Stressed about College

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>hi, im a sophomore in high school and im already panicking about college...</p>

<p>I want to go to University of Michigan or Maryland, but im really scared my grades wont be good enough. My freshman gpa was 83.3(i think thats a 3.0), which is pretty bad to me. I took all regular classes freshman year, and this year im taking 3 honors classes(bio, soc, english). </p>

<p>For the first quarter, I got an 88 in hsoc, an 80 in hbio, and a 61 in honors english. I switched into honors english in the middle of the quarter, so i was really left back in the class, but it would of been great if my awesome english teacher told me how i was doing..</p>

<p>Do you think colleges will overlook my awful english grade since its my first year taking honors classes? Im really stressed out about this..</p>

<p>any advice?</p>

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<p>No, they won’t overlook it. However, if you stick with it and show an upward trend, they’ll see that you persevered and improved despite your shaky start.</p>

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<p>They will see it, and might slightly overlook it if you show an upward trend. The more prestigious the college, the less likely they are to overlook it.</p>