </p>

<p>Good luck!
Could you take a look at my ECs? : <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1606004-my-extracurriculars-good-enough-schools-like-northwestern-unc-gw-jhu.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1606004-my-extracurriculars-good-enough-schools-like-northwestern-unc-gw-jhu.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Bump for other opinions.</p>

<p>Like specifics for cmc?</p>

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<p>Your UW GPA is still great, so I don’t know what you’re worried about. Besides, if outside circumstances impacted your schoolwork, your guidance counselor can address that in his/her recommendation (or you can explain it in the additional notes section of the Common App). This happens to a lot of people, so have no fear!</p>

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<p>If you can afford an UC, try UCs… they will look past freshman year.</p>

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<p>You should be ok. When you apply, most schools give you a place to tell them about any circumstances that affected your grades. Do that. </p>

<p>If you don’t mind me asking, in what sport are you ranked 7th Nationally? Just curious.</p>

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<p>Soccer, our team finished 7th among all high schools last season. It was really cool, the National Guard did a whole presentation for their Tour of Champions :)</p>

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<p>And thanks everybody for the reassurance. </p>

<p>Catria, I was looking at a few UC’s, but I think Ill fit better at a smaller liberal arts school.</p>

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<p>Freshman mistakes typically don’t hurt that much, and it’s not like you had a 2.0 GPA.</p>

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<p>Varies depending on the school.</p>