This is a bit early...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a freshman. Yes, you read correctly, before you reply with a reponse telling me to take the SATs this is a little different. Overal I messed up first semester. At least to mine and my parents' standards. It wasn't until after first semester that I decided to step up.</p>

<p>My question though is how much(estimate) will my GPA be able to improve by senior year.I really wish to attend an ivy league university. And Princeton has been a dream of mine, but after these grades I don't believe I can make it. I am going to go for pre-med.</p>

<p>So here it is( Last semester's grades):</p>

<p>Hon. Eng: 92
Alg 2: 83
Environmental and Earth sci: 85
Art 1: 98
Computer applications: 98</p>

<p>This semester( current grades):
Hon. Bio: 92
U.S. History 1: 100
Sewing concepts: 99
Physical Education: 97
Greek and Latin roots: 96</p>

<p>If I remember correctly my GPA is around a 3.3 not exactly sure.
I have also been looking at ome public ivies such as Penn state and Rutgers. Yes i agree big step from Princeton.
Any advice for getting a higher shot would be extremely appreciated (:</p>

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<p>There is a <em>HUGE</em> number of schools between Rutgers and Princeton.
Even if you had straight-A’s, Princeton would still be a long-shot (simply because they get <em>thousands</em> of applicants with straight-As and have to reject most of them).</p>

<p>You need to do a lot of research. There are hundreds of excellent schools out there. Not everybody can go to Princeton, in fact more people can’t than can!</p>

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<p>That is exactly how I feel. But my mom just does not seem to understand. Anyways Princeton is business. Thanks (:</p>

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<p>Please. You got 2 B’s. How could you possibly have a 3.3 GPA with eight A’s and two B’s?</p>

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<p>^ I’m also curious.</p>

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<p>You probably have like a 3.8 or something. Chill, Princeton isn’t all about perfect grades, you need to demonstrate your passions through ECs, Essays, Recs, and other such things. Although grades, rank, GPA, ACT/SAT, workload are all really important, their not the only deciding factor. 3.8 is good. 4.0 is better. People have gotten into Ivies with less and gotten rejected with more. Relax.</p>

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<p>Its just 2 B’s. Its not that bad. As long as you take the most challenging courses avaliable to you, have good EC’s, and do well on standardized test, you should have a pretty good chance. Plus, there are other factors besides your GPA and grades that princeton and other ivy league schools look at. And 3.3??? Seems a little wierd. I would talk to your counsler to help determine how they got that. Similar thing happened to me, turns out it was a mistake and they fixed it right up. Hope that helps.</p>