<p>I'm about to go into my freshman year of high school (I know this is a college website, I'm just really focusing on my future haha), and I noticed I have no honor classes for my freshman year. In my eighth grade year I always managed a's, and a b/b+ for math. I got accepted into honor society and always got good grades. I don't know why, but they didn't put me into any honors classes for my freshman year. My teachers said if I manage excellent grades, I will be put into honors classes for sophomore year, and my expectations are to get AP classes for junior year.
I want to get into Ivy League colleges, and although everyone says freshman year doesn't really count, will my chances for ivy leagues be affected in any way if I don't have honors classes but manage excellent grades? This is really worrying me.
PS- I want to be a lawyer when I'm older, so I would LIKE colleges like Cornell, Columbia, and my top, number one choice of a college is Harvard.</p>
<p>If you want to go to an Ivy you need to take the absolute most rigorous course load available, get as close to a 4.0 and a 2400 as possible, and have extracurricular activities that make you stand out. Fight to be in honors.</p>
<p>No, it doesn’t matter. Take the toughest courses you can without going overboard and you’ll get into a college that suits you academically.</p>