<p>I did horribly my freshman and sophomore year in high school I'm entering my junior year soon and I'm scared, my dream is to get into a top university so I can have a really good chance at getting into Med School. GPA really does matter and that's why I'm so scared I ended my sophomore year right now with a 2.7 I did a lot better then my freshman year I didn't fail anything and tried SO MUCH HARDER but not as hard as I know I could. My freshman year I failed a whole year of math and a semester of science which I retook over that summer though. I don't remember my GPA but it was probably a 1. something. Do Ivy Leagues look at your freshman and sophomore years I obviously know they will see it but does it matter? Also does it matter that I didn't do any extra curriculars those two years but going to start junior year and commit all the way to my senior year?</p>
<p>Virtually all universities look at freshman and sophomore GPA’s. What will you be doing from now on to get a high GPA that you didn’t do the past two years? Top schools seek people who excel in all areas and do not accept excuses for “screwing up”. Also no EC’s will pretty much exclude any top school. If you continue the way you have in the past, you will be lucky to get into a third or fourth tier college.</p>
<p>You have no chance. Unfortunately GPA is very, very, very important. Never listen to anyone who says that Freshman and Sophomore year doesn’t count.</p>
<p>GPA is Very important, but there are other factors as well: extracurriculars, ACT/SAT, # of AP and honors classes you take, etc. Of course with a low GPA, it is extremely unlikely you will get into the top schools; that’s no reason not to try. </p>
<p>My GPA going into my junior year was a 3.3, but I worked hard and got 4.0 and a 3.8 my final two years.
I now attend Temple University(national rank:125).</p>
<p>Improve your GPA and other factors, get into a good college, and work your butt off in college.</p>
<p>Sorry to say, a 2.7 is a lot worse than a 3.3, and ivy league colleges are the top of the top. There are hundreds of thousands of students attempting to attend an ivy league college that have near perfect GPAs and EC’s. I would suggest trying your hardest to raise your GPA so you can still attend your state college!</p>
<p>For many schools, the freshman grades are forgiven in the total GPA calculation, but sophomore is as important as junior year.</p>