<p>I'm currently a freshman in high school. My average for the past 3 quarters has been around a 92 and around a 94/95 weighted. On the website my school has set up "college connection" it says the average for people accepted into Duke was around a 96/97. Will my poor-ish grades Freshman year ruin any of my chances into getting into Duke? It's my dream to go there, I am taking more challenging courses next year (I only took 2 honors this year, but I'm taking 4 next year).</p>
<p>My freshman grades were a lot worse (like Bs) and I still got in. Your still a freshman, so you’ll be fine, just do well and take hard courses, bur do well in them. Study for thr SAT/ACT and do well. But what’s really important is what you do besides study, find something you like to do and really dedicate yourself to that cause.</p>
<p>As long as you show significant upward trend and move up in the class rank you should be fine. I you are unhooked (not a minority, athlete legacy, etc ) know that you should be in at the least the top 5% to be considered. Preferably top 1%</p>
<p>that last part above depends on how good your school is</p>
<p>Thank you both, but how would I know where I rank since my high school doesn’t rank? Would I not be considered?</p>
<p>Everyone knows their relative rank. Are there a bunch of students who constant get better grades than you?</p>
<p>Regardless, you will be fine. Enjoy high school. You are only a freshmen. Maybe in 3 years, you’ll be applying to Carolia instead.</p>