<p>“I still don’t understand why what I did when I was 14-15 should affect a college’s decision to admit me or not. Shouldn’t they judge based off of what you’ve become, not what you were?”</p>
<p>…because they will turn away applicants who’ve done as well or better than you have excluding fresh. & soph years & did significantly better than you did for their first two years of high school. We all make mistakes in life, and for each one we make there is a price we pay. Some prices are steep, some are shortlived, but none the less, there is always a price. Your price may be that you are not admitted to an Ivy league school…in the big picture is that really a very steep price?</p>