<p>Hey, I'm a new tenth grader and was wondering about how college acceptance works. All my life I've wanted to attend an ivy league school, but I feel as though I ruined my chances. I did pretty sub par my 9th grade year, with a mixture of A's, B's, C's and D's. My one D was in geometry. I didn't take the year seriously and I regret it completely. I am in honors courses again this year and I really want to get back on track and I'm focusing on all A's. Is there a chance I can still get into an ivy league school with one bad year and 3 great years? How do they weigh this?</p>
<p>Lot of factors play in, it’s not JUST your grades. Of course grades make up a big part of it, but your SAT scores, EC’s, essay and recommendations count for a lot as well. Good luck getting your GPA up!</p>
<p>Thanks, needed some reassurance</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it now! Just make sure you acquire better study and time management skills. Also, go out, volunteer and do things that interests you. At the end of the day just make your passion shine through 
Good luck!</p>
<p>As a sophomore as well, the best I could tell you to do is just work at what you<code>ve got now…a D…not so great, but get all A</code>s the rest of school (with minimal B<code>s and little to no C</code>s) and do well with EC`s, sports, etc, and not too big of a deal.</p>
<p>Why Ivy league? Don’t get focused on a minority of schools. There are GREAT experiences to be had at MANY colleges all of which will get you to your end goal whatever that may be.
And will probably give you a better experience to boot.</p>
<p>I agree with gouf…there are so many great school that are often overlooked because they don<code>t have the “Ivy” tag on them…Do you know what you want to major in? We could also suggest some schools for you if you</code>re open to some suggestions. </p>
<p>At one point, I wanted to attend Yale…but then I decided that I only wanted to go there because it was an Ivy, and that I<code>d bee much happier somewhere else. Maybe that</code>s not so in your case, but I don<code>t even know if the Ivy</code>s would accept someone with a D at any point…maybe, maybe not…would just depend.</p>
<p>Thanks guys for your feedback and I want to major in economics for undergraduate</p>
<p>Here are good schools for economics…and most aren`t even Ivy-League (Besides all of the Ivy-League on the list…:)), but are GREAT schools (seriously, one need not go to Ivy-League to get an Ivy-League education…if that makes any sense.</p>
<p>[Best</a> Economics Programs | Top Economics Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings)</p>
<p>A bunch of colleges don’t look at Freshman classes :)! I think Stanford doesn’t count Freshman year at all, but you would have to check that.</p>
<p>I thought Freshman and junior year counted most since they were the first and last years that colleges see. (Since with senior year, they don<code>t see the whole year when applying)…that</code>s what a teacher last year told my class.</p>
<p>You’ll come to realize how overhyped it all is. At the end of the day, going to an elite college means a ton of work and not much sleep. Your ego gets stroked to the point of embarrassment so you respond that you go to school “in Boston.” Fit matters most of all.</p>