my brother FINALLY got his act together. He got a C 1st semster in Geometry and brought home his progress report home and had an A in 2nd semster.He’s doing better than ever. He is currently a freshman. he wants to go to Columbia. Will dat C screw his chances because i noticed dat IVY’s do look at freshman grades?
<p>no. he got it on his first semester. I heard freshman grades are only looked for room for improvement. of course, higher grades the better. but that single C will not affect the chances. I highly doubt it. </p>
<p>but taking geometry may hurt him... usually competitive applicants take algebra II in their freshman year</p>
<p>Yes. If the school offers it, you should into taking Algebra Two during the summer to catch up.</p>
<p>That's odd. Geometry is the advanced level of math for freshmen. Maybe it's just the area here. 9th: Geometry 10th: Alg II / Trig 11th: Precalculus Honors 12th: AP Calculus BC.</p>
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yea...dats how our school is. dats the only option dey have.
besides..my brother is more the english/history.</p>
<p>West Coast could be different mine was 7th - alg 1 8th - geom. 9tj -alg 2 10th - Advance Pre- Calc H 11th - AP Calc BC 12- AP stats (finished my math in junior year.)</p>
<p>Most schools here have Geometry in 9th grade just for the advanced students, Algebra I for the rest. There may occasionally be a rare student who takes Alg/Trig as a freshman, but it is certainly NOT the norm. (We're West Coast but not CA.)</p>
<p>anyways...so..a C isnt dat big a deal for a first semester.</p>
<p>Many schools, including Stanford, do not even consider freshman year grades. So, no, it is probably NOT a big deal.</p>