I’m in the IB program and during my freshman year I kind of slacked off and ended up getting 3 Cs on my 1st report card, maintaining straight As since then. Extracurricular and SAT/ACT scores aside, would my 1st report card prevent or lessen my chances of getting into UCLA/Berkeley/other top schools?
UCs don’t look at freshman grades.
UC’s do look at Freshman grades to make sure you pass the a-g course requirements but Freshman grades are not used in their GPA calculation, only 10-11th grades. An upward grade trend will help.
Thanks for clarifying @Gumbymom .