<p>Do you think colleges that ignore freshman grades will make an exception for me? I would hate to have only my sophomore grades.</p>
<p>I’d be curious to know the trend on your GPA. What was it your first year of high school compared to the second? If you can show an upward trend I think you’ll have a shot at some really good programs, if the GPA was higher your 1st year and fell last year I would say bust your butt this year to get your grades up, take a gap year (and do something meaningful with it, study abroad, become fluent in a language, AmeriCorp, etc.) and then apply to the top tier schools next year.</p>
<p>In my opinion you shouldn’t be aiming for graduating a year early, if anything, considering your GPA, you should be taking advantage of the year to raise your grades and exhibit an upward trend in GPA. Just my two cents.</p>
<p>My grades were better freshman year (3.5UW 4.0W) but this year i have some Bs and a C. Taking a gap year would be cool, but I really want to continue my studies in math and science and I’ll have completely exhausted my schools courses by the end of the year. If i stayed in school for another year I legitamiteley would not have any courses to take aside from art and foreign languages.</p>
<p>Got 5s on AP psych, physics, and euro, don’t know if that changes anything</p>