<p>okay, here's the thing. I want to apply to Ivy League's senior year (probably Harvard Princeton and Penn only). So, do you guys think i have any chance of getting in after a not so amazing freshman year?</p>
<p>Okay, so i had 5Bs and 1A freshman year.
But sophmore year, its reversed, 5As 1B,
Hypothetically speaking, lets say i get all As junior year. Would this upward trend save me? I am pretty taking the hardest courseload available. </p>
<p>Other factors : Rank should be top 10%, ECs are good with leadership positions, SATs will hopefully be 2100-2200 range, SAT2s 700+. Essays/Recs should be ok.</p>
<p>So will the freshman year kill my chances at those 3 ivy leagues?</p>
<p>Before people start saying, "No, you better go to community college," or some other sarcastic remark, I will tell you not to worry.</p>
<p>It's not the end of the world if you don't go to an Ivy League school. There is absolutely no way we can tell you that your freshman year will kill your chances at those three Ivies.</p>
<p>It's not the end of the world if you don't go to an Ivy League school. There is absolutely no way we can tell you that your freshman year will kill your chances at those three Ivies.</p>
<p>You still have a (slim) chance. For the record, freshman year does not really count in some of the greatest schools (Stanford) but I'm not sure about ivy league. But really no one can know...</p>
<p>To be real safe, I'd suggest either be a video games god or own Chuck Norris in arm wrestling.</p>
<p>"It's not the end of the world if you don't go to an Ivy League school."</p>
<p>agent, thats a very nice way of saying you probably wont get in</p>
<p>also sushant most ppl who get accepted into ivy league schools have above 2200 sat score but you are only a jr now so you still have plenty of time to study. i have to say that freshman year will bring down your gpa. i dont know your personality, your extra curriculars, your race, or w/e so no one here can say what chance you have of getting in. i do hope you get all a's jr year then that would show improvement in gpa and colleges like that. good luck and by the way could you send me those files?</p>
<p>I meant to place that sentence after the subsequent one in my second post, but I was annoyed by editting and trying to post so I was like, whatever. Anyway, your post about not knowing all his other information should show the OP that there is no way for us to know...the only way to know is to apply and "it's not the end of the world if [he doesn't] go to an Ivy League school."</p>
<p>The thing is, sushant, your stats are pretty much the same as your competition's. But at least you've got your foot in the door. At least they'll seriously consider you, but I think that now since you've got the stats, what matters now is your character traits and whether the universities will think that you'll contribute a lot to the school. And the reason Agent of Sense is saying this is that you seem to be really really concerned about getting into an Ivy League school, and the prestige of the Ivy League lasts 15 minutes by the way, and that if you don't get into the Ivy League, you'll get into one of the top 100 schools and get a good, maybe even great education, and I know that you'll get into a great school because you're a smart, hardworking guy. Or maybe gal.</p>
<p>its not that i really obsess about Ivy League. Its just that out of the schools im considering, the Ivy Leagues are the ones that i probably wont get into. So i am only concerned about them for now.</p>
<p>don't "hypothetically" get all A's for the rest of HS, just do it! I'm sure you know how far a bit of effort can go, after turning around after freshman year, so really apply yourself for the rest of HS and you will have as good a shot as anyone for applying to top schools.</p>
<p>"its not that i really obsess about Ivy League. Its just that out of the schools im considering, the Ivy Leagues are the ones that i probably wont get into. So i am only concerned about them for now."</p>
<p>Well, you shouldn't be concerned because you can't change your past grades. All you can do think about the future and earning good grades as
Slim2None put it, "just do it!" Then apply and see if you get in. There's no other way to find out if you'll get in or not.</p>
<p>My best advice to you is to think beyond the name! Where will you be happiest? What's most important is that you think about which colleges provide the right match for you. It's important to look at an institutions academics, commitment to education, availability of good mentoring and advising, quality of teaching, culture, opportunities, values, social life, etc. Do the faculty value teaching? Are they rewarded for teaching quality or mainly for their research? Are students taught mostly by TAs?</p>
<p>Remember:</p>
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<li>You dont need to get into the ivy league to be successful in life. </li>
<li>The college/university you graduate from does not determine who you are and what you contribute to the world.</li>
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